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Today's Technology News: AP source: Microsoft, Yahoo near Web search deal Flower shop launches first Facebook store Sprint focuses on prepaid with Virgin Mobile deal Courts OK $1.13B sale of Nortel assets to Ericsson IBM scoops up software maker SPSS in $1.2B deal Taiwan's Foxconn agrees on suicide compensation Yahoo!, Microsoft near search deal: WSJ Samsung Mobile Application Store Coming to Europe Text Messaging Etiquette: To Text or Not to Text Lawyer: Song swapper on trial doing `what kids do' Viacom: Ad outlook good despite 2Q drop in profits Google Voice App Rejections Make Apple Look Bad SAP posts better-than-expected net profit IBM Hosts Applications in Cloud for Chinese Vendors Microsoft releases security patch for Web browser Mozilla Releases Firefox 4.0 Interface Mockups LocalEats app looks to save diners dollars AP source: Microsoft, Yahoo near Web search deal Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:04 pm PDT AP - Microsoft Corp. appears to have finally persuaded Yahoo Inc. that together they would have a better chance of mounting a meaningful challenge to Google Inc.'s dominance of online advertising. Full Story Top Flower shop launches first Facebook store Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:22 pm PDT AP - In a first, but likely not last for Facebook, a retailer is setting up shop inside the popular social-networking site. Full Story Top Sprint focuses on prepaid with Virgin Mobile deal Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:58 pm PDT AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. is intensifying its focus on the fast-growing market for prepaid cell phone service with a $483 million deal to buy Virgin Mobile USA Inc. Full Story Top Courts OK $1.13B sale of Nortel assets to Ericsson Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:57 pm PDT AP - U.S. and Canadian courts have approved Swedish wireless company LM Ericsson's $1.13 billion bid to buy next-generation wireless technology and other assets from insolvent telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp. Full Story Top IBM scoops up software maker SPSS in $1.2B deal Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:55 am PDT AP - IBM Corp. is bulking up its most profitable division with a $1.2 billion acquisition of business software provider SPSS Inc., a deal that also reflects the power of wealthy technology companies to throw their money around despite the recession. Full Story Top Taiwan's Foxconn agrees on suicide compensation Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:37 am PDT AP - The Taiwanese employer of a young Chinese man who killed himself after being interrogated over a missing iPhone prototype has agreed to pay compensation to his family, a company official said Tuesday. Full Story Top Yahoo!, Microsoft near search deal: WSJ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:09 pm PDT AFP - Yahoo! and Microsoft are close to forging a partnership on Internet search, and an agreement could be reached as early as Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported. Full Story Top Samsung Mobile Application Store Coming to Europe Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:10 pm PDT PC World - Samsung plans to launch a mobile application store in Europe this quarter, following an increasingly popular path to revenue inspired by Apple's iPhone App Store. Full Story Top Text Messaging Etiquette: To Text or Not to Text Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:00 pm PDT PC World - Perhaps the wildest, most unpredictable area in the realm of high-tech etiquette, text messaging is fraught with pitfalls that can turn otherwise sensible people into rude and thoughtless jerks. Try these simple tips to ensure that you'll never annoy others or embarrass yourself with your cell phone. Full Story Top Lawyer: Song swapper on trial doing `what kids do' Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:26 pm PDT AP - A Boston University graduate student was "a kid who did what kids do" when he swapped songs through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, his lawyer said Tuesday as his copyright-infringement trial began. Full Story Top Viacom: Ad outlook good despite 2Q drop in profits Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:11 pm PDT AP - Viacom Inc. struck a hopeful note on advertising for the rest of the year even as the media conglomerate controlled by Sumner Redstone saw second-quarter profit plunge on weak ad markets, video game sales and box-office returns. Full Story Top Google Voice App Rejections Make Apple Look Bad Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:19 pm PDT PC World - Apple has broken out its big red rejection stamp again, this time putting the kibosh on a series of Google Voice-related apps for the iPhone. Google's own Google Voice application has been slapped down, as have a handful of other independently produced Google Voice apps, their developers confirm. Full Story Top SAP posts better-than-expected net profit Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:28 pm PDT AFP - SAP, the German professional software giant, posted a better than expected second quarter profit on Wednesday, and said it would maintain tight cost controls for the remainder of the year. Full Story Top IBM Hosts Applications in Cloud for Chinese Vendors Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:30 pm PDT PC World - A new IBM product that allows data centers to host online applications for software vendors has been deployed in a Chinese technology park and could later appear overseas. Full Story Top Microsoft releases security patch for Web browser Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:57 pm PDT AFP - Microsoft released a security patch on Tuesday aimed at preventing hackers from exploiting a vulnerability in its Web browser, Internet Explorer. Full Story Top Mozilla Releases Firefox 4.0 Interface Mockups Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:54 pm PDT PC World - Just days after releasing some proposed interface changes to Firefox 3.7 on its wiki, the Mozilla Foundation has put up a page to explore interface changes in Firefox 4.0. Full Story Top LocalEats app looks to save diners dollars Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:43 pm PDT Macworld.com - Heading out for a bite in the Big Apple? Then you might want to have LocalEats installed on your iPhone or iPod touch. The $1 restaurant finder has teamed up with local restaurants to offer mobile coupons to the app’s users. Full Story Top

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