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• Facebook users can help Chase find small charities

  JPMorgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million.

• 'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records

  The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history.
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  DirecTV to appoint PepsiCo executive as CEO

  DirecTV Group Inc. chose the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive Wednesday, filling a vacuum created when its former chief left just as the nation's largest satellite TV provider was in the midst of a spinoff.

• Union ramps up efforts to organize T-Mobile

  Union officials in the United States are teaming up with their German counterparts in a bid to organize workers at wireless carrier T-Mobile USA.

• UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests

  A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday.

• Sony Ericsson closes NC, other sites as HQ moves

  Cell phone handset maker Sony Ericsson will move its North American headquarters from North Carolina to Atlanta and close a half-dozen sites worldwide as it retrenches against what it expects will be a tighter market and cuts about 1,600 jobs globally.
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  'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations

  "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday.

• China to participate in giant Hawaii telescope

  Chinese astronomers have signed on to participate in the development of the world's largest telescope that will be built atop a Hawaii volcano, a group said Tuesday.

• Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook

  Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook as both systems integrate the social network this week.

• Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China

  A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier.
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  Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient

  California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching to power-hungry, wide-view, flat-screen, high-definition sets.

• South Korean regulator approves iPhone

  South Korea's telecommunications regulator cleared the way Wednesday for the launch of Apple's iPhone, amid reports the hit device could reach consumers by the end of this month.

• IBM takes a (feline) step toward thinking machines

  Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain - an effort that tests the limits of technology.
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  E-mail marketing is growing stronger

  Whether to draw customers to stores or to promote events, e-mail marketing has become a key tool for small or big businesses.

• Concur posts higher 4Q profit, revenue

  Concur Technologies Inc., which makes corporate expense-management software, said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose as revenue got a boost from a 13 percent increase in subscription revenue.

• Senators blast Web sites for scamming shoppers

  With Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the Internet holiday shopping season nearing, a Senate committee Tuesday condemned three online companies, saying they are tricking consumers into signing up for subscription services they don't want.

• Autodesk posts lower 3Q profit, sales, shares fall

  Design and engineering software maker Autodesk Inc. said Tuesday its business looks "increasingly stable" despite posting a sharp drop in third-quarter profit.

• House lawmakers push ban on peer-to-peer software

  Stung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from using the same type of Internet file-sharing software blamed for the disclosure.

• AP Sources: MySpace in talks to buy imeem

  Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

• InterDigital sees 4Q sales slightly below views

  Wireless technology developer InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday it expects fourth-quarter revenue between $75 million and $76 million, which falls slightly below Wall Street's expectations.

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