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A general view shows the Saudi capital Riyadh

News Corp. seeks stake in Saudi media company: WSJ

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

News Corp. is in talks with Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal to take a stake in Rotana Media in what would be its first major investment in the Middle East, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.


A Google Street View camera on top of a car at the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Google pledges more blurring in Switzerland

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. said Wednesday its Street View service will blur some pictures from Switzerland even more after a Swiss official said the images were violating the country's strict privacy laws.


Swiss official tells Google to erase street views

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Swiss government official is demanding that Google Inc. immediately take off the Internet any "Street View" images of Switzerland, and the company said Monday it would work to resolve problems with the privacy ...


News Corp. chief digital officer Jonathan Miller speaks with The Hollywood Reporter in New York in June 2009

News Corp. seeking to form online news consortium: LAT

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created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Media giant News Corp. is holding talks with other newspaper publishers on forming a consortium that would charge for news online and on portable devices, The Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.


Switzerland's data watchdog on Friday demanded that Google immediately withdraw the "Street View" facility

Swiss watchdog demands shutdown of Google Street View

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created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 10

Switzerland's data protection watchdog on Friday demanded that Google immediately withdraw the "Street View" facility it has started offering on its map of Switzerland.


The tricycle captures images of places less accessible by car

Google, on tricycle, captures gardens of Versailles

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Google's tricycle-mounted cameras on Monday shot footage of the 17th century gardens of France's Chateau de Versailles destined for its Street View service by year's end.


Murdoch said he believes the competition will follow his company's lead

News Corp tests charge-for-content policy at Sunday Times: report

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created Aug 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Britain's Sunday Times newspaper will be the testing ground for News Corporation's new policy of charging for Internet content, a report said Friday citing industry sources.


Odd tricyle mapping Paris streets for Google (AP)

Odd tricyle mapping Paris streets for Google

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created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(AP) -- Parisians and tourists, relax. That goofy looking tricycle equipped with loads of high-tech equipment roaming the streets is NOT some mad scientist's invention on the rampage.


EA 1Q loss widens but results surpass expectations (AP)

EA 1Q loss widens but results surpass expectations

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created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Lower revenue from packaged video games amid a seasonal slump for the industry gave Electronic Arts Inc. a larger net loss in its fiscal first quarter. But investors cheered as its adjusted results ...


Verizon 2Q profit falls, tops view, plans job cuts (AP)

Verizon 2Q profit falls, tops view, plans job cuts

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created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc., the nation's largest wireless carrier, said Monday its second-quarter profit fell 21 percent as cost-cutting in its wireline business failed to keep pace with falling ...


AMD 2Q sales slump 13 pct, shares dive (AP)

AMD stock sinks on profit-margin worries

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created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. narrowed its loss in the second quarter, though not by as much as Wall Street hoped. Its sales slumped 13 percent.


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Cisco lays off hundreds of workers

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created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US computer networking giant Cisco Systems has laid off between 600 and 700 employees at its headquarters in San Jose, California, in a bid to reduce costs amid slow sales, The Wall Street Journal reported ...


Dell: PC demand stable stabilizing

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created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- PC maker Dell Inc. said Monday it expects its fiscal second-quarter revenue to be slightly higher than in the first quarter, when sales plunged 23 percent to $12.3 billion.


US Justice Dept probing telecom companies: WSJ

US Justice Dept probing telecom companies: WSJ

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The US Justice Department is conducting an initial review to determine whether large US telecom companies have abused their market power, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.


Business 101: Must Apple discuss CEO Jobs' health?

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created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- This week, Apple Inc. wasn't shy about touting the sales of its latest mobile device. But the company didn't say anything confirming reports from over the weekend that co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs had a liver transplant ...