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Review: Google Reader's end hatches better service
NEW YORK (AP) -- On July 1, we say goodbye to Google Reader, a handy tool for bringing headlines and articles from your favorite websites into a single place....

LA to give every student an iPad; $30M order
NEW YORK (AP) -- Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks....

Ahead of the Bell: Oracle's 4Q earnings coming out
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Oracle's end-of-quarter report should give investors a better handle on whether a disappointing performance earlier this year by the business software maker was a hiccup, or a symptom of problems that are more deep-seated....

Leading 3-D printer firms to merge in $403M deal
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Stratasys, a leading maker of 3-D printers, is buying another 3-D printer manufacturer, MakerBot, for $403 million in stock....

Dotcom 'in tears' after Megaupload files deleted
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was "in tears" after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site....

Microsoft changes Xbox One policies after outcry
NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft rolled back a much-criticized requirement that its upcoming Xbox One gaming console be regularly connected to the Internet and made clear that there will be no limitations on sharing games....

Red Hat's 1Q net up on higher subscription revenue
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Red Hat Inc., the company behind the Linux open-source operating system, said Wednesday that net income in its fiscal first-quarter grew 8 percent as subscription revenue increased....

DreamWorks says TV revenue to hit $200M by 2015
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the studio behind "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda," said Tuesday that a new deal to provide original TV shows to Netflix will help it double the revenue it gets from TV shows to $200 million by 2015....

France threatens Google with privacy fines
PARIS (AP) -- France is giving Google three months to be more upfront about the data it collects from users - or be fined. Other European countries aren't far behind....

Icahn changes tack, seeks $16B Dell stock buyback
NEW YORK (AP) -- Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday proposed a $16 billion share buyback in his latest effort to thwart Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell's effort to take the struggling computer maker private....