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November 29th, 2008
Posted by Richard Koman @ November 29, 2008 @ 7:44 AM
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The saga of the MySpace suicide case is not yet over. Tina Meier, the mother of Megan Meier, a 13-year-old who hanged herself in response to cruel messages sent as part of a hoax, will press for the maximum charges against Lori Drew, 49, who was convicted by a jury of three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud,
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If the jury throws the book at Drew, Read the rest of this entry »

Yahoo!
is trying moving further in.
bought an additional 6.8 million shares of the Internet search engine over the Thanksgiving week to up his stake in
Yahoo!
) to 5.5%, or 75.6 million shares, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The enlarged holding in Yahoo! is likely to fuel speculation that Icahn is trying to take over the company now that the co-founder and chief executive has said that he will step Read the rest of this entry »

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the securities laws. The statements in this release regarding
anticipated benefits of the transaction; plans for the development and
deployment of the first nationwide next-generation wireless broadband
network based on mobile WiMAX technology; the timing, availability,
capabilities and coverage of our network; products and services Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a well-known that in a lot of cases if you give someone a medical dictionary, they’ll probably have a read and decide they show symptoms of one or more serious ailments. In some cases, you get hypochondriacs, who are always worried about being ill and mis-diagnose problems as much more serious than is actually the case.
Now a study carried out by Microsoft Research has found the Internet is not helping matters when it comes to Read the rest of this entry »

Apple's iPhone 3G is generally considered the best browsing experience on a smartphone, as consumers appear to love the ability to zoom and scroll with their fingers on the mobile
browser.
But that browsing experience is the heart of a new patent-infringement lawsuit filed by EMG Technology.
of reformatted mobile content to provide optimum viewing and navigation with single touches on a small screen." EMG is seeking unspecified damages and an Read the rest of this entry »

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Google Slows Hiring Rate, Focuses on Costs, CEO Says (Update1)
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) --
, owner of the most
popular Internet search engine, is adding fewer employees and
focusing on controlling expenses amid the global economic slump,
Chief Executive Officer
said.
“We have slowed our hiring, but we’re still hiring,”
Schmidt said in an interview that will be aired on Bloomberg
Television at 9 p.m. New York time. “We’re still doing the Read the rest of this entry »

We've all been hearing about the migration of television viewers online for years now, but the shift of TV watchers to the Internet is not yet a reality. Television viewership is now at an all time high, according to Nielsen.
” released Monday, Nielsen found that usage on all three screens — television, Internet, and mobile — increased in the last year. Furthermore, television viewership is up to 8 hours and 18 minutes a day — the highest Read the rest of this entry »

CENTURY CITY, Calif., Nov 24, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro (JMBM) announced today that it has
filed a patent infringement lawsuit on behalf of EMG Technology, LLC
against Apple Inc.
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in the District Court for the Eastern
District of Texas in the Tyler Division. The lawsuit accuses Apple of
infringing U.S. Patent No. 7,441,196 in the way the iPhone navigates the
Internet. Read the rest of this entry »

The $197,000 increase in operating expenses related to:

* $145,000 in increased product development costs incurred to develop
additional company owned proprietary titles for the PC, Nintendo DS
and Wii game platforms with worldwide rights for retail and Internet
distribution as well as international licensing opportunities; and a
* $52,000 increase in other operating expenses such as consulting and
salary related costs for our Read the rest of this entry »