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Seagate Ships First Vertical Hard Drive

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Seagate Technology LLC has started shipping a notebook PC hard drive that overcomes an obstacle many feared would be a major roadblock to the further expansion of disk capacity — and the overall growth of the storage industry. The new approach that aligns bits of data …

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Long Weekend Box Office Gets 'Hoodwinked'

LOS ANGELES – The revisionist fairy tale “Hoodwinked” and the inspirational sports flick “Glory Road” topped a family oriented box office for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, according to estimates Monday. “Hoodwinked,” an animated update of the Little Red Riding Hood story, debuted with $16.6 million in ticket …

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Texas Instruments Sells Sensors Unit to Bain for $3B

NEW YORK – Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) on Monday said it will sell its sensors and controls business to private-equity firm Bain Capital LLC for $3 billion in cash as it focuses on chips for mobile phones and other consumer electronics. The deal allows Texas Instruments to part company with …

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