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Cisco Gives Grim Outlook for Tech May 09 2012 20:31:48	WSJ.com: Technology
Cisco Gives Grim Outlook for Tech Cisco reported a big profit gain, but a cautious projection and some stark comments about the economy sent the networking company's stock down more than 9% after hours. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Venture-Capital Firm NEA Raises $2.1 Billion May 09 2012 19:47:20	WSJ.com: Technology
Venture-Capital Firm NEA Raises $2.1 Billion In the venture-capital industry's most significant fundraising this year, New Enterprise Associates has closed on $2.08 billion for a fund that could grow in size to be one of the largest ever raised. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Etsy Valued at More Than $600 Million May 09 2012 17:53:51	WSJ.com: Technology
Etsy Valued at More Than $600 Million Etsy has raised another $40 million from its existing venture capital investors, in a deal that values the online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods at more than $600 million. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Third Point Presses Yahoo for New CEO May 09 2012 15:20:07	WSJ.com: Technology
Third Point Presses Yahoo for New CEO Hedge fund Third Point once again called for Yahoo's chief to step down, said the board's actions were "farcical" and recommended a new interim CEO. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
AOL Outlines Peace Offering May 09 2012 14:56:32	WSJ.com: Technology
AOL Outlines Peace Offering AOL moved to take the wind out of the sails of activist shareholder Starboard Value by pre-emptively agreeing to many of its demands. AOL also reported a sizeable increase in profit. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
India to Tax Vodafone $3.75 Billion May 09 2012 14:37:05	WSJ.com: Technology
India to Tax Vodafone $3.75 Billion India plans to demand about $3.75 billion from Vodafone if a law to tax certain overseas mergers retroactively is enacted, a senior government official said. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
AT&T Scouts India for New Technologies May 09 2012 09:21:13	WSJ.com: Technology
AT&T Scouts India for New Technologies AT&T has shortlisted four startup companies in India for technology partnerships and may invest in some of them in the future, according to company executives. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Softbank, PayPal Form Alliance May 09 2012 09:21:07	WSJ.com: Technology
Softbank, PayPal Form Alliance Softbank and eBay's PayPal unit said they would be teaming up to bring the U.S. e-commerce firm's services to Japan, each investing $12.5 million in a PayPal Japan joint venture. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Malone Aims to Control Sirius May 09 2012 02:10:46	WSJ.com: Technology
Malone Aims to Control Sirius John Malone's Liberty Media, hoping to demonstrate to regulators that it has de facto control of Sirius XM Radio, agreed to raise its stake to 45.2%. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Tutors Decode High-Tech Dashboards on New Cars May 09 2012 02:01:11	WSJ.com: Technology
Tutors Decode High-Tech Dashboards on New Cars Auto makers and car dealerships are hiring technology specialists to help customers master sophisticated digital systems on many new cars. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Judge: Proview Can't Sue Apple in California May 09 2012 01:20:31	WSJ.com: Technology
Judge: Proview Can't Sue Apple in California A California judge threw out Proview Electronics' lawsuit against Apple over the iPad trademark in China, the latest twist in the legal fight over the rightful owner of the tablet's name. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Browsing for Homes via App May 09 2012 01:02:30	WSJ.com: Technology
Browsing for Homes via App A new, free app called HomeSnap lets you take a picture of a home and in less than a minute, you'll have an estimate of its price, plus details on its square footage, number of rooms, similar homes for sale and other facts. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Facebook IPO Show Visits Boston May 09 2012 00:38:58	WSJ.com: Technology
Facebook IPO Show Visits Boston Facebook's roadshow hit Boston with a presentation that didn't include CEO Zuckerberg, skipped a stale video and provided attendees with more time for questions than Monday's New York session offered. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Geofencing: Can Texting Save Stores? May 09 2012 00:22:21	WSJ.com: Technology
Geofencing: Can Texting Save Stores? Dozens of companies are trying to get into the "geofencing" business—sending out mobile coupons to nearby shoppers. But so far the hype is bigger than the actual use. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
When the Time Is Up for Your Old Gadgets May 09 2012 00:19:06	WSJ.com: Technology
When the Time Is Up for Your Old Gadgets Companies offer a myriad of ways consumers can recycle their old electronics. The Digital Solution column deciphers the complexities. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Foursquare Joins the Coupon Craze May 09 2012 00:09:19	WSJ.com: Technology
Foursquare Joins the Coupon Craze Foursquare doesn't want to be another popular—but unprofitable—social network. Its new plan to make money? Personalized coupons. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
T-Mobile Rethinks Pricing May 08 2012 23:08:49	WSJ.com: Technology
T-Mobile Rethinks Pricing T-Mobile is looking to expand video content offered to its smartphone customers and is exploring deals in which access to some content wouldn't count against a customer's monthly data plan. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Yahoo Director to Exit in Probe May 08 2012 20:31:49	WSJ.com: Technology
Yahoo Director to Exit in Probe Yahoo director Patti Hart is expected to step down later this year, just days after the board initiated a probe that will include an examination of her role in the hiring of Chief Executive Scott Thompson Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Games Business Pairs Reward, Risk in Japan May 08 2012 20:22:20	WSJ.com: Technology
Games Business Pairs Reward, Risk in Japan Gree's latest results helped offer a snapshot of the promise and risk of the nascent social-games business that is providing a new model of success for Japan's flagging technology sector. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Myspace Settles Privacy Complaint May 08 2012 20:08:45	WSJ.com: Technology
Myspace Settles Privacy Complaint The social-networking service reached a settlement with the FTC over allegations that it misled millions of users about its sharing of personal information with advertisers. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Dell To Offer New Intel-Powered Micro Servers May 08 2012 15:51:10	WSJ.com: Technology
Dell To Offer New Intel-Powered Micro Servers Dell this month plans to introduce a micro server that aims to provide nearly double the computing power over the prior generation. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Liberty Interactive Profit Up May 08 2012 14:23:37	WSJ.com: Technology
Liberty Interactive Profit Up Liberty Interactive said first-quarter operating profit rose 21% as higher selling prices and demand from Web shoppers gave a lift to its QVC home-shopping business. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
KT to Buy 20% of Telkom May 08 2012 13:59:59	WSJ.com: Technology
KT to Buy 20% of Telkom KT of South Korea has agreed to buy a 20% stake in South African fixed-line operator Telkom for a reduced price of about $427 million. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
RIM Fills Two Executive Spots May 08 2012 13:47:29	WSJ.com: Technology
RIM Fills Two Executive Spots Research In Motion named two well-seasoned mobile-computing executives to its management team: Kristian Tear as chief operating officer and Frank Boulben as chief marketing officer. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
EBay Plans New India Development Center May 08 2012 13:04:47	WSJ.com: Technology
EBay Plans New India Development Center Web-retailing company eBay said it plans to open a new software development center in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, where it expects to hire up to 1,000 engineers over the next three years. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Carlos Slim Moves on Europe May 08 2012 12:55:31	WSJ.com: Technology
Carlos Slim Moves on Europe Carlos Slim offered $3.4 billion to increase his stake in ailing Dutch telecom Royal KPN, sparking speculation that the world's richest man could start to snap up beaten-down European assets. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Toshiba Outperforms Domestic Peers May 08 2012 08:03:38	WSJ.com: Technology
Toshiba Outperforms Domestic Peers At a time when many of its domestic peers are expected to report huge losses, Toshiba said it stayed in the black in the just-ended fiscal year and predicts its profits will grow in the current year. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Warburg Sells CAMP Systems May 08 2012 02:47:03	WSJ.com: Technology
Warburg Sells CAMP Systems Chicago buyout shop GTCR has agreed to acquire CAMP Systems, a seller of maintenance-tracking services to private aircraft owners, from fellow private-equity firm Warburg Pincus, according to people familiar with the matter. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
The Race: Build the Instagram of Video May 08 2012 01:32:43	WSJ.com: Technology
The Race: Build the Instagram of Video Facebook's $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing start-up Instagram has shifted the spotlight to the newest phenomena in mobile apps: uploading personal videos from smartphones. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
When Facebook Met Wall Street May 07 2012 23:36:35	WSJ.com: Technology
When Facebook Met Wall Street Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, clad in a black hoodie and sneakers, met with buttoned-up Wall Street types as the social network kicked off its IPO roadshow. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Teachers Oppose Sprint CEO for Board May 07 2012 23:16:21	WSJ.com: Technology
Teachers Oppose Sprint CEO for Board Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is opposing Sprint CEO Dan Hesse's re-election to the board, saying his pay is out of line with what it called the company's underperformance during his tenure. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Investors Give Tencent a Big 'Like' May 07 2012 22:49:57	WSJ.com: Technology
Investors Give Tencent a Big 'Like' The Facebook IPO is offering some perspective for investors in Tencent. If a U.S. tech giant with revenue of $3.7 billion last year can get a valuation of almost $100 billion, shouldn't one of the champions of China's still-nascent Internet industry with revenue of $4.52 billion get serious interest too? Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Jury Finds Android Infringed Copyright May 07 2012 21:39:14	WSJ.com: Technology
Jury Finds Android Infringed Copyright A federal jury in San Francisco found that Google infringed on the largest of Oracle's copyright claims, but it couldn't agree on whether Google's use was legally protected "fair use." Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Electronic Arts to Delay Release of Big Game May 07 2012 21:25:18	WSJ.com: Technology
Electronic Arts to Delay Release of Big Game Electronic Arts said it will delay the release of an important, as-yet-unidentified game title past the next year, a major factor dragging its sales expectations lower than analysts had expected. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
FCC Nominees Approved by Senate May 07 2012 18:46:56	WSJ.com: Technology
FCC Nominees Approved by Senate The Senate unanimously approved two nominees to fill vacant seats at the FCC, ending a months-long standoff that left the agency at less than full strength. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Yahoo Probes CEO's Hiring May 07 2012 17:14:45	WSJ.com: Technology
Yahoo Probes CEO's Hiring Hedge fund Third Point said it is demanding Yahoo to open its records about the hiring of its chief executive and the naming of certain board members. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Japanese Games Firms Fear Regulator's Habit May 07 2012 15:44:35	WSJ.com: Technology
Japanese Games Firms Fear Regulator's Habit Japan's online social-gaming companies have scored well recently—but a possible shift in the rules will prove costly. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
KT's Earnings Decline 27% May 07 2012 08:25:40	WSJ.com: Technology
KT's Earnings Decline 27% KT's profit fell 27%, largely because of lower mobile-phone fees and spending on next-generation network technology by the South Korean telecom. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
India Probes Google's Ad Business May 07 2012 06:58:25	WSJ.com: Technology
India Probes Google's Ad Business India has launched an antitrust probe of Google's online advertising business to investigate potential anticompetitive practices, say government officials. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Japan Probes Social-Game Sales Tactics May 07 2012 05:33:07	WSJ.com: Technology
Japan Probes Social-Game Sales Tactics Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency is investigating the legality of sales tactics used by the country's social-gaming companies. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Carriers Chip Away at Phone Subsidies May 07 2012 01:28:42	WSJ.com: Technology
Carriers Chip Away at Phone Subsidies Wireless carriers are taking their first steps to change the terms of smartphone deals that have mostly benefited phone makers like Apple, in a push that could cost consumers more. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Lenovo Reaches Beyond PCs May 07 2012 01:15:37	WSJ.com: Technology
Lenovo Reaches Beyond PCs Personal-computer maker Lenovo plans to spend about $800 million on a new base to house the development of mobile products. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Comcast to Sell Part of Stake in A&E May 07 2012 00:29:40	WSJ.com: Technology
Comcast to Sell Part of Stake in A&E Comcast said its NBCUniversal unit exercised an option to sell "a substantial portion" of its stake in A&E Television Networks to joint-venture partners, a transaction that could be worth about $2 billion. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
U.S. App Maker to Expand in China May 06 2012 23:14:38	WSJ.com: Technology
U.S. App Maker to Expand in China U.S.-based Evernote plans to install Chinese servers for its app that allows users to access notes across devices—a move that would improve service in China but could expose user content to government surveillance. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
A Pivotal Fight Over 'Essential Patents' May 06 2012 21:47:15	WSJ.com: Technology
A Pivotal Fight Over 'Essential Patents' Microsoft and Motorola Mobility Holdings will get their day in a Seattle court Monday, as a federal judge considers whether they are unfairly wielding patents involving standard technologies. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Liberty Set Back in Bid to Control Sirius May 05 2012 00:45:53	WSJ.com: Technology
Liberty Set Back in Bid to Control Sirius The Federal Communications Commission dismissed Liberty Media's application for approval to take de facto control of Sirius XM Radio, dealing a setback to Liberty and its chairman. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Sprint Chief Cuts Pay After Shareholder Criticism May 04 2012 23:15:03	WSJ.com: Technology
Sprint Chief Cuts Pay After Shareholder Criticism Sprint's CEO agreed to cut $3.25 million from his compensation after shareholders complained that his pay didn't reflect the hefty upfront expense of carrying the iPhone. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Yahoo, Alibaba Working on New, Taxable Deal May 04 2012 23:11:28	WSJ.com: Technology
Yahoo, Alibaba Working on New, Taxable Deal Yahoo has been working on a new deal to sell a portion of its stake in Alibaba back to the Asian company, and a transaction could be completed within weeks. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
China Offers Alternative To Facebook May 04 2012 21:17:13	WSJ.com: Technology
China Offers Alternative To Facebook Here's something investors could consider buying as an alternative to Facebook: a big chunk of the Chinese Internet. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Facebook Begins Wall Street Tour May 04 2012 20:15:28	WSJ.com: Technology
Facebook Begins Wall Street Tour Wall Street revved into high gear Friday preparing to sell Facebook. But while riches await the company's biggest holders, the deal won't prove nearly as lucrative for banks. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Résumé Trips Up Yahoo Chief May 04 2012 19:40:59	WSJ.com: Technology
Résumé Trips Up Yahoo Chief Pressure is mounting on Yahoo's board and CEO Scott Thompson after revelations that the Internet company's recently hired chief's academic record was misstated. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
21st-Century Reading Chairs May 04 2012 15:11:48	WSJ.com: Technology
21st-Century Reading Chairs We've pulled together a handful of luxurious sofas and lounge chairs that masquerade as intimate micro cubicles, theaters and reading nooks depending on the task—or distraction—at hand. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Nokia Faces U.S. Class-Action Suit May 04 2012 14:37:03	WSJ.com: Technology
Nokia Faces U.S. Class-Action Suit Nokia Corp. said it would defend itself against a class-action suit brought against the company in the U.S. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
GeoEye Makes Bid for DigitalGlobe May 04 2012 13:38:59	WSJ.com: Technology
GeoEye Makes Bid for DigitalGlobe GeoEye made a cash-and-stock offer for fellow satellite-imagery company DigitalGlobe that it values at more than $790 million. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Sistema Appeals India License Cancellation May 04 2012 12:49:55	WSJ.com: Technology
Sistema Appeals India License Cancellation The Indian unit of Russia's Sistema JSFC said it has again appealed to the country's Supreme Court against the cancellation of its 21 telecommunications licenses, in another attempt to save its operations. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
India Starts Process to Auction Bandwidth May 04 2012 07:04:50	WSJ.com: Technology
India Starts Process to Auction Bandwidth India's Department of Telecommunications invited bids from companies to conduct bandwidth auctions for basic mobile-phone services, initiating the spectrum sale process. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Huffington's Role Shrinks at AOL May 04 2012 02:22:28	WSJ.com: Technology
Huffington's Role Shrinks at AOL Arianna Huffington acknowledged that her portfolio at AOL is being scaled back to include only the Huffington Post. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
LinkedIn Posts Profit Surge May 04 2012 01:22:51	WSJ.com: Technology
LinkedIn Posts Profit Surge LinkedIn posted a rise in quarterly profit and said it plans to buy presentation service SlideShare in a $118.8 million deal, as the online professional networking service continues its expansion. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Yahoo Cites 'Error' in CEO Record May 04 2012 00:45:46	WSJ.com: Technology
Yahoo Cites 'Error' in CEO Record Yahoo said its new chief executive, Scott Thompson, didn't earn a degree in computer science as stated in a recent securities filing, citing an "inadvertent error." Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
YouTube Channel Keeps Lid on Wages May 04 2012 00:17:43	WSJ.com: Technology
YouTube Channel Keeps Lid on Wages With YouTube joining the battle for video advertising dollars, start-up culture has crept into the traditional television world. Even red-carpet regulars are agreeing to working-class wages. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Facebook Targets $96 Billion Value May 03 2012 23:49:25	WSJ.com: Technology
Facebook Targets $96 Billion Value Facebook set the price range for its initial public offering at $28 to $35 a share, targeting a valuation as rich as $96 billion in what would be a record debut for an American company. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Planning Ahead for a Future Family May 03 2012 22:44:21	WSJ.com: Technology
Planning Ahead for a Future Family A San Francisco bachelor designs for his theoretical wife and kids. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
LinkedIn Reports Higher Profit May 03 2012 22:30:31	WSJ.com: Technology
LinkedIn Reports Higher Profit LinkedIn reported a higher profit and unveiled a cash-and-stock acquisition valued at nearly $120 million. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
The Other Founder: Saverin's Second Life May 03 2012 20:12:33	WSJ.com: Technology
The Other Founder: Saverin's Second Life Eduardo Saverin, the Brazilian-born billionaire whose skirmishes with Zuckerberg were dramatized in the "The Social Network," is leading a flashy new lifestyle in Singapore. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
LVMH Is Set Back in eBay Fight May 03 2012 19:36:17	WSJ.com: Technology
LVMH Is Set Back in eBay Fight France's high court partly overturned rulings against eBay in its fight over counterfeit goods with LVMH. The court said a lower court didn't have jurisdiction over eBay except in France and the U.K Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
France Telecom Caught in Price War May 03 2012 18:16:48	WSJ.com: Technology
France Telecom Caught in Price War A telephone price war amid a sputtering economy is shaking the French telecommunications market, squeezing earnings at market leader France Telecom and also pushing smaller rivals to adjust their strategies. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Samsung Seeks Outside Talent May 03 2012 18:02:09	WSJ.com: Technology
Samsung Seeks Outside Talent Samsung has long shunned outside help in favor of developing devices on its own. But the smartphone industry's shift in emphasis is forcing the Korean manufacturer to look for acquisitions and foreign engineers. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Samsung Targets the iPhone May 03 2012 18:01:25	WSJ.com: Technology
Samsung Targets the iPhone Samsung introduced a faster, larger version of its flagship smartphone, aimed at sustaining its growth in advanced cellphones and challenging Apple's iPhone dominance. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Google Wants Authors Out of Case May 03 2012 17:02:08	WSJ.com: Technology
Google Wants Authors Out of Case Google asked a judge to dismiss a copyright lawsuit by an authors group over a proposed digital library of books, saying the group can't stand in the place of individual authors in making copyright claims. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Google-Facebook Hearing Is Delayed in India May 03 2012 16:16:58	WSJ.com: Technology
Google-Facebook Hearing Is Delayed in India An Indian court adjourned until Aug. 7 its hearing of a petition by Google and Facebook to terminate criminal proceedings against them for allegedly hosting objectionable material on their websites. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
America Movil's Mexican Fine Lifted May 03 2012 15:49:38	WSJ.com: Technology
America Movil's Mexican Fine Lifted Mexico's antitrust commission reversed a $925 million fine against America Movil unit Telcel after the company agreed to continue lowering mobile interconnection rates. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Nokia Vows a Turnaround May 03 2012 14:43:00	WSJ.com: Technology
Nokia Vows a Turnaround Nokia's new chairman said he will attempt to foster an "entrepreneurial spirit" at the struggling Finnish handset maker. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
India Court Adjourns Google-Facebook Case May 03 2012 13:28:04	WSJ.com: Technology
India Court Adjourns Google-Facebook Case Delhi High Court adjourned until Aug. 7 its hearing of a petition by Google and Facebook to terminate criminal proceedings against them for allegedly hosting objectionable material on their sites. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »
Elpida Bondholders May Oppose Company Sale May 03 2012 12:37:07	WSJ.com: Technology
Elpida Bondholders May Oppose Company Sale A group of Elpida Memory bondholders are concerned about the failed Japanese chip maker being sold at an "undervalued" price in an auction this week, and are considering submitting their own reorganization plan. Read the full article on WSJ.com: Technology »

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