Vt. ponders more monitoring of worker web surfing (AP)
AP - A move by state agencies to crack down on inappropriate Web surfing by state employees has erupted in the Statehouse as a debate over workplace privacy rights.
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Chavez exhorts Fidel, Morales to Twitter (Reuters)
Reuters - Delighted at his cyber success, Venezuela’s new Twitter convert President Hugo Chavez on Thursday invited Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Bolivian President Evo Morales to join the micro-blogging site too.
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Apple iPhone prototype finder identified (AFP)
AFP - A 21-year-old Californian man was identified on Thursday as the person who found and sold an Apple iPhone prototype to the technology blog Gizmodo.
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Yahoo CEO starts reign with $47.2M comp package (AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc. CEO Carol Bartz received a $47.2 million compensation package during her first year on the job as the Internet company tried to motivate her to engineer a turnaround.
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Rosetta Stone loses court case against Google (AP)
AP - Foreign language education company Rosetta Stone Inc. said Thursday it lost a court case in which it sued Google Inc. for allowing rivals to advertise copycat software when Rosetta trademarks are used in search terms.
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AOL reports profit, but ad revenue still weak (Reuters)
Reuters - Investors sent AOL Inc shares down sharply on Wednesday on lower than expected first-quarter revenue and as the company warned that advertising sales would remain under pressure through the rest of the year.
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Apple Buying Siri Mobile Search Tool (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Apple is in the process of acquiring mobile search and “personal assistant” vendor Siri, giving Apple a leg up in mobile search technology for its iPhone.
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Is Microsoft Prepping Patent Battle Against Google’s Android? (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Will the next big legal battle be Microsoft vs. Google regarding the search engine giant’s Android mobile operating system?
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Baidu shares soar as net profit sharply higher (AFP)
AFP - Baidu shares soared past 700 dollars on Wednesday after the Chinese Web search giant more than doubled its net profit amid Google’s conflict with the Chinese authorities.
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Baidu 1Q jumps 165 percent, topping forecasts (AP)
AP - China’s Internet search leader Baidu Inc. said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income jumped 165 percent as revenues and advertising customers grew.
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