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Hong Kong man, three others jailed for spam scheme
AFP - Tuesday, November 24
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A Hong Kong resident and three other men, including the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam," were sentenced to prison on Monday for their roles in an email stock fraud scheme, the Justice Department said.
Google PC will start in seven seconds or less
Reuters - Friday, November 20
By Alexei Oreskovic
Google explains racist, anti-Semitic search results
AFP - Wednesday, November 25
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Google is running advertisements to explain the appearance of racist and anti-Semitic material in search results, including a picture which depicts US First Lady Michelle Obama as a monkey.
Twitter eyes acquisitions, sees making money in 2010
Reuters - Wednesday, November 25
By Steven Scheer
Facebook changes stock structure but 'no plans to go public'
AFP - Wednesday, November 25
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Hot social networking site Facebook said Tuesday it has introduced a dual-class stock structure but has no plans to go public for the moment.
Canadian Internet firms to rat out child porn websites
AFP - Wednesday, November 25
OTTAWA (AFP) - - Canadian Internet service providers will be required to report online child pornography to police under proposed legislation the government unveiled Tuesday.
Microsoft names new CFO
AFP - Wednesday, November 25
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US software giant Microsoft announced on Tuesday that chief financial officer Chris Liddell will leave the company at the end of the year.
Twitter age gets mixed reception in sports
AFP - Wednesday, November 25
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Michelle Wie's glee at her first LPGA triumph and Lance Armstrong's ride-along calls show how Twitter brings fans closer to their sports heroes, but athlete tweeting is proving to have its pitfalls.
Spotify launches application for Nokia phones
AFP - Tuesday, November 24
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - - Swedish streaming software Spotify announced on Monday the launch of a music application for the Symbian platform, used by the world's biggest mobile phone maker Nokia and other smartphones.
EReaders, price war weigh on Barnes, Borders
Reuters - Wednesday, November 25
By Phil Wahba
Australia, Canada approve Yahoo!-Microsoft deal
AFP - Wednesday, November 25
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Australian and Canadian competition authorities have approved the Internet search and advertising partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft, the companies said Tuesday.
HP quarterly net profit up 14 percent
AFP - Tuesday, November 24
NEW YORK (AFP) - - US computer giant Hewlett-Packard posted a 14 percent rise in quarterly net profit Monday as slumping personal computer sales were offset by a solid performance in its services division.
US senators urge EC to expedite Oracle-Sun probe
AFP - Wednesday, November 25
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A bipartisan group of US senators urged the European Commission on Tuesday to expedite its investigation into the proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems by US business software giant Oracle.
Google buying display ad startup Teracent
AFP - Tuesday, November 24
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Google is acquiring Web display advertising startup Teracent, the Internet giant announced on Monday.
EU ends Qualcomm 3G probe after rivals back down
AFP - Wednesday, November 25
BRUSSELS (AFP) - - EU competition regulators ended antitrust action against Qualcomm on Tuesday after rivals withdrew complaints that the US microchip company had abused its dominant power in 3G markets.
Filmed concerts come to iTunes in Live Nation deal
Reuters - Wednesday, November 25
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation.
Microsoft, News Corp weigh Web pact: source
Reuters - Tuesday, November 24
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
Google to digitise Iraq Museum archives: CEO
AFP - Wednesday, November 25
BAGHDAD (AFP) - - US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum, its chief executive said in Baghdad on Tuesday.
Google to put ancient Iraq museum collection online
Reuters - Wednesday, November 25
By Aseel Kami