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Qualcomm rivals drop European antitrust case
Companies including Ericsson and NEC have withdrawn their European antitrust complaint over patent royalty rates against Qualcomm
InfoSpace CEO aims for new IPO with Intelius
Naveen Jain rode the internet directory InfoSpace to a market value of $30bn during the dotcom boom. Now he is back in the spotlight
Microsoft in move to cut out Google
Microsoft is offering different terms to different publishers as it seeks to boost Bing by paying some content owners to cut their sites off from Google’s rival search engine, industry executives said
Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact
The software maker discusses a plan that would involve the media company being paid to ‘de-index’ its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle
Ebay site crashes due to surge in listings
Millions of shoppers unable to use website in run-up to Christmas after computer systems failure causes world’s largest online auction site to crash
E-readers in short supply for holidays
Barnes & Noble and Sony failed to establish supply chains robust enough to meet demand because they brought their newest models to market prematurely, say analysts
Sony hopes SOS offering will be a saviour
The Sony Online Service is the electronic company’s attempt to make Sony televisions and devices stand apart from the competition by delivering movies, games and music to them
Oracle wins more time for Sun merger
The European Commission extends the deadline for approval of Oracle’s proposed $7.4bn merger with rival Sun Microsystems
Fragile recovery warning by Infineon
Shares in Europe’s second-largest chipmaker fell after it gave a downbeat assessment of its prospects, warning investors to continue to expect low revenues
Raymarine encounters rough waters
Shares in the marine electronics specialist sink 40% after it warned that investors were likely to lose their money due to a drop in sales
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Can creative industries survive digital onslaught?
Ian Brown examines the competing rights of content producers and file-sharers and argues that new business models are the future, not blocking users
Networks: Sharks and the threat to communications
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