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Yahoo buying fantasy sports company Citizen Sports

2010-03-18T08:15:52Z

<div id="subtitle">Yahoo buying fantasy sports company started by blackjack card-counting expert</div><div><p>Yahoo is buying a fantasy sports company co-founded by an MIT graduate whose card-counting skills helped him win millions of dollars in blackjack and spawned a film and a best-selling book.</p><p&g...

Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit

2010-03-18T05:45:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Viacom, YouTube to dish dirt with unsealing of court documents in lengthy legal battle</div><div><p>A legal tussle pitting media conglomerate Viacom Inc. against online video leader YouTube is about to get dirtier as a federal judge prepares to release documents that will expose their secrets and other confidential information.</p><p>T...

Google denied Nexus phone trademark: report

2010-03-18T05:16:03Z

<div><p>Google has been denied a trademark application for its Nexus One smartphone after the US Patent and Trademark Office said the name had been taken by a related product, a report said.</p><p>The ruling issued last week said Google's application was denied for the "likel...

Microsoft MSN China top exec to leave

2010-03-18T00:30:14Z

<div><p>SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A top executive for Microsoft Corp's MSN China will leave the joint venture, Microsoft said on Thursday, in a setback as the firm struggles to compete in China's hotly contested social networking space.</p><p>Xiao Che...

HTC says confident can defend against Apple suit

2010-03-17T21:30:14Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cellphone developer HTC Corp said it is confident it can fight off a recent technology patent infringement lawsuit from iPhone maker Apple Inc and promised to issue a formal response in the next few weeks.</p><p>...

Google working with Intel, Sony on TV project: report

2010-03-17T19:00:11Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is working with Intel Corp and Sony Corp to develop a new class of Internet-enabled televisions and set top boxes, according to a media...

Google, Intel, Sony team up on Google TV: NY Times

2010-03-17T18:15:21Z

<div><p>Google and Intel have teamed up with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Internet to a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes, The New York Times said.</p><p>The newspape...

24 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute

2010-03-17T16:16:24Z

<div><p>YouTube said Wednesday that 24 hours worth of video are being uploaded to the video-sharing site every minute.</p><p>"What?s next? 30 hours? 36 hours?" YouTube director of product management Hunter Walk said in a blog post.</p><p>"A day's worth of content uploaded to YouTube every minute is a big achievement for our community and speaks to the role video plays in connecting and changing the world on...

Sprint to support Google's Nexus One smartphone

2010-03-17T16:15:18Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's Nexus One smartphone will soon be available to subscribers of Sprint Nextel Corp, the second U.S. wireless service provider to anno...

TechBits package

2010-03-17T13:45:44Z

<div><p>Google Inc. is making two new versions of its Nexus One phone: one for AT&T Inc.'s network and one for Sprint Nextel Corp.'s.</p><p>The first U.S. version of the Nexus One, which Google is promoting as its own "super...

Google phone now works on iPhone's wireless system

2010-03-17T12:32:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Google upgrades Nexus One to work on AT&T's 3G network in latest swipe at Apple's iPhone</div><div><p>Google Inc. is making two new versions of its Nexus One phone: one for AT&T Inc.'s network and one for

Mobile 'apps' a $17.5 bln market by 2012: study

2010-03-17T06:16:03Z

<div><p>A study released on Wednesday indicated that the market for mobile device software programs should rocket to 17.5 billion dollars (US) within three years.</p><p>Downloads of mobile applications to handsets will leap from slightly more than seven billion in 2009 to nearly 50 billion in 2012, according to the independent study commissioned by GetJar, the world's second largest app store.</p><p>"It...

Chinese ad firms seek Google compensation talks

2010-03-17T04:16:35Z

<div><p>A group of 27 Chinese advertising agencies have sent Google a letter calling for talks over compensation for possible business losses if the Internet giant pulls out of the country.</p><p>The letter, confirmed Wednesday by Google and one of the agencies, complained that the US firm kept them in the dark about whether it plans to make good on a threat to ...

Google partners in China appeal for word on plans

2010-03-17T02:31:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Google advertising partners in China appeal for information on company's plans</div><div><p>Chinese companies that sell advertising on Google's China search engine have appealed for information on its future and say they might want compensation if it is shut down.</p><p>The appeal in the name of 27 companies comes as Google might be moving toward ...

Facebook beats Google in US for first time: tracker

2010-03-17T02:23:06Z

<div><p>Social-networking star Facebook surpassed Google to become the most visited website in the United States for the first time last week, industry analysts showed.</p><p>Facebook's homepage finished the week ending March 13 as the most visited site in the country, according to industry tracker

Microsoft Bing nabs more Web searches in February

2010-03-16T18:00:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Microsoft's Bing search engine nabs larger share of US Web queries in February</div><div><p>Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search engine gained market share in the U.S. in February, according to research groups.</p><p>Microsoft has worked for years to improve its search te...

Google Nexus One sales lag Apple, Motorola: Flurry

2010-03-16T15:00:29Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's initial sales of its Nexus One smartphone have significantly lagged the pace of Apple Inc's iPhone and

China without Google: 'a lose-lose scenario'

2010-03-16T07:15:37Z

<div id="subtitle">No maps, less music: China without Google could see loss for Web surfers, industry development</div><div><p>China without Google — a prospect that looks increasingly likely — could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy. China's fledgling Web outfits would face less pressure to improve, er...

Schools accused in Google hacking case ask "why us?"

2010-03-16T06:00:34Z

<div><p>JINAN, China (Reuters) - With Google expected to decide soon whether to close its Chinese search engine, students at one of the schools cited by some reports for being behind hacking attacks on the Internet giant are decidedly ambivalent.</p><p>On the surface, BEIJING (Reuters) - Google should obey Chinese government rules even if it decides to retreat from the country over hacking and censorship complaints, a Chinese government spokesman said on Tuesday.</p><p>Investors sold off Google Inc shares a day earlier after signs the company could soon shut its We...