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AFP - Internet pioneer Yahoo! is open to selling its Web search business or entering into a partnership with another company, but doing a deal would be hard, a top executive said on Wednesday.

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AP - Stolen laptop? Now you can tell those thieves exactly what you think of them.No tag for this post.

Pasadena-based Cogent Systems, which develops biometrics systems for the government, law enforcement, and others, released its fourth quarter results Wednesday, reporting that it had an fourth quarter revenue increase of 83% year-over-year. The firm said it earned $11.5M on revenues of $40.0M for Q4, up from $7.7M earned on revenues of $21.9M in the similar period a year ago. Cogent benefited from new wins at the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Defense. Cogent's fingerprint and other biometric readers are used for fingerprinting, reducing fraud, as well as biometric access control.No tag for this post.