March 20th, 2010
Reuters - The magnitude of Sony Music Entertainment’s landmark recording contract with the estate of Michael Jackson raises an inevitable question: Is it a smart deal for the label?
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March 20th, 2010
Reuters - Smartphones may be one of the hottest areas in technology with big names like Apple and Google tussling for share, but investors are questioning the growth prospects for mobile carriers as subscriber gains slow.
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March 20th, 2010
Macworld.com - The iPhone app for Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, has been pulled from all international App Stores, according to Neowin.net. However, it remains available for U.S. customers.
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March 20th, 2010
Reuters - Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and an inspirational Web site on Friday gave $30,000 toward the college education of a teenage lesbian whose high school prom was canceled when she asked to attend with a girl.
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March 20th, 2010
AP - Lin Xiuying believes her daughter bled to death after being gang-raped two years ago by a group of thugs that had ties to the police in their southern Chinese town.
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March 20th, 2010
AP - Settling a copyright dispute closely watched in the financial news industry, a judge on Thursday ordered a Web site to delay disseminating the stock recommendations of financial services firms long enough so that the firms can alert their clients first.
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March 20th, 2010
AP - Palm Inc. reported sales figures Thursday that showed it’s having a difficult time getting consumers to pay attention to its phones in a market dominated by iPhones and BlackBerrys. The company’s shares plunged in after-hours trading.
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March 20th, 2010
AP - Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms Thursday to fight piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one of the world’s largest film markets.
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March 20th, 2010
AP - Could Nintendo’s Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom?
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March 20th, 2010
AP - Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.’s YouTube site began airing each other’s dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.
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