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Investigators on Friday bore down on the possible motives of Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood gunman, to determine whether his actions were driven by stress related to his upcoming deployment to Afghanistan or to an Islamist political ideology.

House Democratic leaders pushed with mounting confidence Friday toward a historic vote on expanding the nation's health-care system, and President Obama joined an intense last-minute lobbying campaign to pick up the last few votes needed to secure the measure's passage.

The 177 Republicans in the House of Representatives plan to unanimously oppose health-care legislation that would constitute the biggest expansion of insurance to Americans in decades, illustrating the huge divide that remains between the two parties on key issues and setting up a major debate in...

Ever since taking office, President Obama has signaled that the United States wants to improve relations with the powerhouse nations of East Asia, and he'll put his personal imprint on that when he travels to the region for the first time next week.

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee want to question Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. about his support of a compromise reporters' shield law before they vote on it, according to congressional sources.

SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] OBAMA: Good morning. I want to begin by offering an update on the tragedy that took place yesterday at Fort Hood. This morning I met with FBI Director Mueller and the relevant agencies to discuss their ongoing investigation into what caused one individual to...

Jelly Belly Candy Company is recalling 7.5-ounce cylinder-style packages of 49 Flavors Jelly Belly jelly beans because the package is incorrectly labeled. The mislabeled packages failed to list peanut butter and peanut flour in the ingredient statement...

Active Domain Names, SSL Certificate Installed Base Increase in Q3

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- November 5, 2009 -- VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

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SAN DIEGO CA — Nov 5, 2009 Covario, the leader in paid and organic search services and software, today announced that Covario and Adobe Systems Incorporated jointly received the gold award for search marketing in the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) 2009 MIXX Award competition for the global launch of Adobe® Acrobat® 9 software.

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Media Companies Can Now Participate in Conversationally-Targeted Ad Campaigns

November 5, 2009 -- San Francisco – BuzzLogic, a conversational media company that allows advertisers to capitalize on influential peer-to-peer discussions, today announced BuzzLogic for Media Partners, a new initiative enabling media companies to participate in BuzzLogic campaigns and capture additional revenue from advertisers looking to reach audiences engaged in specific conversations.

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Index of Consumer Intent Actions Across the Web

Seattle, WA – November 5, 2009 – BlueKai, the online industry's first intent-focused, auction-based data exchange and online marketing's largest source of user intent data, today announced that it will issue a quarterly index of consumer intent action across the Web. “BlueKai Pulse” reflects data trends and insights from the BlueKai Data Exchange which aggregates anonymous intent data of over 145 million unique users on top-tier US e-commerce, online travel agency and auto comparison sites.

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Beta Release of New Firefox AddOn Helps Users Protect OptOut Choices

Washington DC -- November 5, 2009 -- The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) today released a beta version of the NAI Consumer Opt-Out Protector, a Firefox Add On that allows users to protect their behavioral advertising preferences by preventing the accidental deletion of NAI members’ opt-out cookies.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 4 -- Geeknet, Inc. (Nasdaq: LNUX), formerly known as SourceForge, Inc., today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Total revenue for the third quarter of 2009 was $10.8 million compared to $11.5 million of revenue for the third quarter of 2008. Net loss for the third quarter of 2009 was $4.5 million or $0.08 per share compared to a net loss of $2.7 million or $0.04 per share, for the same period a year ago.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Nov. 4, 2009 – SourceForge, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNUX) today announced that it has changed its name to Geeknet, Inc. to more accurately reflect the company’s business and the growing market it serves. The name change also supports the company’s intention to expand the reach of its online advertising services into new categories.

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CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2009-- Move, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

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Gigya’s Technology Makes it Easy for Publishers to Implement Facebook Connect, MySpaceID, Sign in with Twitter and OpenID

PALO ALTO, CA – November 5, 2009 – Gigya, Inc., today announced that more than 1000 companies and sites, including Turner Sports for their NBA, NASCAR & PGA webcasts, and Simon & Schuster for their local author appearances, are live with the company’s Socialize technology.

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“Entertainment Trends in America” update shows U.S. entertainment content spending outlook holding relatively steady through the holidays

PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, November 4, 2009 - According to the latest update to the “Entertainment Trends in America” tracking study conducted by The NPD Group, a leading market research company, many consumers expect to be spending the same amount on traditional entertainment categories during the coming holiday season, even as their participation in newer forms of entertainment continues to rise.

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End-to-end solution leverages iStreamPlanet's managed services and the Akamai HD Network to stream high quality Microsoft Silverlight video to online audiences

CAMBRIDGE, MA — November 05, 2009 — Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online and iStreamPlanet, a leading provider of digital media strategy, services and software applications, today announced they have been selected to work with Microsoft Corp.

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Akamai selected to accelerate the performance for Rakuten Ichiba’s eCommerce site, offering higher-quality, faster and more reliable customer services

TOKYO, JAPAN - November 4, 2009 - Akamai Japan K.K., a subsidiary of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced that its Dynamic Site Solution has been adopted by Rakuten Ichiba, one of the largest Internet shopping portals operated by Rakuten Inc. in Japan, to accelerate the performance of its eCommerce site.

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New York, New York (November 5, 2009) – During the first night of ad:tech, Eyeblaster honored the winners of the 2009 Eyeblaster Awards. Now, in its 8th year, more than 75 campaigns from at least 15 markets globally were in the running for this year’s competition. The campaigns represented the best in digital advertising which crossed channels, borders, and formats, including long form video, homepage takeovers, and social media integration.

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