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Google, Microsoft sued over map technology

Google Inc and Microsoft Corp were sued for infringing a Louisiana company's patent with their map websites, which let users navigate street-level views of towns and cities.
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Wall St set to drop at open after five-day run

Stock index futures were poised for a slightly lower open on Tuesday before factory orders data and after stocks had their best week in two years last week, leaving the market primed for a decline.
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Baidu picks Microsoft for English search

China's Baidu is to partner with Microsoft for English-language search, giving the U.S. software giant a chance to expand its tiny Web presence in a market Google has stepped back from, and helping the Chinese company's international ambitions.
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Sony Said To Launch PS4 in 2012

Sony is expected to launch its PlayStation 4 (PS4) gaming console in 2012 that will feature body movement-based control like Kinect, a motion sensing input device developed by Microsoft for the Xbox 360.
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China's Baidu ties up with Microsoft to power English search

Baidu, which has three-quarters of China's search market, signed a deal with Microsoft's Bing to offer English-language search to Baidu users, as it eyes an overseas expansion and Microsoft aims to increase its presence in the world's largest Internet market.
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Can Skype Deal Help Facebook Beat Google+?

Facebook is said to be partnering with Skype to offer video chat features on Facebook - a move that help the most popular social networking website to counter threat from Google+, or Google Plus.
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Google Loses in Huge Auction as Rivals Apple, Microsoft Gang Up

Google, facing a flood of patent lawsuits, said it was disappointed after losing a multi-billion dollar auction for thousands of telecom, Web and Social Networking patents from bankrupt Canadian company Nortel to a rival group of companies which included Apple and Microsoft.
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Hulu starts sales talks

Online video site Hulu has begun preliminary sales talks with about a dozen potential buyers, including Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Google In Talks To Buy Hulu: Report

Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) is engaged in preliminary talks to acquire Hulu, the online video company, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times, citing unnamed sources familiar with the negotiations.
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Nortel Patent Sale: What it means to RIM?

A consortium consisting of Apple Inc. (AAPL), EMC Corp. (EMC), Ericsson, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Research In Motion (RIM) and Sony Corp. (SNE) paid $4.5 billion for the patent portfolio of Bankrupt Canadian telecom group Nortel Networks Corp.
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Will Facebook launch 'Facebook+' Similar to Google Next Week?

Google Inc. launched its most aggressive social network effort Google+, which looks remarkably similar to Facebook in terms of aesthetics and could pose as a threat to Facebook's dominance. Will Facebook counter this with 'Facebook+' next week?

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