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The Indian government plans to meet with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion next week, as the two sides look for a way to address national security officials’ concerns. The move comes as the latest effort to tackle worries by Indian government officials that e-mails sent through BlackBerry devices could not be traced or intercepted. India’s […]

Google is enlisting the same image-recognition technology the company uses to trace copyright violations on its YouTube video site to fight online child pornography, the company said on Monday. Google said it is working the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) of Alexandria, Va., to help automate and streamline how child protection workers […]

Source: Reuters Several the world’s largest technology companies have agreed to a framework to license their patents for the emerging mobile network technology known as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The companies, which include the world’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and top mobile network gear maker Ericsson, said on Monday they were aiming […]

Yahoo’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) attempt to form an alliance with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to stave off Microsoft Corp. could run into more trouble with antitrust regulators than Microsoft’s unwelcome takeover bid. While Yahoo is seeking a business partnership with Google — unlike the outright merger that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) wants — legal experts say any deal […]

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) wants to stick with its original takeover offer for Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) but is not ruling out News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) joining its bid or other options, a source close to the company said on Friday. Separately, a source familiar with the matter said News Corp. continues to talk directly with Yahoo […]

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Source: Reuters Staff at the Federal Communications Commission are expected to recommend that it review rules on how phone and cable companies can use customer information as they try to take business from each other, an FCC official said on Friday. The FCC enforcement bureau will recommend that the commission reject […]

Many people are uncomfortable with Web sites customizing content to people’s personal profiles, according to a new survey. “There’s a creepy factor and a fear of the unknown that people don’t want to deal with,” said Michelle Warren, senior research analyst at Info-Tech Research Group in London, Ontario. “The notion that there’s a privacy issue […]

HELSINKI, FINLAND — Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is confident its $8.1 billion offer for U.S. digital maps firm Navteq (NYSE: NVT) will be approved by the European Commission, a senior Nokia official said on Friday. “We are very confident it will happen. There is very constructive dialogue going on with the regulator,” Niklas Savander, the head […]

A company founded by Rupert Murdoch’s daughter will help News Corp.’s MySpace distribute Web shows on television and DVDs outside the United States, as the world’s largest social network seeks an audience away from the computer. The move is a play to make shows such as MySpaceTV’s “Quarterlife” or “Roommates” available outside of the United […]

MUMBAI, INDIA — Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) believes it has made a fair offer to acquire Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and is committed to bolstering its digital advertising capabilities irrespective of the outcome, its chief operating officer said. “We believe we’ve made a very fair offer to Yahoo’s board of directors,” Kevin Turner said at a news […]

Yahoo Inc may have played its top two cards by pulling out possible deals with AOL and Google, but it does not seem to have changed Wall Street’s view that Microsoft will eventually win the takeover battle. Yahoo announced on Wednesday a test to outsource Web search advertising to Google Inc. Sources say the test […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Telephone service provider Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) brought its battle for video customers to court on Wednesday, with a lawsuit accusing rival Time Warner Cable of false advertising. Verizon said Time Warner Cable’s TV ads falsely imply that Verizon’s FiOS video service requires a satellite dish, that it does not include […]