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U.S. online piracy bill headed for major makeover (Reuters)

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EBay’s PayPal going offline, targets big retailers (Reuters)

Reuters – EBay Inc’s PayPal business has become one of the largest online payment systems, but its now heading offline, Chief Executive John Donahoe said in the wake of the e-commerce company’s quarterly results on Wednesday.

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Google to "wind down" Google Labs (Reuters)

Reuters – Google Inc will shut down a website that offered public access to experimental products, the latest step by the company to refocus resources under Chief Executive Larry Page.

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Hulu launches British kitchen comedy "Whites" (Reuters)

Reuters – “Whites,” a BBC comedy set in a chaotic kitchen, launched on Hulu on Wednesday, another part in the online video hub’s recent strategy to import under-the-radar content from the U.K.

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EBay profit falls on charges, results beat Street (AP)

AP – EBay Inc.’s PayPal online payment service and marketplaces business grew swiftly during the second quarter, helping its results beat analyst expectations, although charges from its recent purchase of retail website operator GSI Commerce cut its profit.

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Analysis: Soaring IPOs raise specter of new bubble (Reuters)

Reuters – The frothy market for Internet IPOs is raising the specter of a bubble, underscoring how little has changed despite lawsuits and investigations in the wake of the 1990s dot-com craze.

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Sina plans U.S. launch of Weibo as Twitter rival: TechWeb (Reuters)

Reuters – China’s Sina Corp is readying an English version of its microblogging platform, Weibo, and plans to launch it in the U.S. in two-three months as a rival to Twitter, Chinese tech blog Techweb said, citing informed sources.

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Nintendo says US server breached, no data lost (AP)

AP – Nintendo was targeted in a recent online data attack, but no personal or company information was lost, the Japanese maker of the Wii game console said Sunday.

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