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AP Technology NewsBrief at 12:05 a.m. EDT
(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Spiralfrog.com to offer downloads from EMI artistsLOS ANGELES (AP) _ SpiralFrog Inc., which operates an ad-supported, free music and video download Web site, said Monday it will soon begin offering content from Coldplay, Keith Urban and other recording artists as part of a new licensing deal with EMI Music. Terms of the deal between the New York-based company and Britain-based EMI Music, a unit of EMI Group PLC, were not disclosed.
New documents illuminate Yahoo-Microsoft sagaSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang pushed for an employee severance program that made it more expensive for Microsoft Corp. to engineer a takeover even after an outside consultant questioned the plan's generous benefits, according to previously sealed documents in a shareholder lawsuit against Yahoo. The details about the severance program and other information about Yahoo's efforts to thwart Microsoft's takeover bid became available Monday after a Delaware judge released redacted portions of a shareholder complaint filed last month after Microsoft withdrew an oral offer to buy Yahoo for $47.5 billion, or $33 per share.
AT&T settles suit over 3rd-party cell phone feesNEW YORK (AP) _ AT&T customers who have seen mysterious charges for ringtones and other content show up on their cell-phone bills will be eligible for refunds as part of the settlement of a group of class-action lawsuits, a lawyer for the class said Monday. Customers will able to claim refunds for spurious charges that appeared on up to three of their monthly bills between Jan. 1, 2004, and May 30, 2008, according to Jay Edelson, lead counsel for the plaintiffs.
Brocade to pay $160M to settle options lawsuitSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ Brocade Communications Systems Inc. has agreed to pay the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit $160 million to settle allegations the networking equipment maker hurt investors by tampering with stock options, the company said Monday. Two former Brocade executives were convicted on criminal charges in the scheme.
Microsoft signs search distribution deal with HPSEATTLE (AP) _ In a bid to boost its Web search traffic, Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a deal that will make its Live Search the default on Hewlett-Packard Co. personal computers shipped in the U.S. and Canada, starting in January. The deal also calls for HP, the world's largest PC maker, to install copies of Internet Explorer with an extra Live Search toolbar on those computers. Microsoft said the toolbar also links to HP services such as its Snapfish digital photo printing site.
Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet useNEW YORK (AP) _ You're used to paying extra if you use up your cell phone minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home computer goes over its Internet allowance? Time Warner Cable Inc. customers _ and, later, others _ may have to, if the company's test of metered Internet access is successful.
Sun Microsystems' sales chief resignsSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ The global sales chief of Sun Microsystems Inc. resigned Monday as the slumping server and software maker revealed plans to restructure its sales force to focus more on emerging markets. The Santa Clara-based company said that Donald Grantham, Sun's executive vice president of global sales and services, resigned after nine years with the company. Sun did not give a reason for Grantham's departure.
Adobe launches new version of Acrobat with FlashSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ Adobe Systems Inc. is launching a new version of its document sharing software Acrobat on Monday, and this time it can package videos. Acrobat allows users to package documents so they can be read across different hardware and operating systems.
Study shows young adults hit by 'news fatigue'STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Young adults experience news fatigue from being inundated by facts and updates and have trouble accessing in-depth stories, according to a study to be unveiled at a global media conference Monday. The Context-Based Research Group, an ethnographic research firm, found that the news consumption behavior of younger readers differs profoundly from that of previous generations.
Ad network strives to make coupons more meaningfulSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ While most forms of advertising are getting better at targeting likely customers, coupons rarely hit the mark. To wit: U.S. consumers redeemed less than 1 percent of the estimated 285 billion coupons issued last year for groceries and various packaged goods. But a small Silicon Valley company is striving to improve coupons' aim with a new online distribution network based on a contextual concept that helped turn Google Inc. into the Internet's most popular _ and profitable _ advertising vehicle.
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