TechWeb - InformationWeek - The groups also want to know the number of times the government has sought cell-phone location information without court permission and how many times it has obtained the information. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - One of the devices used by the group was a wireless transmitter to anticipate the cards players would be dealt, according to a Justice Department indictment. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company released firmware 2.40 Tuesday, and reports of problems started flowing in soon after on the official PlayStation 3 message board. -- read full article
CNET - Google scored a legal victory in keeping its search source code secret from Viacom, but YouTube users were not so fortunate with their privacy. -- read full article
Reuters - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo
Inc have been holding separate talks with other potential media
partners after their negotiations with each other broke down,
sources familiar with the companies' thinking said on
Wednesday.
AP - Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc.
CNET - A bit of deja vu is creeping into recent media reports of Microsoft whispering into the right ear of News Corp. and Time Warner's AOL about potential partnerships, while Yahoo is whispering in their left. -- read full article
Reuters - An online network formed
by professional TV and film scribes during the Hollywood
writers' strike earlier this year unveiled a slate Wednesday
featuring contributions from the minds behind the likes of "The
Office" and "Die Hard."
NewsFactor - Researchers from Google, IBM and the Communications Systems Group in Switzerland released a study Monday that shows only 60 percent of Web users are surfing with patched, updated browsers. -- read full article
CNET - Satellite TV provider Dish Network said Tuesday that AT&T will end its agreement to bundle its TV service with AT&T's broadband and phone service at the end of the year. -- read full article
AP - MoneyAisle is a free new Web service that makes a bold claim: It says it will maximize the interest rates consumers can get on savings accounts, by running online auctions in which banks bid for consumers' business.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp is preparing a
new bid for Yahoo Inc's search business and has
approached other media companies about joining it in a deal
that would effectively lead to Yahoo's breakup, the Wall Street
Journal said.
AP - Yahoo Inc. shares rose more than 5 percent Wednesday as The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft Corp. has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business.
