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Google Near Deal in Drug Ad Crackdown
Google is close to settling a U.S. criminal investigation into allegations it made hundreds of millions of dollars by accepting ads from online pharmacies that break U.S. laws

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Facebook Hired PR Firm to Target Google
Facebook recently hired a public relations firm to push stories critical of Google's privacy policies, amid an escalation of the tech rivalry.
Debit-Card Scam Targets Michaels
Shoppers at Michaels arts-and-crafts stores in 20 states may have had their bank accounts looted by thieves who tampered with the stores' debit-card processing gear.
- Table: Affected Michaels Stores
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Yahoo Not Told of Alibaba Move
Yahoo said it was notified on March 31 that Alibaba Group had transferred ownership of an online-payment unit to a separate entity months earlier without the knowledge or approval of Alibaba's board of directors or shareholders.
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New App Rules Cause Ripples
With new rules governing how third parties sell digital content on Apple's App Store likely to kick in over the next couple of months, developers are scrambling to deal with the fallout.
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LimeWire, Record Labels Settle Suit
The major record labels and their trade group reached a financial settlement in a copyright infringement lawsuit against LimeWire, a now-defunct file sharing service.
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EU to Say Location Data Private
A top European Union advisory body will issue an opinion this month saying that information collected by phone and Internet companies on customer locations must be treated as private.
- Privacy Battles Transform Legal Landscape
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Disney's Playdom Settles FTC Charges
Playdom, an operator of online social games recently bought by Disney, has agreed to pay $3 million to settle FTC charges it collected and disclosed children's personal information without parents' consent.
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Rambus to Buy Cryptography Research
Rambus, a Silicon Valley company known for semiconductor memory technology, struck out in a new direction with a $342.5 million deal to buy Cryptography Research.
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U.S. Sues to Stop VeriFone-Hypercom Deal
U.S. antitrust regulators sued to block VeriFone Systems' proposed $485 million acquisition of Hypercom, saying the deal would limit competition in the market for payment terminals used by retailers to accept credit and debit cards.
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Videogame Sales Jump 20%; Sony Lags Competitors
U.S. videogame industry sales jumped 20% in April as a flood of highly anticipated titles hit the market, though sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 rose more slowly in the wake of an attack on its online videogame networks.
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Vivendi Net Profit Surges
French conglomerate Vivendi said first-quarter earnings surged even as a recent tax change weighed on telecom operator SFR, and reaffirmed its full-year guidance.
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BT Boosts Its Dividend
U.K. telecom firm BT increased its final dividend by 9% as it reported market-beating fourth-quarter results, and said it expects to continue to grow profit and free cash flow.
- The Source: BT Pension Funding Issues Linger
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SingTel Profit Slips
Singapore Telecommunications fourth-quarter profit fell 2.3% on year mainly because of lower contributions from its Indian associate.
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Record Labels, LimeWire, Hold Settlement Talks
Lawyers for several major record labels have held at least three settlement conferences with representatives of a file-sharing service that they sued for copyright infringement, according to a federal court docket entry.
Google to Launch Chrome Laptops
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Cisco Predicts More Hardship, Further Cuts
iGate Completes Patni Buy
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AT&T; Defends T-Mobile
SEC Pressed on Firms' Cyberattack Disclosures
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Web Porn Was Error, Sears Says
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Essar CEO Questioned in Telecom Case
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Fee Splits at Groupon Vary
Reliance Communications Draws on Second Tranche
Skype Investors Will Reap a Windfall
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Google Plans to Challenge Swiss Ruling on Mapping
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Intel Raises Dividend 16%
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Google Takes Charge for Ad Probe
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AT&T; to Sell Cisco's Tablet
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Yahoo Discloses Alipay Stake Restructuring
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Gilt's Valuation Puts Web Boom to Test
Facebook Security Flaw Exposed User Accounts
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Tencent Net Climbs 61%
Google, Apple Defend Privacy Controls
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Hitachi Profit Jumps, But Forecast Uncertain
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Google Unveils Music Storage Service
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PlayStation Resumption Still Unclear
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Xerox Seeks Faster Services Growth
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Sidera, FiberLight to Go on the Block
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Russia Reopens Its Probe of Activist
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U.S., Chinese Firms Sign Solar Pact
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NEC's Quarterly Net Falls
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Orbitz Eyes Europe Rail Travel
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Gilt Groupe Valued at $1 Billion
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Condé Nast, Apple Reach iPad Deal
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Activision Gets Digital Boost
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Sony Delays Game Network Restart
A Russian Titan Embraces the Web
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Softbank Profit Surges on iPhone Demand
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YouTube Founders Buy Social-Media Analytics Firm
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Live Nation, Groupon Strike Deal
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Private-Share Trade Seeks Guidance
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AT&T; Heads to D.C. Over T-Mobile Deal
Long-Prized Tech Visas Lose Cachet
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Toshiba Profit Doubles on Low Restructuring Costs
Solar Updates Marines' Arsenal
Google's Android Moves Past BlackBerry
Internet 'Do Not Track' Bill Released
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Sony Could See Billion-Dollar Repair Bill, Analysts Say
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Book Publishers to Launch E-Commerce Site
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Digits Live Show: Google Moves into Laptop Space
Google unveils its $349 Chrome-based laptop. Plus, Angry Birds hits the web, James Altucher on Apple, sewing apps, Cisco's struggles and new signs of life in digital music.
Apple Pulls iAds from Kids' App
In a possible sign that Apple is taking a closer look at advertising in mobile apps, the company stopped delivering ads to an application called Dex for all things related to Nintendo's popular Pokemon children's game.
Congressmen Press Facebook On Privacy (Again)
How Facebook polices its wide world of apps is once again under the spotlight in Washington.
Google Updates App Store to Counter Apple
Google's Android Marketplace, where it sells the tiny programs called apps, is getting a makeover.
The Privacy Risks of ID Codes in Your Apps
New research into the unique phone identifiers on smartphones suggests potential privacy risks in the way some application makers handle the codes.
Digits Live Show: Rajaratnam Verdict Reached
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Funding Boom Is Lopsided for Silicon Valley Start-Ups
Silicon Valley is in the midst of another start-up boom, but the money isn't flowing evenly to all newcomers.
When Home Workers Miss Office Life
More Bay Area residents work from home than elsewhere in the U.S., fueling the growth of businesses that rent desks to workers looking for an occasional escape from the isolation of the home office.

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Samsung Aims for Point, Shoot and Send
Samsung's SH100 is designed to take the place of camera phones. It took sharp, vivid photos and videos, but the touch screen was hard to use and the wireless function had limitations.
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Make Organizing Your Photos a Snap
It's easy to post your photos on Facebook. What's not so easy is managing them—organizing all your digital files so that you can find individual pictures.
Crowd-Funding Sites Prepare for a Boom
With regulators considering easing fund-raising rules for fast-growth start-ups, the social-networking sites that link entrepreneurs to large pools of investors are gearing up for a boom.
Smartphone Fit for Palms and Palm Fans
For its first out-of-the-gate smartphone since acquiring Palm, H-P is starting really small. Katherine Boehret reviews the HP Veer 4G, which has the surface area of a credit card and the thickness of a deck of playing cards.
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Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape and newly minted venture capitalist, is helping change the Silicon Valley deal landscape.

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Apple, Google Collect User Locations
Apple's iPhones and Google's Android smartphones regularly transmit their locations back to Apple and Google—intensifying concerns over privacy and the widening trade in personal data.
Senators Offer Privacy Bill
Sens. John Kerry and John McCain proposed legislation that would establish a "privacy bill of rights" to protect people from the increasingly invasive commercial data-collection industry.
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Want to Use Your iPhone for Work?
The smartest companies are letting employees use their personal gadgets to do their jobs. It's an arrangement that can benefit both sides but has pitfalls, too. Here's how some businesses are making it work.
- Vote: Use your work devices for personal tasks?
- Running Battle Against Alien Technologies
Tapping Into Social-Media Smarts
Millions of people are completely at ease forming communities of shared interests through social media and keeping everyone up-to-date with messages, pictures and documents. It's time for businesses to give employees the same tools.
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Top 10 Life-Changing Apps
From a handy way to store a range of passwords to an application that will help keep track of ongoing alcohol consumption, The Wall Street Journal Europe presents 10 apps you can't live without.
Even Better Than the Real Thing
"Augmented reality" is the latest buzz technology to grip the digital world. The commercial opportunities for companies that embrace it are vast, even if not immediately obvious.
Pinning Down the Cloud
It's been likened to the Industrial Revolution in terms of its potential to change lives. But just what is cloud computing and how can companies turn it to their advantage?
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Fisker Automotive Fueled With Another $100 Million
Only about two months after raising $190 million, the hybrid-electric automaker confirmed with VentureWire that it raised another $100 million in Series C funding.
The Daily Start-Up: BranchOut Backers Go Out On Limb
In this morning's Web roundup, venture firms fight to invest in BranchOut, a career networking application for Facebook that's now valued at about $85 million. A solar manufacturer is out raising $60 million. And the feud between Facebook and Google just grew deeper.
Start-Ups Allowing Employee Stock Sales Should Heed This Advice
As the Securities and Exchange Commission tries to understand how best to regulate the private-stock trading market, start-up executives attended a conference held by the largest exchange, SecondMarket, to get a grip on how best to use it.
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Apple Loses Kodak Claim At ITC, Says Bloomberg
Bloomberg's Susan Decker is reporting this evening that Apple (AAPL) received an adverse ruling in a patent suit it filed against Eastman Kodak (EK) before the International Trade Commission, with a judge finding Kodak did not violate two patents held by Apple on digital imaging. The ITC Judge's decision still must be approved by the [...]
First Solar: The Funding Debate
Shares of First Solar (FSLR) closed up $7.77, or 6%, at $132.07 today after the company posted a notice on its Web site saying its applications for funding from the U.S. Department of Energy are proceeding through the Department's funding process. That notice was written up by Bloomberg's Christopher Martin as an indication that First [...]
Nvidia Up 4% On FYQ1 Beat; Q2 Rev View Beats
Nvidia (NVDA) this afternoon reported fiscal Q1 revenue and earnings ahead of analysts' estimates and forecast the current quarter's revenue above consensus. Q1 revenue was down 4%, year over year, but up 8.5% from Q4′s level, at $962 million, yielding EPS of 27 cents, on an adjusted basis. The street had been modeling $948 million [...]
SunPower Q1 In Line With Pre-Announce; Q2 Rev View Misses
Solar energy technology provider SunPower (SPWRA) this afternoon reported Q1 results below Street estimates, a Q2 revenue view below expectations, and said it would adjust its year revenue outlook later this quarter to accommodate a changing subsidy regime in Italy. Q1 revenue rose 30%, year over year, to $451.4 million, yielding EPS of 15 cents, [...]
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