NYT
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The New York Times Co. has decided not to sell a newspaper it owns in Worcester, Massachusetts, nearly two months after deciding to hold onto The Boston Globe, the Times reported on Monday. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pulitzer Prizes, the most prestigious US journalism awards, announced on Monday that a member of a primarily online news organization had been named to the Pulitzer Board. Full Story »
MIT
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won a 40,000-dollar prize for using social networking tools to identify the locations of 10 large weather balloons in a contest sponsored by the Pentagon's research agency. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, who took some flak earlier this year for calling Twitter a "poor man's email system," has joined the hot micro-blogging service. Full Story »
EMI Music
WASHINGTON (AFP) - On the eve of its launch, Vevo announced Monday that it has struck a deal with EMI Music to include artists from the major label on the new music video website. Full Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Fresh from signing on to help green Silicon Valley, startup Hara will be at climate talks in Copenhagen this week to urge that corporations not wait for regulations to fight global warming. Full Story »
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SHANGHAI (AFP) - Chinese regulators have closed down hundreds of video sharing websites in a new push to control Internet content, reports said Monday. Full Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars. Full Story »
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YIWU, China (AFP) - Ge Hongjun started a shop on Taobao.com -- China's answer to eBay -- as a class project but he now sees it as his ticket to becoming a retail magnate after graduation. Full Story »
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BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities have offered rewards of up to 10,000 yuan (1,465 dollars) to Internet users who report websites that feature pornography, state media reported Sunday. Full Story »
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