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AP Top Technology News At 5:16 p.m. EDT
The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. Tuesday's unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony....
Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft thinks it has the one....
Sprint boosts buyout offer for Clearwire OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is offering 14 percent more than before for the stake in wireless data network operator Clearwire Corp. it does not already own, but a large shareholder said the offer was still inadequate....
Sprint to listen to Dish offer OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank....
Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school? NEW YORK (AP) -- It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college....
US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline HAVANA (AP) -- The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well....
Apple's Cook faces Senate questions on taxes WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate dragged Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in U.S. taxes....
Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) -- Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations....
Internet cable from Cuba to Jamaica comes online HAVANA (AP) -- A new branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has reportedly come online, linking the island to nearby Jamaica, increasing Cuba's potential international communications bandwidth and providing a backup for the main line....
Germany's SAP to recruit tech staff with autism BERLIN (AP) -- German software giant SAP AG said Tuesday it plans to recruit people with autism to take make full use of their talents to process information....
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