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WASHINGTON — Internet heavyweights Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo! joined ranks to oppose legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy.

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Amazon began shipping the Kindle Fire on Monday as initial reviews were mixed for the touchscreen tablet computer seen as a potentially strong rival to Apple’s market-leading iPad.

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Twitter on Monday finished adding features that let users see who likes their posts and what the people they follow are doing at the popular microblogging network.

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Google Inc offered a detailed glimpse into its secret process of ranking Internet websites on Monday, publishing for the first time a list of recent tweaks to its closely guarded search algorithm.

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NEW DELHI - Finnish mobile handset manufacturer Nokia Monday announced the launch of Nokia Lumia family of smartphones based on Windows Phone in India.

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DUBAI - Yahoo! Maktoob, the premier digital media company, debuted on Sunday Yahoo! Mail in Arabic.

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Apple has unveiled a worldwide replacement programme for the first-generation iPod nano music player due to overheating battery issues, telling owners to stop using the product and get it replaced for free, Xinhua reported.

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DUBAI - Owners of Nokia’s range of smartphones can now be one step ahead of other mobile users through the newly-launched Nokia Maps Offers service, which provides real-time updates on available Offers and promotions around them in the UAE, and comes pre-loaded on all the latest Nokia smartphones.

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NEW YORK/PARIS - Vivendi’s Universal Music Group and Sony won the auction for EMI’s recorded music and music publishing operations Friday, trumping bids by archrivals Warner Music Group and BMG Music Publishing at the 11th hour.

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