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		<title>AP, News Corp bosses say it is time for search engines, bloggers to pay for content</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AP, News Corp bosses tell search engines to pay up
BEIJING — The leaders of two of the world's major news organizations said Friday that it is time for search engines and others who use news content for free to pay up.

The comments from Tom Curley of The Associated Press and News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ap-news-corp-bosses-say-it-is-time-for-search-engines-bloggers-to-pay-for-content/</link>
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		<title>Technology, telecommunications industries prepare for stepped up antitrust oversight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tech industry braces for more antitrust scrutiny
WASHINGTON — After eight years of light antitrust scrutiny under a Republican White House, the technology and telecommunications industries are bracing for stepped up oversight by the Obama administration's Justice Department.

Christine Varney, the head of the department's antitrust division, vowed in a May speech that her office will take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/technology-telecommunications-industries-prepare-for-stepped-up-antitrust-oversight/</link>
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		<title>Google Checkout Vs PayPal : Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PayPal and Google checkout are both widely used online payment services for e-commerce.  PayPal the affiliate cash register for eBay and Google Checkout a Google product are both bigwigs in the arena of payment processing. While doing with the top 5 alternatives for PayPal the first name that emerged in my mind was Google checkout.There's [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-checkout-vs-paypal/</link>
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		<title>Media6Degrees hires former Google executive Tom Phillips to be its CEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Media6Degrees hires former Google executive as CEO
PHILADELPHIA — Media6Degrees said Wednesday that it has hired a former Google Inc. executive to serve as its chief executive.

Tom Phillips joins the New York-based company, whose technology allows online advertisers to target their customers and the people with whom they most closely associate. Media6Degrees spokeswoman Susan Turner said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/media6degrees-hires-former-google-executive-tom-phillips-to-be-its-ceo/</link>
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		<title>Federal judge sets deadline for amended deal in Google&#8217;s battle over digital book rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judge sets deadline for amended Google book deal
NEW YORK — A federal judge set a Nov. 9 deadline Wednesday for submission of a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. Then the debate over the fairness of the plan will resume.

U.S. District Judge Denny [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/federal-judge-sets-deadline-for-amended-deal-in-googles-battle-over-digital-book-rights/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft looks close to settling EU browser case, prepares to smooth way for Yahoo deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EU finally about to settle Microsoft browser case
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp., which has already shelled out $2.5 billion in antitrust fines in Europe, is on the brink of closing a chapter in its long-running battle with regulators there, just in time for another to begin.

European regulators said Wednesday they were preparing to settle their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-looks-close-to-settling-eu-browser-case-prepares-to-smooth-way-for-yahoo-deal/</link>
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		<title>Dell is working on a smart phone for AT&amp;T that runs Google&#8217;s Android system, report says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Report: Dell to make Android phone for AT&#038;T
SEATTLE — Dell Inc. is working on a "smart" phone for AT&#038;T that runs Google Inc.'s Android phone operating system, according to a newspaper report Wednesday.

The touch-screen phone could be ready early next year, The Wall Street Journal reported. Representatives for Dell, AT&#038;T Inc. and Google all declined [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dell-is-working-on-a-smart-phone-for-att-that-runs-googles-android-system-report-says/</link>
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		<title>Compuware to buy Web applications manager Gomez Inc. for $295 million in cash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Compuware to buy Gomez Inc. for $295 million cash
DETROIT — Compuware Corp., whose software improves the performance of computer programs used by companies to run their operations, said Wednesday it is acquiring Gomez Inc. for $295 million in cash.

The deal, which is expected to close in November, gives Compuware a company that manages, tests and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/compuware-to-buy-web-applications-manager-gomez-inc-for-295-million-in-cash/</link>
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		<title>EU seeks feedback on Microsoft&#8217;s offer of several browsers, says it is prelude to a settlement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EU prepares to settle Microsoft browser case
BRUSSELS — European Union regulators said Wednesday they were preparing to settle a long and costly antitrust battle with Microsoft Corp. with a deal to give Windows users a choice of web browsers.

Microsoft promised the changes after the EU charged it with monopoly abuse for tying the Internet Explorer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-seeks-feedback-on-microsofts-offer-of-several-browsers-says-it-is-prelude-to-a-settlement/</link>
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		<title>AP explores service for online exclusives; CEO says Microsoft-Google war could help industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AP might charge some customers to get news earlier
HONG KONG — The Associated Press is considering whether to sell news stories to some online customers exclusively for a certain period, perhaps half an hour, the head of the news organization said Tuesday.

The AP licenses its stories and photographs to many of the Internet's main hubs, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ap-explores-service-for-online-exclusives-ceo-says-microsoft-google-war-could-help-industry/</link>
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		<title>AT&amp;T to allow iPhone owners to use Internet calling services on its wireless network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AT&#038;T to expand Internet calling services on iPhone
WASHINGTON — AT&#038;T Inc. said late Tuesday that it will begin allowing iPhone owners to use Internet calling services on its wireless network.

The phone giant, the exclusive wireless provider for Apple Inc.'s iPhone, has until now allowed Internet calling services to work on the popular device only over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/att-to-allow-iphone-owners-to-use-internet-calling-services-on-its-wireless-network/</link>
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		<title>Verizon Wireless, Google in partnership to develop new Android smart phones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless, Google in Android partnership
NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it will put substantial resources into developing and selling phones that use Google Inc.'s Android software.

Verizon Wireless had already said it would sell Android phones, but the announcement suggests that the carrier is positioning these "smart" phones as a main means of competing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/verizon-wireless-google-in-partnership-to-develop-new-android-smart-phones/</link>
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		<title>US Internet ads fell 5 percent in 2Q, second straight drop, as recession crimped marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US online ads fell for second quarter in a row
SAN FRANCISCO — Internet advertising in the United States slipped 5 percent in the second quarter as the recession extended the first slump in online marketing since 2002.

The $5.4 billion spent on Internet ads during the three months ending in June compared with $5.7 billion at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/us-internet-ads-fell-5-percent-in-2q-second-straight-drop-as-recession-crimped-marketing/</link>
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		<title>Vonage gets a cheap-calling app on the iPhone, BlackBerry; undercuts on international calls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vonage releases calling app for iPhone, BlackBerry
NEW YORK — Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of major wireless carriers.

The free programs let users place calls that are routed over Vonage's network, at least for the international leg.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/vonage-gets-a-cheap-calling-app-on-the-iphone-blackberry-undercuts-on-international-calls/</link>
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		<title>Google Wave Review : Why it may Ultimately Fail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Wave as they say it, is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. It can both a conversation or a document for people to discuss and work together. They can use richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps and more. We have discussed every other thing you need to know about Google Wave including [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-wave-why-it-will-fail/</link>
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		<title>IBM tries to blow away Google&#8217;s &#8216;cloud-computing&#8217; campaign with low-cost e-mail for businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM undercuts Google with discount e-mail service
SAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market.

The weapon: a bare-bones e-mail service that IBM is selling to companies for $36 annually per worker, undercutting a more comprehensive package of software applications that Google sells for $50 per user annually.
For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibm-tries-to-blow-away-googles-cloud-computing-campaign-with-low-cost-e-mail-for-businesses/</link>
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		<title>Google giving Web surfers more ways to slice up search results as Microsoft rivalry heats up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google refines search results to counter Microsoft
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. is giving Web surfers a few more ways to refine their search results, signaling its resolve to ward off rival Microsoft Corp.'s aggressive campaign to lure traffic.

The changes announced Thursday might be hard to notice because they require clicking on a "show options" [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-giving-web-surfers-more-ways-to-slice-up-search-results-as-microsoft-rivalry-heats-up/</link>
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		<title>Gates still Forbes&#8217; richest American, 4 Indians among top 400</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Four Indian Americans are among America's super-rich with Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates still holding the top spot on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans with a fortune of $50 billion. 

Warren Buffett, who's worth $40 billion, comes in No.2 in the Forbes magazine's annual ranking, followed by Oracle founder Lawrence Ellison [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/gates-still-forbes-richest-american-4-indians-among-top-400/</link>
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		<title>AOL hires senior VP for advertising from software company Cooliris</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AOL hires senior VP for advertising
NEW YORK — AOL LLC said Tuesday it has hired Shashi Seth from software maker Cooliris Inc. for the position of senior vice president of global advertising.

AOL, which is preparing a spinoff from parent company Time Warner Inc., said Seth will report to Jeff Levick, the company's president of global [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/aol-hires-senior-vp-for-advertising-from-software-company-cooliris/</link>
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		<title>YouTube says Warner Music artists to return in the coming months; complete catalog by year-end</title>
		<description><![CDATA[YouTube says Warner Music videos back in months
LOS ANGELES — YouTube says music videos from Warner Music Group Corp. will return to the video site in the coming months after a nine-month dispute over deal terms.

Most of the catalog of videos from artists such as Madonna, Metallica and Green Day will be available for free [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/youtube-says-warner-music-artists-to-return-in-the-coming-months-complete-catalog-by-year-end/</link>
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		<title>AT&amp;T complains to regulators that Google Voice gets unfair advantage from blocking some calls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AT&#038;T complains Google Voice blocks calls it can't
SEATTLE — AT&#038;T Inc. said Friday that Google Inc.'s Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities where local carriers charge high connection fees.

In a letter to federal regulators, AT&#038;T said Google Voice keeps costs low by refusing to connect calls to places [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/att-complains-to-regulators-that-google-voice-gets-unfair-advantage-from-blocking-some-calls/</link>
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		<title>How tweet it is! Twitter gets $100 million more as founders try to build independent company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Something to tweet about: Twitter valued at $1B
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter Inc.'s founders now have a billion-dollar baby, and they seem determined to raise it without a corporate parent.

That was the message underlying Friday's news that Twitter has lined up $100 million to finance its operations while founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone plot ways [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-tweet-it-is-twitter-gets-100-million-more-as-founders-try-to-build-independent-company/</link>
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		<title>Baidu CEO draws overflow crowd as he talks to students on Google founders&#8217; old stomping ground</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Baidu CEO draws big crowd in Google's backyard
PALO ALTO, Calif. — The billionaire founder of a popular search engine drew a big crowd Wednesday at Stanford University — and it wasn't one of the guys that started Google Inc. just a few miles from the campus they once attended.

About 600 students crammed into a lecture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/baidu-ceo-draws-overflow-crowd-as-he-talks-to-students-on-google-founders-old-stomping-ground/</link>
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		<title>Advertising blitz: Yahoo to spend more than $100 million in latest attempt to rejuvenate brand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo to spend $100M in bid for more brand buzz
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. believes a lot of its good work has been overlooked by investors and the media so it's spending more than $100 million to get the word out to consumers directly.

The money is going toward the Internet company's most expensive marketing campaign [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/advertising-blitz-yahoo-to-spend-more-than-100-million-in-latest-attempt-to-rejuvenate-brand/</link>
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		<title>EU court adviser says Google ad keywords do not infringe EU trademarks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EU adviser: Google ads don't infringe trademarks
BRUSSELS — A European Union court adviser said Tuesday that Google Inc. does not violate luxury goods makers' trademarks when it sells brand names as search keywords that trigger its lucrative advertisements.

The adviser's legal opinion will now be studied by judges at the European Court of Justice, which has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-court-adviser-says-google-ad-keywords-do-not-infringe-eu-trademarks/</link>
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		<title>EU court advisor says Google Adwords does not infringe EU trademarks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EU advisor: Google ads don't infringe trademarks
BRUSSELS — A European Union court advisor said Tuesday that Google Inc. does not violate luxury goods makers' trademarks when it sells brand names as advertising keywords triggered by Internet searches.

The advisor's legal opinion will now be studied by judges at the European Court of Justice, which has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-court-advisor-says-google-adwords-does-not-infringe-eu-trademarks/</link>
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		<title>Newspapers expected to open Internet toll booths this fall as publishers test online fees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to read all about it online? It may cost you
SAN FRANCISCO — With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some of the material they run in their shrinking print editions.

It looks like the talk will turn to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/newspapers-expected-to-open-internet-toll-booths-this-fall-as-publishers-test-online-fees/</link>
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		<title>Justice Department tells judge Google&#8217;s digital book deal raises significant legal concerns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Feds balk at Google book deal, hopes for changes
SAN FRANCISCO — 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 and drive up prices unless it's revised.

The brief filed in New York federal court marks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-department-tells-judge-googles-digital-book-deal-raises-significant-legal-concerns/</link>
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		<title>US Justice Department tells judge Google&#8217;s digital book deal raises significant legal concerns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DOJ balks at Google book deal, hopes for changes
SAN FRANCISCO — 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 and drive up prices unless it's revised.

The brief filed in New York federal court marks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/us-justice-department-tells-judge-googles-digital-book-deal-raises-significant-legal-concerns/</link>
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		<title>Google draws upon expertise in search advertising to sell more visual marketing messages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google injects search savvy into display ad system
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. is counting on the crown jewel of its online advertising empire to burnish a diamond in the rough.

Hoping to take an even bigger bite out of ad budgets, Google has melded the technology powering its lucrative search marketing network with a system that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-draws-upon-expertise-in-search-advertising-to-sell-more-visual-marketing-messages/</link>
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		<title>Consumers lost trust in brands amid downturn, but Coca-Cola, IBM remain world&#8217;s most valuable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[World's 2 most valuable brands: Coca-Cola, IBM
Consumers lost trust in brands this year as the recession deepened, according to an industry report released Thursday, although longtime staples Coca-Cola and IBM retained their spots as the world's two most valuable brands.

This is the first time the combined value of the world's top 100 brands as ranked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/consumers-lost-trust-in-brands-amid-downturn-but-coca-cola-ibm-remain-worlds-most-valuable/</link>
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		<title>A look at the world&#8217;s 10 most valuable brands in 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The world's 10 most valuable brands in 2009
Here's a look at the world's top 10 most valuable brands:

1. Coca-Cola, up 3 percent to $68.73 billion
2. IBM, up 2 percent to $60.21 billion
3. Microsoft, down 4 percent to $56.65 billion
4. GE, down 10 percent to $47.78 billion
5. Nokia, down 3 percent to $34.87 billion
6. McDonald's, up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-look-at-the-worlds-10-most-valuable-brands-in-2009/</link>
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		<title>Google gives new life to 2 million digital books by allowing them to return as paperbacks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.

As part of a deal announced Thursday, Google is opening up part of its index to the maker of a high-speed publishing machine that can manufacture a paperback-bound [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-gives-new-life-to-2-million-digital-books-by-allowing-them-to-return-as-paperbacks/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft suggests Office Live Workspace as way for classes to go on in event of flu epidemic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft urges Web learning in case of swine flu
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. says it can help schools get through swine flu.

The company is promoting its free online service for storing files and collaborating on projects as a way for teachers to keep classes on track even if schools close because of a flu outbreak.
Microsoft has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-suggests-office-live-workspace-as-way-for-classes-to-go-on-in-event-of-flu-epidemic/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft introduces visual search for Bing.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Software giant Microsoft has introduced visual search for its search engine Bing.com, in order to further set itself apart from market leader Google.

According to a report by BBC News, the new feature will let users browse results using pictures instead of text.
Visual search will concentrate on four main areas: travel, health, leisure and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-introduces-visual-search-for-bingcom/</link>
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		<title>Google aims to make reading online articles easier in test that will sell ads for publishers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google hopes readers will 'flip' over new format
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. is testing a new format that is supposed to make reading online stories as easy as flipping through a magazine, a shift that eventually could feed more advertising sales to revenue-starved publishers.

The Internet search leader unveiled the experiment, called "Fast Flip," Monday at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-aims-to-make-reading-online-articles-easier-in-test-that-will-sell-ads-for-publishers/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft&#8217;s Bing tests new format for search results that swaps images for text links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft swaps pictures for text in some searches
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. is testing a way to display some search results as galleries of moveable images instead of text links, part of its ongoing attempt to differentiate its Bing search engine from Google.

Bing's new visual search page lets people flip through pictures to track down where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsofts-bing-tests-new-format-for-search-results-that-swaps-images-for-text-links/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft-Yahoo deal draws antitrust probe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - The US Department of Justice is looking into the advertising and search alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo, the companies said Friday.

Yahoo and Microsoft, which trail a distant second and third respectively to Google in the internet search market, announced their deal in late July in a bid to combine forces and challenge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-yahoo-deal-draws-antitrust-probe/</link>
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		<title>Tech giants offer ideas on charging readers online, but will publishers take the leap?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tech giants offer ideas on charging readers online
NEW YORK — Some of the world's most prominent technology companies are offering suggestions to publishers on how they can charge readers for news online.

IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. — a company some newspapers blame for helping dig their financial hole — responded to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/tech-giants-offer-ideas-on-charging-readers-online-but-will-publishers-take-the-leap/</link>
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		<title>Top copyright cop opposes Google book deal; company tries to soften objections with concession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Top US copyright cop opposes Google book deal
SAN FRANCISCO — The nation's top copyright official has joined the mounting opposition to a class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.

Her objections cast further doubt on whether the agreement will be allowed by a federal court, even as Google [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-copyright-cop-opposes-google-book-deal-company-tries-to-soften-objections-with-concession/</link>
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