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Madonna launching video on billboards, online (AP)

AP – Clear Channel is giving Madonna all its luvin’.

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Madonna launching video on billboards, online
(AP)

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NZ court bails two associates of Megaupload founder (Reuters)

Reuters – A New Zealand court granted bail on Thursday to two associates of the founder of online file-sharing website Megaupload, accused of being involved in a scheme that allegedly made more than $175 million from Internet piracy and illegal file sharing.

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Analysis: Wall Street puzzles over Google’s new direction (Reuters)

Reuters – Google Inc, which revolutionized Internet searches with an easy-to-use website, has itself become an increasingly tricky business to grasp.

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Analysis: Wall Street puzzles over Google’s new direction
(Reuters)

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Analysis: Zynga needs mobile to move away from Facebook (Reuters)

Reuters – David Ko, Zynga’s chief mobile officer, has one of the most important and pressure-filled at the online gaming company — he’s charged with figuring out ways to get people to play Zynga’s games on tablets and smartphones.

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Analysis: Zynga needs mobile to move away from Facebook
(Reuters)

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O2 accidentally exposes customers’ phone numbers (AP)

AP – An untold number of U.K. residents may have unwittingly broadcast their numbers to sites across the Web while browsing the Internet with their cellphones during the past two weeks.

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O2 accidentally exposes customers’ phone numbers
(AP)

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European Lawmakers Want "Right to Be Forgotten" on Facebook, Google (Mashable)

Mashable – European Internet users may be getting better control over information posted online, thanks to some proposed sweeping reforms lawmakers proposed Wednesday designed to protect digital privacy.

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European Lawmakers Want "Right to Be Forgotten" on Facebook, Google
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Popular file-sharing website Megaupload shut down (AP)

AP – One of the world’s most popular file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company officials were accused of facilitating millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content.

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Popular file-sharing website Megaupload shut down
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Microsoft 2Q beats Street despite soft PC market (AP)

AP – Microsoft Corp. battled through a weak PC market to post flat earnings in the final quarter of 2011, boosting sales of servers, Xbox games and its Office productivity software while trimming losses at its Bing search engine

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Top Senate Republican wants Web bill shelved (Reuters)

Reuters – The top Senate Republican urged Democrats on Thursday to set aside a bill aimed at stopping online piracy of movies and music, dealing yet another blow to controversial legislation that has pitted Hollywood against tech companies.

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Top Senate Republican wants Web bill shelved
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Al Gore Comes Out Against SOPA (Mashable)

Mashable – Former Vice President (and Apple board member) Al Gore has some strong words against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

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Al Gore Comes Out Against SOPA
(Mashable)

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