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Archive for December 20th, 2007

Yahoo in Huge Mobile Search Deal (Reuters)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Yahoo in Huge Mobile Search Deal  —  Yahoo nets a 16-country Web services pact with America Movil.  —  NEW YORK (Reuters)—Internet company Yahoo and Latin America’s top mobile phone company America Movil said on Thursday they have struck a deal to provide mobile Web services to 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Source:   […]

Microsoft to Pay $21 Million to Settle Gambling Charges (Roy Mark/eWEEK.com)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Microsoft to Pay $21 Million to Settle Gambling Charges  —  Yahoo and Google also agree to settle U.S. charges for accepting advertising from offshore betting sites.  —  Microsoft, Google and Yahoo agreed Dec. 19 to pay a combined $31.5 million to resolve government claims …

Source:   eWEEK.com
Author:   Roy Mark
Link:   http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2238259,00.asp

7 pictures of the Nokia N96 leak! … (Stefan Constantinescu/IntoMobile)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

7 pictures of the Nokia N96 leak!  This isn’t a render folks, this is real hardware *UPDATE*  —  All 7 images can be found on my Flickr account here, the images came from Mobile Review.  Immediate thoughts are it looks like an N81, but even larger.  No specifications are known, but people say it is […]

7 pictures of the Nokia N96 leak! This isn’t a render folks, this is real hardware (Stefan Constantinescu/IntoMobile)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

7 pictures of the Nokia N96 leak!  This isn’t a render folks, this is real hardware  —  All 7 images can be found on my Flickr account here, the images came from Mobile Review.  Immediate thoughts are it looks like an N81, but even larger.  No specifications are known, but people say it is an […]

America Movil and Yahoo! Partner to Bring Mobile Search and … (Yahoo!)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

America Movil and Yahoo! Partner to Bring Mobile Search and Compelling Mobile Services to Millions of Consumers Across 16 Countries in Latin America  —  America Movil Selects Yahoo! oneSearch(TM) as the Preferred Search Service for Its Wireless Properties; Companies Also Make Mobile Web Products Available

Source:   Yahoo!
Link:   http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press…

Think Secret: Damn you, Steve Jobs (Mathew/mathewingram.com/work)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Think Secret: Damn you, Steve Jobs  —  The Apple rumour site Think Secret has posted a note saying that it has reached a settlement with Apple over the lawsuit the computer company filed against it for leaking company secrets, and that it is “a positive solution for both sides.”

Source:   mathewingram.com/work
Author:   Mathew
Link:   http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/12/20/think…

Federal Trade Commission Clears Google’s Acquisition of DoubleClick (Adam Kovacevich/Google)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Federal Trade Commission Clears Google’s Acquisition of DoubleClick  —  Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today welcomed the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s clearance of its planned acquisition of DoubleClick Inc., a premier provider of display ad serving technology and services.

Source:   Google
Author:   Adam Kovacevich
Link:   http://www.google.com/press/pressrel…

Oh My God! Apple Killed Think Secret! Those Bastards! (Duncan Riley/TechCrunch)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Oh My God!  Apple Killed Think Secret!  Those Bastards!  —  Apple and Apple blog Think Secret have settled their long running legal dispute over leaked Apple secrets, and under the deal Think Secret will cease operation.  —  According to a statement from ThinkSecret (via CrunchGear)

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Duncan Riley
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/20/oh-my-god-apple…

Oh My God! Apple Killed Think Secret! Those Bastards! (Duncan Riley/TechCrunch)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Oh My God!  Apple Killed Think Secret!  Those Bastards!  —  Apple and Apple blog Think Secret have settled their long running legal dispute over leaked Apple secrets, and under the deal Think Secret will cease operation.  —  According to a statement from ThinkSecret (via CrunchGear)

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Duncan Riley
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/20/oh-my-god-apple…

BitTorrent search site loses case (BBC)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

BitTorrent search site loses case  —  A website which facilitated the online exchange of films, music and TV programmes without permission has lost a US copyright case.  —  TorrentSpy was taken to court by the Motion Picture Association of America.  —  A judge made a default ruling in favour …

Source:   BBC
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7153323.stm