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Microsoft, News Corp weigh web pact: source

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:10:10 -0500

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 buying display advertising startup

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:13:25 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc said it is buying Silicon Valley display advertising technology startup Teracent, which expands its competition with display leader Yahoo Inc.

eBay says fixes search glitch on website

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:55:27 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - eBay Inc said on Sunday it had restored a search function on its website overnight Saturday after a glitch led to searches returning either limited or no results throughout the day.

Tweets or bleats? Tool measures importance on Twitter

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:04:59 -0500

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - You've got followers and post regularly, but ever wondered how popular you are on Twitter? An online tool that evaluates "tweets" can tell.

China attacks "biased" U.S. cyber-spying report

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:48:02 -0500

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Monday accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its military.

Barnes & Noble says Nook sold out before holidays

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:22:46 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its newly-launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand -- a pre-holiday miscalculation that analysts said could boost sales of rival Amazon.com Inc's market leading Kindle.

Google says PC will start in seven seconds or less

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:52 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web.

Sony to launch online entertainment service in 2010

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:02:38 -0500

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year.

Chinese cyber-spying seen growing against U.S.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:03:59 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government appears increasingly to be piercing U.S. government and defense industry computer networks to gather useful data for its military, a congressional advisory panel said on Thursday.

Wikipedia, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:04:45 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.