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Nimble, Quick Satellite to Focus Eagle Eye on Earth

DigitalGlobe successfully launched a sophisticated new satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Tuesday. The satellite, WorldView-1, has the potential to provide a raft of new imagery for geographical databases such as Google Earth ...

Time Warner Not Ready to Tell AOL Goodbye

Despite persistent rumors to the contrary, Time Warner has no plans to sell AOL, Chairman and CEO Richard Parsons said Tuesday ...

Facebook Casts Wider Net for Cool Apps With $10M Fund

Just two months after venture capital firm Bay Partners launched a fund for Facebook developers, Facebook itself and two of its backers have done much the same thing with a new US$10 million program ...

T-Mobile Eyes Expansion With $2.4B SunCom Deal

T-Mobile USA plans to acquire cellular company SunCom Wireless Holdings for US$1.6 billion in cash and assume SunCom's net debt of $800 million, the companies announced Monday ...

Calif. Law Separates Teen Drivers From Cell Phones

Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law on Thursday banning teenage drivers from using all electronic devices while behind the wheel ...

Google Puts Its Money on the Moon

Less than a month after it launched Sky in Google Earth with astronomical images from around the universe, Google announced on Thursday that it is taking its space fascination a step further by sponsoring a contest to fly to the moon ...

Microsoft Introduces New Breed of Portable Mice

With its eye on notebook users and photo-sharing fans, Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out three new wireless mouse products and two new webcams ...

Emissions Ruling Puts States in Driver’s Seat

Environmental advocates won a major victory Wednesday when Vermont U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions ruled that states including Vermont and California can regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles ...

Internet Ad Spending Soars Despite Overall Slump

With a few notable exceptions -- the Internet, primarily -- advertising spending has declined for the second quarter in a row, according to a report released Tuesday from TNS Media Intelligence ...

Yahoo Chases Youth Mob With Bebo Ad Deal

Yahoo and Bebo have forged a strategic partnership focusing on display advertising, Yahoo Answers and a branded toolbar, the companies announced Wednesday ...

L’Oreal Launches Legal Campaign Against eBay Over Knock-Offs

L'Oreal has begun legal action against eBay in four European countries for the online auction site's alleged role in allowing the sale of counterfeit cosmetics and perfumes ...

SanDisk Puts nano in Crosshairs With New Media Player

SanDisk on Monday announced a new, pencil-thin video MP3 player that appears likely to go head-to-head with Apple's newly upgraded iPod nano ...

Adobe Offers Glimpse of Flash Media Server 3

Adobe Systems on Thursday offered a sneak preview of its upcoming Flash Media Server 3, which will be released in the first quarter of next year ...

Feds Pinch Alleged Peer-to-Peer Identity Thief

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a man who allegedly used peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks to obtain individuals' tax returns, credit reports and bank statements in order to commit identity theft and fraud ...

DoJ Weighs In Against Net Neutrality

Advocates of net neutrality suffered a blow to their cause Thursday, when the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division issued a filing cautioning against regulations that could hamper development of the Internet ...

Microsoft Drops Zune Phone Hint, Trims Music Player Price

As the iPod world held its breath Tuesday in anticipation of Apple's mysterious press event scheduled for Wednesday, a Microsoft executive indicated that the competing Zune platform could soon include a phone ...

Will China Take Over the Web or Be Ensnared in It?

One might argue that China and the Internet are both like high-speed trains. Both are growing at an extremely rapid pace, and both are apparently unstoppable global economic forces that are reshaping the economic landscape. Unfortunately, one might also argue that they are on a collision course ...

AT&T Helps Parents Tighten Leash on Kids’ Cell Use

A new service from AT&T aims to give parents more control over their children's cell phone usage, the company announced Tuesday ...

The Social Web: Are Sites Cashing In on Advertising?

When News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media unit reported its first annual profit earlier this year, a message was sent to naysayers everywhere about the future of online advertising ...

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Search Engine Wars – A Shifting Battle Plan?

The fact that the name "Google" is often used interchangeably with the verb "search" today speaks volumes about the current state of the search market ...

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