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Archos 605 Digital Media Player PC Magazine - 42 minutes ago The evolution of portable media players in recent years has been a joy to observe. Players generally get smaller, yet offer better screens and abilities (the Read Full Review… The evolution of portable media players in recent years has been a joy to … Net TV: Coming Into Focus BusinessWeek Editors' rating: 7.7 Very good CNET Reviews MP3.com - CNET Crave Blog all 13 news articles

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TV programmes such as Heroes will not be available on iTunes after US broadcaster NBC ends a deal with Apple.

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Starting December 1, the country’s 3.2 million Direct-to-Home subscribers will be able to ask for refunds on DTH equipment (the set-top box and antenna) if they choose to discontinue the service.

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With the latest surge in e-governance and increasing transactions over the internet, cyber security audit firms are the next big trend in the offing.

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi been named among the world’s ten most powerful women by US-based business magazine Forbes.

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The Union steel ministry wants to promote mass pelletisation in the next five years to make use of iron ore fines that are currently exported for want of domestic takers.

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Indian steel majors are likely to hike prices in September by $15-20 a tonne, following a steady rise in global steel prices resulting from the increase in the price of scrap and iron ore. Iron ore spot prices have shot up from $75 a tonne earlier this year, to $130 now.

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Economic think-tank Icrier sees no direct conflict of interest between organised retail and small stores. This point of view comes in the backdrop of a raging debate over whether organised retail will put kirana stores out of business.

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Economic growth is changing conventional logic of caste-based deprivation in several states. The government’s latest household consumer expenditure data, released by the National Sample Survey Organisation shows that scheduled tribes in rural Punjab and Haryana enjoy a better standard of living than the rural population of several states like West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.

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Indian equities gained for the sixth straight session while the rupee appreciated sharply. Positive global cues coupled with lower inflation figures and strong first-quarter GDP growth helped the market remain firm for the sixth straight trading session and close the week on a high note.

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Headline inflation eased below the 4% level for the first time in 15 months, giving the UPA government breathing space on the price front.

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The rise in the Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter of 2007-08 has been more robust than expected, at 9.3%. This is, however, less than the 9.6% growth recorded in the same quarter of 2006-07. Finance minister P Chidambaram said, “Growth during the first quarter is a shade below the growth rate of last year in the same period, but given the circumstances on account of external situation, they are quite satisfactory.”

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Satyam Computer Services Ltd plans to facilitate the development of India’s first ‘digital car’, an end-to-end digital framework that will enable the design of cars.

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Investments towards Indian captive BPO units were expected to rise by 25% this year, as domestic and multi national companies looked for more robust support facilities in the country.

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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd has entered into a memorandum of understanding with global oil major British Petroleum for collaboration in exploration & production business in India and abroad.

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Nicholas Piramal India became the third Indian pharma major to spin off its novel drug discovery research operations into a separate company, after Dr Reddy’s Labs and Sun Pharma. Nicholas Piramal shareholders will get one share in the new company for every 10 held.

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Petroleum major Essar Oil has firmed up plans to raise Rs 3,000 crore ($750 million) from abroad to fund the expansion of its Vadinar refinery in Gujarat.

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