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Microsoft eclipses Yahoo in US search for 1st time (AP)

AP – Microsoft Corp. has finally reached a long-sought and expensive goal — its Bing search engine now ranks second behind Google in the Internet’s most lucrative market.

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Stratfor back online after cyberhack (AP)

AP – Global intelligence analysis firm Stratfor has relaunched its website after hackers brought down its servers and stole thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to its customers.

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Online fraudster who helped probe Google gets 70 months prison (Reuters)

Reuters – A man who admitted online fraud and helped federal agents investigate search engine giant Google was sentenced in Rhode Island on Friday to more than five years in jail and ordered to pay $10 million.

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Criminal probe into online mortgage scams widens (AP)

AP – A criminal investigation into mortgage swindlers has expanded beyond deceptive advertising on Google’s Internet search engine to root out con artists who were luring their victims on Bing and Yahoo, too.

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Netflix to sell convertible debt, shares fall (Reuters)

Reuters – Netflix Inc said late on Monday that it agreed to sell $200 million of convertible debt to long-time backer Technology Crossover Ventures as the struggling online video rental company tries to raise new capital.

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Google+ tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)

Appolicious – Google is percolating something new, feeding us bit-by-bit the details of its latest social coup. The search engine is testing the waters of today’s social web culture, launching Google+ in private beta

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Google faces damages claim from French competitor 1PlusV (Reuters)

Reuters – French search engine company 1PlusV said it is suing Google for 295 million euros ($417.7), alleging the company used its market dominance to block the development of alternative services.

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U.S. Senator Critical of Rumored Facebook-Baidu Tie-up (PC World)

PC World – The possibility of Facebook entering China has started to draw political scrutiny, with U.S. senator Dick Durbin questioning whether a rumored tie-up between the U.S

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Bing to be default search engine on BlackBerry (AFP)

AFP – Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer announced Tuesday that the US software giant’s Bing search engine and maps would be the default service on BlackBerry devices.

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RIM tightens link with Microsoft with Bing option (Reuters)

Reuters – Research In Motion will use Microsoft’s Bing search engine and maps as default options on its new BlackBerry devices, a victory for the software giant as it eyes the booming mobile phone market.

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