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Oracle and Google Told to Come Clean on Paid Influencers

Oracle has released information regarding financial relationships it had with bloggers following a court order that demanded it and Google to disclose their ties with commentators reporting on their recent patent dispute. ...

eBay Nixes Hexes, Quells Spells

Shoppers and merchants hoping to buy and sell supernatural and occult items will have to head somewhere other than eBay starting Aug. 30, when the online auction site will enact a ban on selling such things as magic spells and potions. ...

DoJ Gives Verizon Spectrum Deal a Yes, But …

The United States Department of Justice approved Verizon's US$3.6 billion bid for additional spectrum, albeit with changes mandated by antitrust regulators to ensure the deal won't lead to diminished competition, lower-quality products or higher consumer costs. ...

Gov’t Gives Walmart Go-Ahead to Dig Into China

The Ministry of Commerce in China has approved Walmart's bid to buy a controlling stake of Chinese e-commerce company Yihaodian, part of Walmart's bid to increase its global retail presence ...

German Regulators Shake Fist at Facebook Over Privacy

German data protection regulators reopened an investigation into Facebook's facial recognition technology Wednesday, claiming the social network failed to comply with official requests to alter its policies to match European regulations ...

Doubt Descends on $199 Surface Rumor

Microsoft's upcoming Surface, the company's first in-house tablet PC, is scheduled to launch later this year. Microsoft hasn't confirmed how much the Surface will cost, but a recent Engadget report pegs its price at US$199, greatly undercutting presumed rival iPad and matching the price of much smaller tablets like the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 ...

Google Ventures Further Into Travel With Frommer’s

Google has agreed to buy the Frommer's brand of travel publications. John Wiley & Sons, the publishing company that own the Frommer's travel brand, confirmed it will sell all of its travel assets to the Internet giant. The assets have been on sale since March, when the company announced it aimed to shed some of its assets, including travel, culinary, general interest, pets and crafts.

New Google Rules Pound Sites for Takedown Notices

Google is altering its algorithms to disfavor websites that are frequently accused of carrying content that violates copyright regulations ...

Mayer Mulls Putting Alibaba Cash to Work

Newly hired Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is reportedly considering a change in business strategy for the company, beginning with a restructuring plan that would use the revenue from Yahoo's Alibaba sale for long-term investment options rather than an immediate payback to shareholders ...

Curiosity Really Starts to Click

Nasa's Curiosity rover has begun satisfying the curiosity of mission scientists by sending high-quality images of Mars' surface back to Earth. Although it's only had since Sunday night to collect data, following its touchdown in the Gale Crater, Curiosity has sent a batch of snapshots that are already allowing the NASA team to garner a good deal of information.

Google Grafts Gmail Onto Web Searches

Google has announced it's testing a new service that will include relevant information from a user's personal Gmail account when that person types in a query on the company's basic search page ...

Amazon, Apple Cork Security Holes

Amazon and Apple changed some of their security policies this week after tech journalist Mat Honan claimed an identity theft incident involving the two companies allowed a hacker to wipe out much of his personal online data. ...

Secrets Spill as Apple and Samsung Dogfight Rages On

The patent trial pitting Apple against Samsung is into its second week, and the accusations of patent infringement, design prototype leaks and heated examinations don't show signs of stopping ...

Best Buy Founder Makes His Move

Best Buy founder Richard Schulze has submitted a written proposal to buy the electronics retail chain in a deal that would value the company at as much as US$8.8 billion ...

HTC Sputters in Global Smartphone Race

Even with the launch of new products, HTC's second quarter fiscal results came in lower than expected, with revenue down on the year and a sober outlook going forward ...

AT&T Snatches More Spectrum With NextWave Buy

AT&T announced plans to buy NextWave Wireless in a US$600 million deal aimed at boosting its spectrum holdings as the company attempts to meet skyrocketing demand from smartphone and other mobile device users ...

AT&T Snatches More Spectrum With NextWave Buy

AT&T announced plans to buy NextWave Wireless in a US$600 million deal aimed at boosting its spectrum holdings as the company attempts to meet skyrocketing demand from smartphone and other mobile device users ...

Google Wallet Starts Carrying More Plastic

The mobile payment system Google Wallet now works with all major credit cards and will begin transitioning to a cloud-based model ...

Denied in the Courtroom, Samsung Throws Evidence to the Public

As Apple and Samsung continue to fight out their patent dispute in court, Samsung has opted to publicize information that the judge refused to allow jurors to see, according to an AllThingsD report ...

Google Puts Its Nexus Q Dream on Hold

Google has opted to delay the launch of its Nexus Q streaming media player. ...

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