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• 01/01/1970 : Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market (AP) (technology) :
  AP - Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.
• 01/01/1970 : Global agency reconsiders `.xxx' for porn sites (AP) (technology) :
  AP - A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.
• 01/01/1970 : OnLive game streaming service to start in June (AP) (technology) :
  AP - In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular high-end games such as "Assassin's Creed II" over the Internet in June, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.
• 01/01/1970 : MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up (AP) (technology) :
  AP - Long ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to the other social networking sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.
• 01/01/1970 : Google to digitize old books from Rome, Florence (AP) (technology) :
  AP - Google said Wednesday it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what's being described as the first deal of its kind.