BlackBerry subscribers fuming
TORONTO - Some BlackBerry users were questioning the reliability of the smartphone's services on Wednesday after an a second outage in less than a week left subscribers without email connectivity.
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RIM faces more smartphone competition

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Greg Gazin
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Apple pays Steve Jobs $1 for 2009, but his stake in the company tops $1B
SEATTLE - Apple Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs was paid his customary US$1 annual salary in 2009, but Apple's strength through a rough economic climate returned the value of his personal holdings in the company to pre-meltdown levels.
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Twitter brings location-tracking tool into mix with acquisition of Mixer Labs
SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter is buying a startup called Mixer Labs in an effort to pinpoint the locations of people posting short messages on its service.
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Nortel seeks sale of carrier VoIP businesses to Genband Inc. for US$282M
TORONTO - Nortel Networks Corp. has launched the latest sale of its dwindling assets with an agreement to sell its carrier voice-over-Internet protocol and application solutions business to Genband Inc. for US$282 million.
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Facebook, Twitter and other social networks are changing the way people travel
Isahrai Azaria is heading to Austin, Texas, in February, and thanks to Facebook, she already has 40 acquaintances, an invitation to go water tubing, and a line on the best vegetarian lunch place in town.
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Twitter brings location-tracking tool into mix with acquisition of Mixer Labs
SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter is buying a startup called Mixer Labs in an effort to pinpoint the locations of people posting short messages on its service.
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Quebec court OKs takeover of Kangaroo Media by Game Day Entertainment
MONTREAL - Entertainment software company Kangaroo Media Inc. (TSXV:KTV) said Wednesday that court approval has been granted for a takeover of the company by Game Day Entertainment LLC.
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More threats on Internet in 2010
MONTREAL, Que. - As usual, we can expect the Internet to be rife with potential cyber crimes and annoyances next year - more spam, more fake antivirus software and more computers hijacked by criminals.
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