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Ballmer boasts of search engine progress
May 4 2006 9:58PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Two years after conceding his company erred in failing to develop its own search engine, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer boasted Thursday of progress in fighting industry leaders Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
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N.Y. lawmaker sues Google over child porn
May 4 2006 9:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Long Island politician sued Google Inc. on Thursday claiming the search engine leader is profiting from illegal child pornography.
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BearShare to pay $30M to avoid piracy claim
May 4 2006 8:02PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The operators of the BearShare online file-sharing service have agreed to pay $30 million to avoid potential copyright infringement lawsuits from the recording industry, according to court documents filed Thursday.
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Report: Hate groups use U.S. Net servers
May 4 2006 8:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hate groups around the world, including Islamic militants, often use Internet servers based in the United States to send propaganda and instructions to followers, according to a report released Thursday by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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Microsoft acquires Massive
May 4 2006 6:11PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that it had acquired Massive Inc., a company that inserts advertising into video games, and will work to use Massive's technology for other online products.
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Court orders spyware operator to pay $4M
May 4 2006 4:57PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A federal court has ordered a man who was at the center of the nation's first "spyware" case to give up $4 million in ill-gotten gains.
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Dell CEO shrugs off recent stock tumbles
May 4 2006 4:25PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Dell Inc. founder and chairman Michael Dell, responding to concerns about his company's recent stock declines, said Thursday he remains confident in the direct-sales model that helped create the world's largest PC maker.
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Game-maker EA's shares plunge after loss
May 4 2006 9:30AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. sank Thursday after the bellwether of video game sales signaled the year ahead will be challenging and expensive amid the shift to new game consoles.
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