Sprint Nextel in $420 Million Deal for Virgin Mobile USA
         

The stock deal, a bid to expand Sprint’s prepaid cellphone offerings, represents a 31 percent premium to Virgin Mobile’s Monday closing share price of $4.21.



         

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I.B.M. Will Buy a Maker of Data Analysis Software
         

SPSS makes software to help businesses and governments organize and analyze data to make better decisions, useful tools in a downturn.



         

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Even Google Is Blocked With Apps for iPhone
         

There is tension between the companies because Apple sometimes rejects Google’s applications for the App Store.



         

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Has Wikipedia Created a Rorschach Cheat Sheet?
         

Psychologists and Wikipedia users are at loggerheads over whether images used for Hermann Rorschach’s inkblot test should be available online.



         

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Bits: Netflix Contest Ends, With Winner in Doubt
         

The $1 million contest to improve Netflix's movie recommendation software ended with two teams in something of a photo finish, but the outcome remains in doubt.



         

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Bits: Booyah Wants You to Level Up, Online and Off
         

Three alums of Blizzard, creator of World of Warcraft, are hoping to move quests into the real world with a new iPhone game.



         

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Netflix Competitors Learn the Power of Teamwork
         

A contest with a $1 million prize for improving on Netflix’s movie recommendations ended in a dead heat, but has already produced an impressive legacy.



         

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In Study, Texting Lifts Crash Risk by Large Margin
         

For truck drivers videotaped for 18 months during a study, texting was found to be the riskiest distraction.



         

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Report Sees Recovery for Global Tech Firms
         

After suffering the steepest fall, Asia has also recovered the most rapidly, according to the O.E.C.D. Through June, there was no recovery yet in the United States.



         

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IPhone Maker in China Is Under Fire After a Suicide
         

A 25-year-old worker in China jumped from an apartment building after being accused of stealing an iPhone prototype.



         

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Revenue Rises but Profit Falls at Verizon
         

Second-quarter profit fell 7 percent at the wireless carrier as rising costs outstripped an increase in sales.



         

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Site Wins Fashion Fans by Letting Them Design
         

A fashion site is winning fans by allowing users to build collages with photos of clothing, accessories and models.



         

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Final Frontier for Wireless Hard to Break Through
         

Clinching deals for African mobile phone business, once a relatively low-risk proposition for growth-starved mobile operators, is not as easy as it was.



         

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Slipstream: The Music Streams That Soothe an Industry
         

Watchers of the music business say a fundamental shift is under way toward licensed streaming services, supported by ads.



         

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