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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 massively profitable Apple Inc. 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....

Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of bringing more beauty and creativity to the Internet....

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