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Advertising Agencies Pushed For DOJ’s Approval on Yahoo, Microsoft Deal
Advertising Agencies in the US on Monday urged the Justice Department to finally approve the merger deal between online giant Yahoo and software manufacturer Microsoft Corp, citing that benefits it would bring among advertisers in the country. In a letter to the DOJ, the American Association of Advertising... 
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“Pickup Lines” iPhone App by PepsiCo Earns Criticism for Stereotyping
PepsiCo on Thursday issued a letter of apology for its new iPhone Application, which was tagged for stereotyping women and making men more of a “chauvinist pig”. However, PepsiCo Spokesperson Nicole Bradley said that the company will not pull out the application from Apple’s online App Store. “The... 
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Data Loss Prompts T-Mobile to Halt Sale of Popular Sidekick
One of the biggest wireless carriers in the United States, T-Mobile, has temporarily suspended on Monday the sale of its popular Sidekick mobile phone following complaints by users of massive server malfunction and personal data loss. According to reports, customers said that they have lost saved personal... 
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Comcast Enforces Pop-up Alerts to Fight “Botnets”
The largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) and high-speed Internet provider in the United States, Comcast Corp., on Friday announced plans to enforce pop-up message service to its customers in a bid to fight the growing problem of “botnets” in its system. In an interview, Comcast executives said... 
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Hackers Posted Lists of Hotmail Account Passwords Online
Software giant Microsoft Corp. has blocked on Tuesday thousands of Hotmail accounts after hackers posted its respective passwords in the Internet. Microsoft, in a statement, said that they immediately blocked access to this accounts after hackers were able to plundering account information through phishing... 
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Amazon Agrees on Settlement over Kindle Suit Filed by a High School Student
Online retail store giant Amazon has agreed on Monday agreed on a settlement over a law suit filed by a high school student accusing the company of indiscriminately deleting an e-book copy he bought for his Kindle reader. Amazon.com has expressed intention to settle the case as it filed the necessary... 
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Microsoft to Release “Security Essentials” Antivirus Software
World’s top software manufacturer Microsoft Corp. said that it is set to launch the new and full version of the antivirus computer software called Security Essentials on Tuesday, to help users shield their PCs from malwares. In a statement, Microsoft executives said that users can start downloading... 
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Tax Scam on E-mails Becomes Biggest Spam Virus Problem in the World
University of Alabama research in computer forensics Director Gary Warner on Friday said the e-mail spam that pose as an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collection scheme has now become the world’s biggest e-mail virus problem. In a statement, Warner said that the spam e-mails used by cybercriminals... 
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Web Pages Comments Now Possible with SideWiki
World’s largest search engine provider Google Inc. has launched on Wednesday an added feature to its toolbar, called the SideWiki. The innovative feature would allow online users to input comments on any webpage they are viewed. According to Google Lab executives, the new SideWiki feature of the website... 
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US Justice Department Tells NY Court to Reject Google Book Deal
The United States Justice Department on Friday told the New York District Court to reject the proposed settlement of the controversial book deal of Google Inc. with authors and publishers in Europe, which would allow the Internet giant to create digitized copies of books that were already out-of-prints. In...