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Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact

By Matthew Garrahan and Richard Waters, The Financial Times Microsoft may pay for News Corp. to 'de-list' its news sites from Google News Corp. is owner of the Wall Street Journal and many other newspapers Microsoft has had...

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Oracle wins more time for Sun merger (at FT.com)

By Nikki Tait in Brussels and Richard Waters in San Fransisco The European Commission has agreed to a request by Oracle to extend the deadline for approval of its proposed $7.4bn merger with Sun Microsystems . The Commission,...

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Microsoft co-founder treated for cancer (at FT.com)

By Richard Waters in San Francisco Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, is being treated for a form of cancer known as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a member of his family said on Monday. In an email to employees of Vulcan, Mr...

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Gambler 'given money despite Vegas debt'

DANIEL FOGARTY November 16, 2009 - 7:09PM AAP High stakes problem gambler Harry Kakavas was lent $US1 million by a Bahamian casino despite knowing he owed $US5 million to casinos in Las Vegas, a court has heard. An internet...

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Authors win Google book concession (at FT.com)

Book publishers and authors in most countries outside the US won a significant concession late on Friday as Google and American book industry representatives agreed to make changes to their landmark digital books settlement.

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Intel settles antitrust AMD case for $1.2bn

By Richard Waters in San Francisco and Nikki Tait in,Brussels Intel sought to quell a rising tide of complaints over its business practices as it agreed yesterday to pay $1.25bn to settle a private antitrust lawsuit from rival...

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Google adds Gizmo5 to stable

By Richard Waters in San Francisco Google on Thursday plugged a key gap in its growing portfolio of communication services with the acquisition of Gizmo5, a Californian start-up that handles internet-based voice calls and...

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Google reaches deeper into internet communications (at FT.com)

Google on Thursday plugged a key gap in its growing portfolio of communication services with the acquisition of Gizmo5, a start-up in southern California that handles internet-based voice calls and instant messaging.

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Google adds Gizmo5 to stable (at FT.com)

Google on Thursday plugged a key gap in its growing portfolio of communication services with the acquisition of Gizmo5, a Californian start-up that handles internet-based voice calls and instant messaging.

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Motorola weighs sale of its TV set-top box unit (at FT.com)

By Justin Baer in New York and Richard Waters in San Francisco Motorola is considering the sale of its television set-top box and networking equipment division as part of the mobile-handset maker’s turnround plan. The decision...

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