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Microsoft Pulls Plug on Kin Smartphones

July 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft has decided to scrap the Kin Smartphones less than three months after releasing them to the market. Microsoft says it will kill plans to start selling the phone in Europe and with work with mobile service partner Verizon to sell the current stock of Kin phones in the U.S. – SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft Corp has pulled the plug on a new generation of smartphones less than three months after unveiling the devices that were part of its efforts to catch-up with Apple Inc and Google Inc. in the fast-growing mobile market.
Microsoft said on Wednesday it had canceled plans to s…

Google TV to bring television and Internet content together

May 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Google Inc. now aims to answer this worrisome problem that which is the right program that the viewers can select for themselves while selecting from hundreds of TV channels.
To solve this riddle, the company held a developer conference on Thursday in San Francisco. The meeting came out with a solution in the form [...]

Book Settlement: Google, Publishers Vs Amazon.com, Microsoft and AT&T

February 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Google Inc. together with a group of authors and publishers insisted on acceptance of a $125 million settlement by a federal judge as it will help create digital book library.
But still there are companies among which one can observe Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc., AT&T Inc. and also the nations of France and Germany that are [...]

Google could find new road in China

January 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Google Inc says it may be forced to leave China, but the search giant has room to compromise in its battle with Beijing, and both sides have reason to do so. The company’s surprise statement on Tuesday that it was no longer ready to censor search results in China and might pull out of the

Apple says itâ€™s fixed iPhone SMS vulnerability

August 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Apple Inc. says it has fixed an iPhone vulnerability that lets hackers knock people offline – and possibly take over the phones – by sending them specially crafted text messages.
Apple says it issued a software fix Friday after the vulnerability was exposed this week at the Black Hat security conference [...]

Microsoft, Yahoo team up to ding Google with Bing

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft Corp. has finally roped Yahoo Inc. into an Internet search partnership, capping a convoluted pursuit that dragged on for years and setting the stage for them to make a joint assault against the dominance of Google Inc.
The 10-year deal announced Wednesday gives Microsoft access to the Internet’s second-largest search [...]

Microsoft, Yahoo Near Web Search Deal

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. appears to have finally locked up rival Yahoo Inc. in a long-awaited Internet search partnership aimed at narrowing Google Inc.’s commanding lead in the most lucrative piece of the online advertising market.

Th…

Microsoft on verge of Yahoo search deal

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft Corp. appears to have finally locked up rival Yahoo Inc. in a long-awaited Internet search partnership aimed at narrowing Google Inc.’s commanding lead in the most lucrative piece of the online advertising market.
The details of the Microsoft-Yahoo alliance are expected to be announced Wednesday, according to The Wall Street Journal [...]

Microsoft, Yahoo Agree on Ad Partnership, Source Says

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Updated: Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to an online search and advertising partnership that will be announced within 24 hours, a source familiar with the situation reportedly says.
– SEATTLE (Reuters) Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have agreed to an
online search and advertising partnership, in an attempt to rival
Google Inc., that will be announced within 24 hours, a source familiar
with the situation said on Thursday.
Microsoft will not pay an upfront fee to Yahoo, and the…

Time Warner buys back AOL stake from Google

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Time Warner Inc. bought back Google Inc.’s 5 percent stake in struggling Internet company AOL LLC for $283 million, according to a regulatory filing by AOL on Monday.
The price paid on July 8 is close to what Google estimated its stake at earlier this year.
Mountain View-based Google bought the stake [...]

Time Warner Buys Google’s Stake in AOL for $283M

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Time Warner paid $283 million for Google’s 5 percent stake in AOL, the Internet company says in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Time Warner, which plans to spin off AOL by the end of 2009, bought the stake from search company Google on July 8, AOL says. The price that the company paid for Google’s stake implies that AOL has a total value of about $5.7 billion.
– NEW YORK
(Reuters) Time Warner Inc paid $283 million for Google Inc’s 5 percent stake in
AOL, the Internet company said in a U.S.
regulatory filing on Monday.
Time Warner, which plans to spin off AOL
by the end of the year, bought the stake from Google on July 8, AOL
said in the filing with th…

Microsoft to let users pick browser

July 25th, 2009 | No Comments

BRUSSELS (AP) — Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of rival Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators and Microsoft said Friday.
Microsoft said its proposal, if accepted by the European Commission, would “fully address” antitrust worries over its browser and “would mark a big step forward in addressing [...]

Google Cleared in UK Defamation Lawsuit

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Google is not responsible for allegedly defamatory online comments that appeared in its Internet search results, a British judge rules.
– SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) Google Inc is not responsible for
allegedly defamatory online comments that appeared in its Internet
search results, a British judge ruled in a decision made known on
Monday.
Google’s automated search engine trawls the Web and indexes content
without any human input, sai…