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Microsoft tops Yahoo! in search in August

WASHINGTON — Microsoft’s Bing and other Internet search services overtook Yahoo! for the first time to become the number two search engine in the United States in August, The Nielsen Co. said Tuesday.

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Halo expected to reignite gaming market

Microsoft is hoping to reverse the recent slump in video games and kick start the holiday shopping season as it launches the latest version of its blockbuster Halo video game early on Tuesday.

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HPbuying ArcSight for $1.5 billion

NEW YORK — Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to buy the security software provider ArcSight for about $1.5 billion, the company said Monday as it extends a recent spree of acquisitions.

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Touchscreen chipmakers tap tablet boom

BANGALORE - The chipmakers behind the touchpads that are killing off the laptop mouse and the keys on a mobile phone are battling for supremacy in the latest blockbuster gadget — the tablet PC.

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