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In the book business, few things are faster than the Espresso Book Machine, the product of a high-tech publishing venture that has nothing to do with caffeine.

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Sprint sure has been backing out of and sashaying into quite a few deals of late, and the schizophrenic trend is continuing as it opts out of SpectrumCo, one of two joint ventures with cable operators Comcast, Time Warner Cable (parent company of AOL, which owns Engadget), Cox Communications, and Brighthouse (Advance/Newhouse). Reportedly, the firm is still remaining a part of the Sprint/Cable venture (now known as Pivot) as it focuses on “integrating wireline and wireless services offered by the cable partners with itself.” We’re led to believe that Sprint simply had different plans for investing its capital, but it apparently sees value in hanging in there with the whole Pivot endeavor. Interestingly, when TWC’s CEO was questioned over SpectrumCo’s possible involvement in the forthcoming wireless auction, he casually proclaimed that “it would be inappropriate for him to make any comment on it one way or the other,” but if you’ll recall, it most certainly picked up a few licenses the last go ’round.

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CA Inc., which makes management software, said first-quarter profits were up sharply.

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Today, rather than pointing you toward a handful of extensions designed to boost your productivity, we’re highlighting the top 10 productivity-boositng Firefox features and that don’t require an extension.

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Agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out raids across the US in an operation targeting the import, distribution, and sale of console mod chips.

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Customs agents raided more than 30 businesses and homes Wednesday, looking for devices that allow pirated video games to play on Wiis, PlayStation 2s and Xboxes.

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Reuters - Ebay Inc's PayPal said on Thursday
it would offer credit financing with General Electric Co's GE
Money Bank in a bid to win new users and improve business for
merchants that use its service.

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