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Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_viacom_youtube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100318/capt.4c190776055441a0b46d8da9de7d43fd-4c190776055441a0b46d8da9de7d43fd-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=F3.8E9Ct3o2XVCxSNfD9tQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This image shows the YouTube Web site Thursday March 18, 2010, in Los Angeles. Court documents unsealed Thursday as part of a 3-year-old copyright lawsuit against the online video leader reveal YouTube founders' views on copyright, and Viacom's desire to buy the the site before getting beat out by Google. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)" border="0" /></a>AP - Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Nintendo aims to get consoles in schools
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_nintendo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.36996c08087142b1ace3f49b89382494-36996c08087142b1ace3f49b89382494-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=UFwUm3FPaK4XDU2uZpEIsg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer and producer is seen during an interview with Associated Press in London, Friday, March 19, 2010. Miyamoto, the creator of such classic games as 'Mario' and the man behind Nintendo's popular Wii console, was in Britain to receive a fellowship at the GAME British Academy Video Games Award. Miyamoto says he's devoting most of his energy to turning Nintendo Co.'s DS handheld consoles into tour guides and educational aids. (AP Photo / Kirsty Wigglesworth)" border="0" /></a>AP - Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom?</p><br clear="all"/>
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Hollywood and Bollywood join arms to fight piracy
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_en_mo/as_india_piracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100318/capt.0e6cff1f784144578ef65b20d747f83d-0e6cff1f784144578ef65b20d747f83d-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=wJ5fGAfXg.CQSPwZrDpf4A--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Pirated CDs and DVDs of Bollywood films are displayed for sale at a roadside stall in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Hollywood and Bollywood are joining arms to fight piracy, with the announcement Thursday of a coalition between the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one the world's largest film markets. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms Thursday to fight piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one of the world's largest film markets.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Palm's phone sales slump and its stock dives
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100318/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_palm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100318/capt.1b46d9a3a9f949918c196e50b1487222-1b46d9a3a9f949918c196e50b1487222-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=FLG6eVrYVcOSBYnRCv4MkQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="FILE - In This March 8, 2010 file photo, a customer uses a Palm Pre Plus at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Palm Inc. reports quarterly financial results Thursday, March 18. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Palm Inc. reported sales figures Thursday that showed it's having a difficult time getting consumers to pay attention to its phones in a market dominated by iPhones and BlackBerrys. The company's shares plunged in after-hours trading.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Judge: Site must delay copying of broker reports
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| AP - Settling a copyright dispute closely watched in the financial news industry, a judge on Thursday ordered a Web site to delay disseminating the stock recommendations of financial services firms long enough so that the firms can alert their clients first.
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Net produces new generation of China activists
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_online_activists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.87f679c054fb46a0bdd55de5a6ea055f-87f679c054fb46a0bdd55de5a6ea055f-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Vo7bLXPXsJrLmyoZiXjbTQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo taken on Friday, March 12, 2010, people use computers at an Internet cafe in Fuyang, in central China's Anhui province. Chinese Internet users are being targeted for their budding grass-roots activism — ordinary people spreading the word about grievances from every corner of the country with postings on Twitter, microblogs and other Web sites. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **" border="0" /></a>AP - Lin Xiuying believes her daughter bled to death after being gang-raped two years ago by a group of thugs that had ties to the police in their southern Chinese town.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Ellen, Web site give gay teen $30,000 in prom flap
(Reuters)
| Reuters - Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and an inspirational Web site on Friday gave $30,000 toward the college education of a teenage lesbian whose high school prom was canceled when she asked to attend with a girl.
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Will iPad Sales Beat the iPhone? Who Cares?
(PC World)
| PC World - Conflicting reports have surfaced for the last week about how well Apple's still-unreleased iPad is selling, how well it will sell, and whether it'll make more of a dent in the market than the iPhone's debut.
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Smartphones not enough for carriers at CTIA
(Reuters)
| Reuters - Smartphones may be one of the hottest areas in technology with big names like Apple and Google tussling for share, but investors are questioning the growth prospects for mobile carriers as subscriber gains slow.
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YouTube creators cashed in big on sale to Google: documents
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100319/bs_afp/usitcopyrightjusticeinternetgoogleviacomyoutube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1269035015759-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Z23Iqc_C0CqH71hhJp9DUA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="This picture taken on January 2010 in Paris shows the internet homepage of the YouTube website. YouTube's creators walked away with hundreds of millions of dollars after the startup was bought by Google in 2006, according to documents released in a copyright brawl between Viacom and Google.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)" border="0" /></a>AFP - YouTube's creators walked away with hundreds of millions of dollars after the startup was bought by Google in 2006, according to documents released in a copyright brawl between Viacom and Google.</p><br clear="all"/>
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The Great Nintendo DS School Invasion
(PC World)
| PC World - Could Nintendo's Mario and Luigi be headed for blackboards and pop-top desks after decades battling bob-ombs, chain chomps, hammer bros, and koopa troopas? Mario creator and Nintendo R&D guru Shigeru Miyamoto certainly hopes so.
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Special Guests, Android Updates, and the iPad on PCWorld Podcast 69
(PC World)
| PC World - This week on the podcast, Wired's Dylan Tweney and Brian X. Chen visit the PCWorld podcast studio for some verbal jousting over Google's Android operating system and Apple's iPad.
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Browser Choice Boosts Downloads of Opera 10.5
(NewsFactor)
| NewsFactor - In the wake of the browser choice screen in Europe, Opera Software is reporting a dramatic uptick in browser downloads. The company said more than half the European downloads of Opera 10.50 have come directly from Microsoft's choice screen since early March.
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Apple Files Patent for Mobile Social Networking
(NewsFactor)
| NewsFactor - Apple is tapping into the social arena with plans to launch a social-networking application. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has filed a patent with the U.S. Patent & Trade Office describing a social-network application dubbed iGroups.
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Basketball, Facebook and Gossip Are Malware Targets
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| NewsFactor - Cybercriminals have been busy this week running scams that target Facebook users, college basketball fans, and celebrity gossip watchers. Security experts are warning about recent attacks with nasty payloads.
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Microsoft says its contentious relationship with open source is changing
(InfoWorld)
| InfoWorld - Acknowledging the relationship between Microsoft and the open source community has been contentious, a Microsoft official Thursday nonetheless emphasized the company's embrace of the open source paradigm, even if it was not necessarily for altruistic purposes.
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Microsoft pulls Bing app from non-U.S. App Stores
(Macworld.com)
| Macworld.com - The iPhone app for Bing, Microsoft's search engine, has been pulled from all international App Stores, according to Neowin.net. However, it remains available for U.S. customers.
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