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LONDON (Reuters) - To court new generations of consumers, advertising executives are discovering that experience has become an impediment.

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. gadget fans flocked to stores on Friday to be the first buyers of Apple's iPhone, a music-playing and Web-browsing device expected to shake up the mobile industry.

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. gadget fans flocked to stores on Friday to be the first buyers of Apple's iPhone, a music-playing and Web-browsing device expected to shake up the mobile industry.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Many people who lined up to be the first buyers of Apple Inc.’s iPhone made good on promises to try to flip the gadgets online at inflated prices, but a quick buck appeared out of reach for many.

NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kristian Gundersen flew from Norway to New York to be among the first people to buy Apple's media-playing iPhone. He described the day as one of the best of his life.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chip designer Broadcom said on Friday that rival Qualcomm Inc. rejected its offer to settle a patent dispute over wireless chip technology with a $6 royalty fee for each mobile phone affected.

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of gadget fans, or their paid stand-ins, lined up on Friday to be among the first buyers of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a music and video playing phone that seeks to reshape the mobile industry.

(Reuters) - Apple Inc. starts selling on Friday the iPhone, which combines a wireless phone with music and video-playing capabilities and Web browsing. The device is one of the most highly anticipated U.S. product introductions of the year.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - No true fans of the coveted iPhone could be found standing in line outside Apple's flagship store here a full day before the gadgets go on sale. There were just exploiters, exploited and a few clowns.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Western Digital Corp. has agreed to buy component maker Komag Inc., in the latest move to consolidate the disk drive industry, for about $1 billion in cash, the companies said on Thursday.