Internet Access News
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Nvidia Corp., the largest maker of chips for graphics cards in personal computers, today began taking orders for its Shield hand-held gaming device and said shipments get under way next month.
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Syria’s Internet links to the outside world were restored almost 20 hours after e-mail, websites and other services became inaccessible across much of the country, Google Inc. and other Web companies said.
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Microsoft Corp., trying to find growth markets for its mobile products, is projecting that rising demand in South Africa will help it pass BlackBerry and Android and pave the way for further gains on the continent.
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Telefonica SA’s German division plans to deepen its cooperation with Deutsche Telekom AG for fixed- line products as it seeks to reverse a drop in broadband customer numbers and offer bundles for wireless clients.
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Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc., whose technology helps deter drug abuse, sued Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., India’s largest drugmaker, over its plan to market a generic version of the painkiller Oxecta.
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Last month, a majority of the Georgia House of Representatives voted against a proposal that would have barred cities from investing in their own Internet- access networks. The bill failed because Georgia municipalities, businesses and minority advocates want Internet access that’s faster and less expensive than what commercial providers now offer them.
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Marc Andreessen, who declared that software was eating the world in 2011 and that online-business services were the theme of 2012, has a new prediction for 2013: Cheap smartphones are going to connect the world.
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Qualcomm Inc., the largest seller of semiconductors for mobile phones, fell after forecasting fiscal third-quarter profit that may miss some analysts’ estimates as average phone prices come under pressure.
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Qualcomm Inc., the largest seller of semiconductors for mobile phones, fell after forecasting fiscal third-quarter profit that may miss some analysts’ estimates as average phone prices come under pressure.
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China Telecom Corp., the country’s third-biggest mobile-phone operator by users, posted a gain in profit for the first time since it started selling Apple Inc.’s iPhone in March 2012 as the device helped boost data usage.
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