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A Best Buy sign is seen on a store in Alexandria, Virginia, September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Best Buy plans movie download service with Sonic

Reuters - Tue Nov 3, 12:32 PM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc plans to start an online service that allows consumers to buy, rent and download movies and television shows, the electronics retailer said on Tuesday.

  • A view of the Microsoft cffices in Herndon, Virginia. Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.  Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP
    Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore AFP - Fri Nov 6, 6:26 PM

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.

  • Visitors walk past an exhibition stand for 'Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2' at the Gamescom 2009 fair in Cologne August 22, 2009. REUTERS/Ina FAssbender
    "Call of Duty" game shoots to make history Reuters - Fri Nov 6, 5:34 PM

    SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forget the buzz over the next "Twilight" film or James Cameron's "Avatar." The biggest entertainment hit of the holiday season may come on Tuesday, when "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" hits stores.

  • Telus Q3 profit and revenue slip; revised 2009 guidance reflects weak economy, higher capital spending The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 6, 5:24 PM

    VANCOUVER, B.C. - Telus Corp. revenue and profit will come in lower-than-expected this year due to impacts from a weak economy and the telecom giant's increased spending on the early launch of a new advanced wireless network, the company (TSX:T) says.

  • A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.  Photo:/AFP
    Norway court snubs call to block The Pirate Bay AFP - Fri Nov 6, 4:26 PM

    OSLO (AFP) - A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.

  • EBay settles suit with Skype founders that threatened to hamper sale to investor group The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 6, 3:18 PM

    SAN FRANCISCO - EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors that includes the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for US$2 billion.


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