Facebook to end Beacon tracking tool in settlement
(AP) -- Facebook is shutting down its much-maligned Beacon marketing program, launched nearly two years ago amid fanfare only to generate a storm of privacy complaints over tracking of user activities at ...
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Feds balk at Google book deal, hopes for changes
(AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge Friday that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens to thwart competition ...
Sep 19, 2009 |
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Key DOJ opinion due in Google's digital book deal
(AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file court documents that may help determine the fate of a class-action settlement that would give Google the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks
(AP) -- Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.
Sep 17, 2009 |
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TD Ameritrade data theft settlement nears approval
(AP) -- The settlement over contact information stolen from online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. is nearing approval, but the more than 6 million current and former customers affected will have to wait a little while ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Google willing to share digital books with rivals
(AP) -- Google will let other online companies sell its digital copies of out-of-print books if a class-action settlement with U.S. authors and publishers wins court approval.
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Legal arguments pan, praise Google's book deal
(AP) -- Critics and supporters of a class-action settlement that would substantially expand Google's library of digital books submitted their final written arguments in a flurry of court filings Tuesday.
Sep 08, 2009 |
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The right honourable computer, barrister-at-law
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created a legal analysis query engine that combines artificial intelligence, game theory and semantics to offer advice, conflict prevention and dispute settlement ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Germany challenges Google books settlement: minister
Germany on Tuesday said it opposed a legal settlement that would allow Google to digitise and sell millions of books online, arguing it violated international treaties on authors' rights.
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo! oppose Google book settlement
Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! joined an alliance Wednesday opposing the legal settlement which would allow Internet giant Google to digitize and sell millions of books.
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon to fight Google book deal
(AP) -- The fight against a legal settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of copyrighted books is starting to resemble a heavyweight brawl in the library.
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Dell settles federal discrimination suit for $9.1M
(AP) -- Dell Inc. said Friday it has agreed to settle a federal gender-discrimination class action lawsuit brought by former employees for $9.1 million.
Jul 25, 2009 |
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TJX reaches settlement with states on data theft
(AP) -- Discount retailer TJX Cos. said Tuesday it has reached a settlement with multiple states related to a massive data theft that occurred at the parent company of retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshall's a few years ago.
Jun 23, 2009 |
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New Web site to amplify debate on Google book deal
(AP) -- Caroline Vanderlip believes the escalating debate over Google Inc.'s plans for a vast Internet library of copyright-protected literature will yield enough compelling material to fill a book.
May 27, 2009 |
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Facebook's $200M investment values co. at $10B
(AP) -- Facebook is getting a $200 million investment from a Russian Internet investor that values the social networking company at $10 billion even though it has yet to turn a profit.
May 26, 2009 |
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