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Tech Industry News Archives for April 4, 2008

ISPs hog rights in fine print
Apr 4 2008 11:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In their subscriber contracts, some Internet providers explicitly absolve themselves of obligations that, it seems, no one would imagine they had in the first place.
 
Microsoft 'evaluating' its Yahoo offer
Apr 4 2008 8:09PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A person familiar with Microsoft's bid for Yahoo said Friday the software company is evaluating its offer in light of the economic climate and the Internet pioneer's deteriorating business.
 
Microsoft to appeal $367M patent ruling
Apr 4 2008 7:53PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A jury on Friday ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay $367.4 million to Alcatel-Lucent for infringing on two patents, a decision the software maker vowed to appeal.
 
Courts disagree on legality of uploading
Apr 4 2008 4:27PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Leaving a copyrighted song where others can get at it with peer-to-peer software doesn't constitute a copyright violation until someone downloads it, a federal judge said in a record industry lawsuit against college students.
 
InfoUSA gets Nasdaq delisting notice
Apr 4 2008 4:04PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Database provider InfoUSA Inc. said Friday it received a Nasdaq delisting notice earlier this week because it still hasn't filed its annual report.
 
InfoUSA gets Nasdaq delisting notice
Apr 4 2008 4:04PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Database provider InfoUSA Inc. said Friday it received a Nasdaq delisting notice earlier this week because it still hasn't filed its annual report.
 
Federal ban on contracts with IBM lifted
Apr 4 2008 4:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has lifted a week-old ban that prevented IBM from getting new federal contracts in an exchange for an agreement from the company to drop its protest of an $84 million Environmental Protection Agency contract it lost last year.
 
Federal ban on contracts with IBM lifted
Apr 4 2008 4:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has lifted a week-old ban that prevented IBM from getting new federal contracts in an exchange for an agreement from the company to drop its protest of an $84 million Environmental Protection Agency contract it lost last year.
 
Clarification: Faster Internet story
Apr 4 2008 3:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In an April 2 story about faster Internet service, The Associated Press reported that Comcast Corp. offers an 8-megabit-per-second service for $53 a month and a 6 Mbps tier for $43. Comcast described these as regular prices, without noting that customers must also subscribe to Comcast's television service to qualify. Comcast confirmed this after the story was published.
 
Clarification: Faster Internet story
Apr 4 2008 3:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In an April 2 story about faster Internet service, The Associated Press reported that Comcast Corp. offers an 8-megabit-per-second service for $53 a month and a 6 Mbps tier for $43. Comcast described these as regular prices, without noting that customers must also subscribe to Comcast's television service to qualify. Comcast confirmed this after the story was published.
 
Couple sues Google for posting house pix
Apr 4 2008 3:15PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A western Pennsylvania couple has sued Google Inc., saying pictures of their home on its Web site violate their privacy and devalued their property.
 
Couple sues Google for posting house pix
Apr 4 2008 3:15PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A western Pennsylvania couple has sued Google Inc., saying pictures of their home on its Web site violate their privacy and devalued their property.
 
Samsung chief denies ordering slush fund
Apr 4 2008 11:44AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Special prosecutors probing claims of corruption at Samsung Group took their investigation to the very top Friday, questioning its chairman for nearly 11 hours over allegations the iconic conglomerate used a slush fund to bribe influential legal figures.
 
Samsung chief denies ordering slush fund
Apr 4 2008 11:44AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Special prosecutors probing claims of corruption at Samsung Group took their investigation to the very top Friday, questioning its chairman for nearly 11 hours over allegations the iconic conglomerate used a slush fund to bribe influential legal figures.
 
Samsung chief denies ordering slush fund
Apr 4 2008 11:44AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Special prosecutors probing claims of corruption at Samsung Group took their investigation to the very top Friday, questioning its chairman for nearly 11 hours over allegations the iconic conglomerate used a slush fund to bribe influential legal figures.
 
ISPs hog rights in fine print
Apr 4 2008 11:43AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - What's scary, funny and boring at the same time? It could be a bad horror movie. Or it could be the fine print on your Internet service provider's contract.
 
ISPs hog rights in fine print
Apr 4 2008 11:43AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - What's scary, funny and boring at the same time? It could be a bad horror movie. Or it could be the fine print on your Internet service provider's contract.
 
Verizon to use spectrum for broadband
Apr 4 2008 11:39AM (CT)
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (AP) - Verizon Wireless said Friday it will use the spectrum it agreed to buy in the government's wireless auction this winter to expand its data services.
 
Navajo Nation to lose Internet signal
Apr 4 2008 8:36AM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The thousands of Navajo Nation residents who rely on the Internet to work, study and communicate across their 27,000-square-mile reservation will be out of luck Monday, if their service provider shuts access as planned.
 
Britain seeks pedophiles Facebook ban
Apr 4 2008 6:50AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The British government wants to ban convicted pedophiles from using social networking Web sites such as Facebook, the Home Office said Friday.
 
Britain seeks pedophiles Facebook ban
Apr 4 2008 6:50AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The British government wants to ban convicted pedophiles from using social networking Web sites such as Facebook, the Home Office said Friday.
 
iTunes overtakes Wal-Mart in music sales
Apr 4 2008 6:38AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Apple Inc. says a new consumer study shows its iTunes online music store vaulted past Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in February to become the top overall music retailer in the U.S.
 
AT&T wanted unrestricted spectrum
Apr 4 2008 12:35AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - AT&T Inc. sought unrestricted portions of wireless spectrum in the recent auction by the Federal Communications Commission because they better complimented the company's existing holdings, executives said Thursday.
 
Qualcomm aims to expand TV service
Apr 4 2008 12:30AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Qualcomm Inc. said Thursday that it will use the radio spectrum it won in a recent government auction to double the capacity of its mobile television service on swaths of both coasts.
 
   

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