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'Grand Theft Auto' Publisher Sues Over Pulled Ads 5 May 08, 23:25 ET TechWeb - The suit seeks an order for the Chicago Transit Authority to run the ads as well as monetary damages of at least $300,000. more AMD Must Double Processor Market Share to Survive 5 May 08, 22:50 ET PC World - Advanced Micro Devices needs to more than double its share of the microprocessor market to survive, according to a brief filed... more Yahoo Faces Shareholder Ire Over Failed Microsoft Bid 5 May 08, 22:50 ET PC World - Two public pension funds from the city of Detroit plan to expand a complaint against Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and other members of... more Hackers harpoon US executives with phony email subpoenas 5 May 08, 22:34 ET AFP - US federal court officials have warned that hackers are emailing phony subpoenas embedded with malicious software to high-ranking executives to steal valuable corporate information. more Samsung, Intel, TSMC to work on next-gen chip format 5 May 08, 22:19 ET Reuters - Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the world's top maker of memory chips, on Tuesday said it would cooperate with top rivals Intel and TSMC (2330.TW) to develop next-generation bigger silicon wafers to boost efficiency in chip manufacturing. more Industry Ready for 450mm Wafers, Exec Says 5 May 08, 21:50 ET PC World - The next big step in chip manufacturing will be the industry's move from 300mm wafers to 450mm wafers, which should help chip... more Yahoo Shares Take a Hit on Monday 5 May 08, 19:10 ET PC World - Yahoo's stock lost significant value on Monday, the first day of trading after Microsoft's decision over the weekend to give... more Pummeled In The Stock Market, Yahoo's Yang Looks Ahead 5 May 08, 19:10 ET TechWeb - Yahoo co-founders Jerry Yang and David Filo wanted $37 per share because they believed that Microsoft's offer undervalued their company. more Yahoo stock slips as buyout talks end; Google may be winner 5 May 08, 19:07 ET AP - Yahoo Inc.'s stock took a beating Monday after Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $47.5 billion takeover bid, but the punishment wasn't as severe as many analysts anticipated because investors suspect the rivals eventually will renew their mating dance. more Qwest Drops Sprint for Verizon 5 May 08, 19:00 ET PC World - Qwest Communications International will resell Verizon Wireless mobile service, ending a five-year deal with Sprint Nextel. more Qwest drops Sprint in favor of Verizon Wireless 5 May 08, 18:43 ET AP - Qwest Communications International Inc. will stop reselling Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless service and move its subscribers to Verizon Wireless' network, Qwest said Monday. more Sprint Nextel silent on report of DT mulling bid 5 May 08, 18:40 ET AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. was silent about its future Monday as reports emerged that the company was considering spinning off or selling Nextel and that Deutsche Telekom AG was investigating a bid to buy the struggling wireless provider. more "Grand Theft Auto" publisher sues over pulled ads 5 May 08, 17:57 ET Reuters - The publisher of the controversial "Grand Theft Auto 4" video game sued the Chicago Transit Authority on Monday, accusing it of pulling ads promoting the blockbuster without explanation. more Amazon's CreateSpace Puts Out-Of-Print Music Back On The Market 5 May 08, 17:40 ET TechWeb - The online retailer works with Sony BMG, and EMI Music to make hundreds of out-of-print albums available, such as the upcoming title in KCRW's "Sounds Eclectic" series. more Dell, OLPC Affordable Laptop Bout Only Hurts Users 5 May 08, 17:20 ET PC World - Anyone with the remotest interest in ICT development will have noticed the battle raging at the "bottom of the pyramid," where... more Walking away could turn out best for Yahoo and Microsoft 5 May 08, 17:17 ET AP - Sure, things look rough for Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. now that they couldn't agree on a deal. Yahoo's stock has cratered, and Microsoft has to figure out another way to catch up in the online ad market, a flaw so big it was willing to pay $47.5 billion to fix it. more Report: Sprint Thinking of Spinning off Nextel 5 May 08, 16:40 ET PC World - Sprint Nextel is looking at selling or spinning off its Nextel unit, after acquiring it less than three years ago, according... more Sun cites open source tribulations 5 May 08, 16:30 ET InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems officials on Monday acknowledged issues the company has had to deal with in offering products such as the OpenSolaris OS and Java via an open source business model. more Qwest signs wireless deal with Verizon 5 May 08, 16:29 ET Reuters - U.S. phone company Qwest Communications International Inc and Verizon Wireless said on Monday they signed a five-year agreement for the landline provider to sell Verizon's mobile phone services. more IBM technology strategy and hardware execs retiring 5 May 08, 16:06 ET Reuters - Two of IBM's most senior executives, technology strategy chief Nick Donofrio and hardware chief Bill Zeitler, will retire later this year, an IBM memo showed on Monday. more T-Mobile Launches 3G in NYC 5 May 08, 15:30 ET PC World - T-Mobile launched its first 3G (third-generation) network, in New York, but customers can't yet use the fastest speeds that... more T-Mobile eyes 25 U.S. high-speed markets in '08 5 May 08, 14:59 ET Reuters - T-Mobile USA, the No. 4 U.S. mobile service, said on Monday it launched its first commercial high-speed wireless service in New York City, and plans to expand the service to 20 to 25 other major U.S. markets by the end of the year. more T-Mobile Launches 3G in NYC, Sans Supporting Handsets 5 May 08, 14:50 ET PC World - T-Mobile launched its first 3G (third-generation) network, in New York, but customers can't yet use the fastest speeds that... more EU urged to reject 3 new biotech crops 5 May 08, 13:42 ET AP - Environmental groups appealed to the European Union on Monday to reject applications from the biotech industry to approve one newly engineered potato variety and two corn crops. more Google Concerned About Verizon's Open Access 5 May 08, 13:30 ET PC World - Google has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to obtain a pledge from Verizon Wireless that it will honor the... more WTO gives Japan until September to change chip import rules 5 May 08, 13:28 ET AP - The World Trade Organization is giving Japan until Sept. 1 to change its punitive charges on imports of South Korean computer memory chips. more T-Mobile brings 3G wireless to NYC; other markets to follow 5 May 08, 13:24 ET AP - T-Mobile USA has fired up its third-generation wireless network in the U.S., announcing Monday that it's now live in New York City - though few phones can use it. more US, EU asked to reconsider biofuel goals as food prices rise 5 May 08, 13:09 ET AP - The U.S. and European Union should reconsider a shift to biofuels that has helped increase food prices worldwide by turning agricultural land over to energy crops, American economist Jeffrey Sachs said Monday. more Egypt asks mobile firms to bar anonymous users 5 May 08, 13:02 ET Reuters - Egypt has asked mobile phone companies to block service to anonymous subscribers as a public security measure, and at least two firms have begun efforts to comply, Egyptian officials and mobile firms said on Monday. more Swedish court convicts man of file sharing 5 May 08, 12:02 ET AFP - A Swedish court on Monday handed down a suspended sentence and a 10,000-kronor (1,655-dollar, 1,070-euro) fine to a man found guilty of sharing some 4,500 music files and 30 films on the Internet. more AP launches news service geared for iPhone 5 May 08, 10:42 ET AP - The Associated Press and more than 100 of its member newspapers are launching a service Monday that will make news stories available on Apple Inc.'s iPhone and other mobile devices. more Report: DT mulling bid for Sprint Nextel 5 May 08, 07:00 ET AP - Deutsche Telekom AG is considering a bid for Sprint Nextel Corp., according to a media report Monday. more Google Takes Down Open-source Project After DMCA Complaint 5 May 08, 07:00 ET PC World - Google has removed an open-source project that enables the proprietary CoreAVC high-definition video decoder to run in Linux... more You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz 5 May 08, 06:00 ET InfoWorld - This week's quizis more musically inclined than most, with nearly a third of the questions touching on digital tunes. We also hit all the right notes on Grand Theft Auto IV, imaginary iPhones, breakthroughs in computer design, and the endlessly fascinating soap opera that is Microsoft's pursuit of Yahoo. Correct answers are worth 10 points, and yes, you can sing along if you feel like it. Ready? One-two-three-four: more Stupid hacker tricks, part two: The folly of youth 5 May 08, 06:00 ET InfoWorld - Ah, youth. Ready to take on the world, today's generation of dynamic, tech-immersed youngsters have grown up alongside the Internet. Firsthand, and sometimes single-handedly, they have advanced some of today's hottest technology trends, from peer-to-peer networking, to massively multiplayer online games, to social networks and instant messaging. And along the way, a small, sociopathic number of them have behaved very, very badly. more Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared 5 May 08, 04:00 ET TechWeb - We tested openSUSE, Ubuntu 8.04, PCLinuxOS, Mandriva Linux One, Fedora, SimplyMEPIS, and CentOS 5.1. All performed well, and each had at least one truly outstanding feature. more Battery Shortage Should Evaporate by Q3 5 May 08, 01:50 ET PC World - A shortage of lithium-ion batteries currently hurting laptop computer shipments will likely ease in the third quarter, an... more Yahoo CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft's $47.5B bid 5 May 08, 00:47 ET AP - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang has gotten what he wanted: a chance to prove his company is worth more than the $47.5 billion that Microsoft Corp. offered to buy the Internet pioneer. more OpenSolaris OS officially debuts 5 May 08, 00:01 ET InfoWorld - Sun and the OpenSolaris community are launching Monday the official first version of the open-source OpenSolaris operating system, which has only been available in pre-release versions for developers until now. more Microsoft and Yahoo: Now What? 5 May 08, 00:00 ET PC World - Microsoft's three-month courtship of Yahoo has ended but it changed both companies forever and neither can expect to return to... more

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