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Francis Eliott / Times of London:
Internet users could be banned over illegal downloads — People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week. — Internet service providers (ISPs) will be legally required to take action against users …
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Shane Richmond / Telegraph Blogs:More music industry internet idiocy
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New York Post:
YAHOO! HOO-HA — SHAREHOLDERS, BALLMER POUR ON THE PRESSURE — The Microsoft-Yahoo! takeover battle is about to get ugly - and how ugly will depend on whether the CEOs of both companies behave rationally or emotionally. — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer fired back at Yahoo! …
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David A. Utter / WebProNews:
First Lawsuit Filed In Microsoft-Yahoo Deal — After turning down a 62 percent premium for shareholders in the form of Microsoft's takeover bid, Yahoo opened itself to litigation from unhappy stakeholders. — Unhappiness manifested itself quickly as one group decided they would rather …
Andru Edwards / Gear Live:
Flash on iPhone is just around the corner — We've been waiting for Flash support to hit the iPhone ever since...well...it launched. We've had to make do without Flash for almost eight months, and YouTube even had to convert a bunch of their catalog to H.264 in order for the service to be enjoyed on the iPhone.
Business Wire:
Yahoo! Acquires Maven Networks, Inc. — Will Expand Yahoo!'s Video Capabilities; Important Step in Enhancing Yahoo!'s Solutions for Publishers and Advertisers - Making Video Easier to Buy — SUNNYVALE, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - News) …
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
Yahoo Confirms Acquisition Of Video Platform Maven; Price Tag: $160 Million — Life goes on at Yahoo: the company has confirmed its previously rumored acquisition of online video platform Maven Networks, although the price tag of “approximately” $160 million is a bit higher than the previous $150 million estimate.
Christine Wilhelmy / Apple:
Apple Releases Aperture 2 — Major Upgrade Features Improved Interface, Faster Browsing & Enhanced Image Processing — Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 2, the next major release of its groundbreaking photo editing and management software with over 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use and more powerful.
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Seoker.com:
Google hijacking 404 error pages — This morning I installed the Google Toolbar beta version on one of my computers and my oh my - there is something that can have huge impact to many webmasters. Google grabs the 404 error code returned to the web browser in certain situations and instead …
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Ben Worthen / Business Technology:
Bill Gates Quits Facebook — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has stopped using the Web site Facebook, the most damning indictment in a week full of bad press for social-networking technology. — Social-networking Web sites, which help people share and find information about one another …
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Jack Ewing / Business Week:
Nokia vs. Google: The Battle Escalates — With the cell phone fast becoming an Internet entry point of choice, the handset maker is grappling with Google over the wireless Web — The battle for Internet turf is no longer just a figure of speech. Nokia (NOK) on Feb. 11 announced a quartet …
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:Best frenemies for life: Google and Nokia partner on mobile search application
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Reuters:
EU conducts antitrust raid on Intel, retailers — The European Commission raided the Munich offices of Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, the Commission and the chipmaker said on Tuesday. — The Commission also raided retailers including Germany's Media Markt, a unit of trading company Metro, the company said.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
All in the family: Dell acquires MessageOne; broadens SaaS reach — Dell said Tuesday that it has acquired email as a service provider MessageOne for $155 million in a move that broadens the company's software offerings. MessageOne was co-founded by Michael Dell's brother Adam.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
HotOrNot Apparently Very Hot: Acquired For $20 Million — San Francisco based HotOrNot, founded by James Hong and Jim Young in October 2000, has been acquired, we've heard from multiple sources. — The buyers are investors connected with Avid Life Media, and paid somewhere around $20 million for the site.
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Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
Yahoo! oneConnect To “Reinvent” Mobile Communications — Yahoo! is announcing the launch of “oneConnect” today at the Mobile World Congress 2008 conference. oneConnect is expected to become available in the award-winning Yahoo! Go 3.0 and Yahoo!'s new mobile home page in Q2 2008.
Scott Morrison / CNN:
UPDATE:Silicon Valley Recruiters Zero In On Yahoo Employees — SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Silicon Valley recruiters have quickly ramped up their efforts to lure software developers, project managers and key executives away from Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) in the wake of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) …
Dave Greenfield / Team Think:
Why Your Blackberry Crashed — Did you miss your Blackberry yesterday? You weren't the only one and here's why and what you can do about it. — According to an article in the LA Times, yesterday's four-hour RIM outage blanketed the America, but didn't affect parts of Europe.
Kent German / Crave: The gadget blog:
T-Mobile promises 3G by summer; Android phone and Austrian iPhone by end of year — Almost every U.S. T-Mobile customer wants to know when the carrier will be activating its 3G network. After all, it is the only major carrier in the United States not to offer 3G.
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Sonia Zjawinski / Wired News:
How Google Got Its Colorful Logo — In just a few short years, Google's logo has become as recognizable as Nike's swoosh and NBC's peacock. Ruth Kedar, the graphic designer who developed the now-famous logo, shows the iterations that led to the instantly recognizable primary colors and Catull typeface that define the Google brand.
