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AP - World-leading mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. on Thursday downgraded its fourth-quarter market outlook for the second time, saying the slowdown in the industry was bigger than expected.
AFP - A "Tap Tap Dance" videogame built exclusively for Apple's hip iPhones was launched Thursday, challenging users to stay in rhythm with songs by tapping the device's screen in time to the music.
Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Thursday it would receive an up-front payment and royalties from Blackberry-maker Research In Motion for use of its wireless technology patents.
Reuters - An Australian father who made his 5-year-old son walk 13 km (8 miles) to school every day to discipline him has inspired an appreciation group on social networking site Facebook.
AP - In broadcasting the world's first live 3-D football game to theaters in Los Angeles, New York and Boston on Thursday evening, the NFL promises an "up close, personal, visceral" experience that could open a new revenue stream for the league.
AFP - Wikimedia Foundation has announced that it won an 890,000-dollar grant to create ways to make it easier for people to add their knowledge to its widely-used Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
PC World - Online criminals took control of the Domain Name System (DNS) record for payment processor CheckFree and briefly redirected the site's visitors to a their own server.
PC World - A federal court in the U.S. has temporarily lifted an injunction that banned Buffalo Technology (USA) from selling its IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g Wi-Fi products due to a patent claim by an Australian scientific agency.
PC World - Hit by the global economic slowdown, Adobe Systems said Wednesday that it would cut 600 jobs and lowered its revenue expectations for the fourth quarter.
Reuters - Chalk up another Internet radio casualty of significantly increased royalty fees for airing music online. Yahoo Music, once the top music destination on the Web, is handing over the bulk of its Launchcast Internet radio operations to CBS Radio.
CNET - The Wall Street Journal has artfully assembled a collection mostly public indicators that Google is trying to rein in its expenses, but there are a few nuggets of note about the near-mythic company coming down to earth.