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Reuters - Tecom Investments, a
telecom investor owned by the ruler of Dubai, is mulling a
joint venture with Dell Inc. and said it expects to
make up to three acquisitions in the Middle East and Africa
this year, including in a mobile phone firm.
Reuters - Japanese superhero Ultraman vanquishes an
evil enemy during a live performance at a Tokyo games arcade.
But Ultraman's real battle is proving much harder -- enticing
customers back to the nation's arcades.
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celebrity Web sites, credited to the Insight News & Features paparazzi photo agency, purport to show the Simpson family home near Los Angeles dotted with large ...
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Interviews with Sam Ramji and Tom Robertson reveal Microsoft is strong on building open source business models and community as well as interoperability and industry standards.
AFP - A deadline for Take-Two Interactive Software shareholders to agree to a buyout by video game giant Electronic Arts has passed with neither firm commenting on the takeover bid's fate.
Reuters - When Clear Channel wanted to launch a
format-free Internet radio station called erockster, executive
VP/head of online music and radio Evan Harrison turned to his
old friend Eric Szmanda for ideas. Best known for playing Greg
Sanders on the hit series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,"
Szmanda at first seems like an unlikely choice ...
AP - Cable TV, phone and Internet service provider Charter Communications drew concern Friday from two congressmen and a privacy advocate over its plan to experiment with tracking its customers' Web use in collaboration with an online advertising firm.
Reuters - For years, video games have been
blamed for turning kids into idle layabouts who only venture
off the couch to fill up on potato chips and soda.
AP - Classified ad Web site Craigslist is denying online auctioneer eBay's allegation that it unfairly diluted eBay's stake in it and says its board was acting to protect the company.
AP - Former satellite TV provider EchoStar Corp. on Sunday will demonstrate its first product for cable companies at the industry's trade show: a unit that can tune in television and act as a cable modem.