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With Twitter friend Conan, Mich. woman's life 'totally nuts'

Conway Township — Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers.
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Conan O'Brien turns woman's life atwitter

Conway Township, Mich. — Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. This week, she has 20,000 — as well as a new iMac computer and offers to help pay for a dress and drinks for her wedding.
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'Battlestar Galactica' online game coming

"Battlestar Galactica" is finding new life on the Web.
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Cable, satellite TV firms ask feds to stop TV blackouts

Cable, satellite TV and other video providers have asked the government to intervene in ongoing fee disputes with TV networks — big-money fights that are expected to escalate this year as more contracts expire.
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Google opens Web store for business applications

San Francisco — Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.
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On latest guitar game, players strum real strings

New York — An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.
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Google to digitize old books from Rome, Florence

Rome — Google said Wednesday it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what's being described as the first deal of its kind.
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Samsung, Panasonic ready to market 3-D televisions

New York — Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000.
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Pentagon issues new policy on social networking

Washington — Everyone from troops in the field to the highest brass and civilian leaders will be allowed to Twitter, blog and use Facebook and other social networking sites on the military's non-classified computer network, the Pentagon announced Friday.
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U-M gives financial push to move ideas to products

Detroit — Image recognition software that translates drawings of chemical compounds into standard notation is moving from a campus research project toward commercial application, thanks to a University of Michigan program to encourage entrepreneurship.
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