An Ignoble Experiment: Technology Update

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

April 29, 2009 -- 3:00 p.m.

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Time Warner said it expects to spin off all or parts of AOL to shareholders. The company also reported that profit fell 14%. - Charges Weigh On Time Warner Cable

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Microsoft is in talks with Verizon Wireless to launch a touch-screen cellphone on the carrier's network early next year, in a bid to compete with Apple's iPhone. - Digits: iPhone Users' App Usage - Video: Microsoft, Verizon Go After iPhone

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124093915558664239.html#mod=djemTECH

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IAC/InterActiveCorp. CEO Diller said he is in early talks to buy Yahoo's online-dating business after reporting a first-quarter loss due to advertising woes.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124100716278968323.html#mod=djemTECH

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The executive in charge of Google's global display-advertising business is stepping down, the latest in a series of departures. David Rosenblatt joined when Google bought DoubleClick.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124102966452769413.html#mod=djemTECH

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The Department of Justice is looking into whether Google's proposed book-search settlement with authors and publishers violates antitrust laws.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124095639971465549.html#mod=djemTECH

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Qwest's earnings rose 37% as it culled low-end customers. The company faced continued pressure as the number of land lines fell.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124100396538568193.html#mod=djemTECH

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Sun Microsystems posted a wider net loss, continuing the streak of red ink that pushed the tech company into a deal with Oracle last week. - Digits: Getting Used to the Silence from Sun Microsystems

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124094914986664917.html#mod=djemTECH

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Taiwan's three major PC makers reported mixed results in the first quarter, but all of them signaled that the market may have bottomed out.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124100489389768251.html#mod=djemTECH

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Cablevision said it will begin offering Internet service with download speeds up to 101 megabits per second for those customers will to pay $100 a month.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124095954677665757.html#mod=djemTECH

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Motorola's former chief financial officer denied that he destroyed evidence from his company computer after he was fired from the telecom equipment maker.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124095826503765629.html#mod=djemTECH

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Sony Pictures is beefing up Crackle.com, its video-viewing Web site, adding dozens more movies and an interactive game.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124095498107665441.html#mod=djemTECH

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SAP reported worse-than-expected first-quarter results amid restructuring charges and challenging economic conditions, but the German software company confirmed its outlook for 2009.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124098770170767851.html#mod=djemTECH

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From the BizTech Blog

AuctionBytes Bites Back at eBay
EBay has taken a fair amount of abuse from unhappy members of its community of 25 million sellers, especially since it began making swift changes to its ecommerce marketplace last year. Now eBay is facing a spat with AuctionBytes, a trade publication about eBay and ecommerce that attracts about half [...]

See Full Post: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/04/29/auctionbytes-bites-back-at-ebay/#mod=djemTECH

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EBay Meets With Shareholders
EBay held its annual shareholders' meeting Wednesday at its headquarters in San Jose, Calif. For the first time in recent years, the event wasn't held in conjunction with an "eBay Live" conference with sellers, which the company decided not to have this year. After dispensing with the formalities of approving new [...]

See Full Post: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/04/29/ebay-meets-with-shareholders/#mod=djemTECH

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Free Rides for Students on Amazon's Cloud
Amazon.com on Wednesday is launching a grant program that offers professors, researchers and students free access to its popular Web services - the storage and processing power that it usually rents on a per-use basis. The program, dubbed AWS in Education, will offer $100 per student worth of free usage of [...]

See Full Post: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/04/29/free-rides-for-students-on-amazon%e2%80%99s-cloud/#mod=djemTECH

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