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Facebook outdoes Google
Last Click News
According to Hitwise, Facebook surpassed Google as the most visited website among US internet browsers for the week of March 7-13. The social media site is Google's rival for marketing services. Facebook also topped the top spot during Christmas Eve, ...
Facebook's growing list of friendsFinancial Times
Facebook traffic tops Google for the weekCNNMoney.com
It's Official: Facebook Rules the WebPC World
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Reuters - A top executive for Microsoft Corp's MSN China will leave the joint venture, Microsoft said on Thursday, in a setback as the firm struggles to compete in China's hotly contested social networking space.

AFP - IBM Japan on Thursday denied it had evaded taxes after news reports said authorities were probing whether it had failed to declare more than 4.4 billion dollars in income.

Seattle Post Intelligencer
New evolution exhibit at Natural History museum; dog rescued from ice twice
Washington Post
-- A new exhibit on human evolution opened Wednesday at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, the nation's most-visited museum. The display tracks moments in human development, including when humans began walking upright and speaking. ...
Smithsonian opens $21M human evolution hallThe Associated Press
Smithsonian Museum displays old human fossils on eve of 100th anniversaryThe Money Times
New Hall of Human Origins OpensWAMU
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Reuters
HTC Says Will Fight Apple Lawsuit, Stresses Innovations
PC World
High Tech Computer (HTC) on Thursday said it plans to "fully defend itself" against the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Apple early this month, adding it has always respected the intellectual property of others and will continue to do so. ...
HTC to Fight Apple LegallyTechtree.com
HTC says confident can defend against Apple suitReuters
HTC to Fight Apple Patent SuitsWall Street Journal
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PC World - High Tech Computer (HTC) on Thursday said it plans to "fully defend itself" against the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Apple early this month, adding it has always respected the intellectual property of others and will continue to do so.

AFP - PayPal, the online payment platform of US e-commerce giant eBay, will tie up with a Chinese partner to allow consumers in China to buy from overseas merchants, according to a report.

Reuters - China Mobile (0941.HK), the world's largest mobile operator, reported its best quarterly profit in a year, beating expectations for little growth, as customers began spending more on value-added services.

Macworld.com - After months of anticipation, Amazon on Wednesday night released a beta of Kindle for Mac, software that lets you read Kindle e-books without the need for any special hardware (say, a Kindle). The free app for OS X 10.5 or later is available now in more than 100 countries, and joins the ranks of Kindle for iPhone, Kindle for PC, and Kindle for Blackberry.

PC World - Apple is reportedly removing iPhone, iPod, and MacBook screen protectors from its online and retail stores, just a couple of weeks before the iPad hits the stand.

PC World - IBM and insurance provider Assurant Solutions have come up with a project that, in the manner of dating services like eHarmony, uses analytics to match up call center callers with the most appropriate representative.

Reuters - Cellphone developer HTC Corp said it is confident it can fight off a recent technology patent infringement lawsuit from iPhone maker Apple Inc and promised to issue a formal response in the next few weeks.

Reuters
Google Said to Work on TV With Intel, Sony, Logitech
BusinessWeek
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. is working to bring Web software to televisions through a partnership with Intel Corp., Sony Corp. and Logitech International SA, according to two people involved in the ...
Report: Google TV Is Coming to Your Living RoomPC World
Google and Partners Seek TV FootholdNew York Times
Google Pushes TV InitiativeWall Street Journal
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All Things Digital (blog)
U.S. Official Blasts Google on Buzz
Wall Street Journal
Citing the recent launch of Google Inc.'s social-networking service, Google Buzz, outgoing Federal Trade Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour said technology companies are setting a dangerous precedent of publicly exposing consumer data, ...
FTC Member Rips into Google's Privacy EffortsPC World
FTC member: Google's 'irresponsible conduct' with BuzzCNET
Google 'Irresponsible' in Beginning Buzz, FTC Official SaysBusinessWeek
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PC World - Several major U.S. Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, need to "step up" and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a commissioner said Wednesday.

AFP - Computer hackers are targeting Facebook users with an email scam that attempts to steal their passwords, Web security firm McAfee said.

Pocket-lint.com
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series Lacks Cut, Copy, Paste Function
eWeek
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series will lack the ability to cut, copy and paste text, similar to Apple's iPhone upon that device's release. In its place, users will be able to perform a single-tap action. The Windows Phone 7 Series will also lack other ...
Windows Phone stars at MixCNET
How Will Apple Respond To Windows Phone 7?ChannelWeb
Hands On: the T-Mobile HTC HD2PC Magazine
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Sydney Morning Herald
Sprint to Offer Google Nexus One Soon, Cost Unknown
eWeek
Sprint March 17 confirmed it would soon offer Google's Nexus One smartphone to its subscribers, but the wireless carrier did not say when it would begin offering the device or at what it would charge for the Google Android-based device. ...
Google Nexus One Coming To SprintInformationWeek
Google Nexus One Coming to SprintPC Magazine
US agency denies Google's Nexus One trademarkComputerworld
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Reuters - Google Inc is working with Intel Corp and Sony Corp to develop a new class of Internet-enabled televisions and set top boxes, according to a media report.

Reuters - Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information.