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Facebook Will Shut Down Beacon to Settle Lawsuit Facebook will shut down its controversial Beacon advertising system in order to settle a lawsuit.
DOJ: Court Should Reject Google Book Search Settlement UPDATE: The U.S. Department of Justice opposes a proposed settlement of the lawsuit over Google's books search engine.
Behind Apple's Thumbs Down on Google Voice Apple's decision to reject the Google Voice app for the iPhone was made by senior executives.
FCC to Take a Stand on Net Neutrality FCC chairman Julius Genachowski is expected to announce a plan on Monday to formalize the idea of net neutrality.
Windows 7 Deal: Students Win, Others Lose The sweet $30 Windows 7 deal for college students is also great retaliation against Apple, but what about the rest of us?
Opposition Mounting Against Google Books Settlement The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a 32-page brief with the court arguing that the Google Books settlement should be rejected based on violations of class action, antitrust, and copyright law.
Astronaut Will Tweet from Space Twitter goes into orbit this week with a NASA astronaut who will tweet from the space station.
New Net Neutrality Rule Expected FCC chairman Julius Genachowski will propose new network neutrality rules during a speech at the Brookings Institute on Monday.
EBay Loses Dior Trademark Case in France A French court has fined eBay $118,000 after the auction site used brands like Dior in keywords.
Report: FCC Will Formalize Net Neutrality Rule The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to establish formal net neutrality rules.
DOJ on Google, PC Demand Takes off The big news of the week is still to come at this writing, with the U.S. Department of Justice expected to weigh in on the Google book-search deal. We were...
Condoleezza Rice Stumps for Capitalism at SAP Event Former US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice defended capitalism against charges it brought about the global recession.
Bailout Data may Go Online Congress is considring building a bailout database where taxpayers ould track funds.
'Father of Internet' Reviews His Work Turning off pieces of the Net is "not sensible," says Vint Cerf of proposed Internet management.
Software License Audits Come in Multiple Flavors There are several types of software license audits, each with their own risks and variables, experts say.
State AGs Don't Like Google Books Deal, What About Readers? They cite various reasons heading into an Oct. 7 hearing. What's a reader to think?
License Audits: Preparing Now Can Ease the Pain Oracle licensing consultant Eliot Arlo Colon still remembers the enormous global publishing company that was "so darn confident" it would breeze through an...
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