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3 record companies go after Baidu

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Universal, Sony BMG, and Warner ask a Beijing court to order China’s top search engine to remove all links to copyright-infringing tracks. Three global record companies have launched legal proceedings against China’s top Internet search engine Baidu.com, accusing it of violating copyright by giving access to music…
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Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Offer–described by Yahoo as “unsolicited”–amounts to $31 per share, or a 62 percent premium above its closing stock price Thursday. Microsoft went public Friday with a $44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo. In its response, Yahoo called the Microsoft bid “unsolicited” but did not reject it….
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Red light for green-tech start-ups?

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

A funding gap, made worse by a softening economy, could create a wall for clean-tech start-ups despite a favorable long-term environment. For green-tech start-ups, 2008 could be the year of either break-neck speed or just hitting the brakes. A tidal wave of venture capital has poured into…
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Face recognition firm to launch Web service

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Scheduled for rollout in second quarter, free software from Swedish start-up Polar Rose is designed to sort and match faces in photos. Swedish start-up Polar Rose plans to make its face recognition service publicly available on the Web in the second quarter of 2008 as it tries to…
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Turner, NBA extend relationship to digital

Friday, January 18th, 2008

National Basketball Association’s 24-hour TV network and its Web sites now included in long-term partnership with Turner. Cable network Turner Broadcasting System and the National Basketball Association said on Thursday they have expanded their long-term partnership to include digital assets such as the league’s 24-hour TV network and…
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