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AP Technology NewsBrief at 2:17 p.m. EDT
(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Comcast's Fandango acquires Movies.com from DisneyPHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Movie ticketing and entertainment site Fandango Inc. said Monday it has acquired Movies.com from Walt Disney Co. for an undisclosed amount. Los Angeles-based Fandango, which is owned by Comcast Corp., sells tickets for 1,300 theaters nationwide. It said it will now handle the movie ticketing functions for Movies.com, which is mainly an entertainment Web site.
Court agrees to review suit against AT&TWASHINGTON (AP) _ The Supreme Court intervened Monday in a lawsuit by an Internet service provider accusing AT&T of anti-competitive practices. AT&T had asked the justices to step into the dispute over wholesale prices AT&T charges for high-speed service to Internet service providers who then compete with AT&T for retail Internet customers.
Softbank to sell iPhone for $215 in JapanTOKYO (AP) _ Softbank Corp., the carrier that won the coveted right to sell the iPhone in Japan, said Monday that Apple Inc.'s device will sell for $215 _ comparable to the marked-down U.S. price for the hit gadget. The iPhone is due to debut in gadget-loving Japan on July 11, as Apple rolls out a new version and expands the availability to 20 countries.
Console makers embrace indie game developersNEW YORK (AP) _ In the second grade, James Silva didn't just play "Mario" and "Zelda" on his Nintendo but drew pictures of new levels and cooked up ideas for future games. While other kids dreamed of becoming an astronaut or president, he felt destined to be a video game designer. Conquering space or politics might have been easier. Besides a good idea, game developers have needed a distribution deal to get their work on consoles like the Xbox or PlayStation. And over the years, the industry has been shrinking to a handful of big players that use large teams of in-house programmers.
Cable ads attacking Verizon confuse consumersNEW YORK (AP) _ Avery Axel was annoyed with his cable company, Comcast, and was considering switching to Verizon's new FiOS fiber-optic TV and Internet service. The picture on his TV would freeze now and then, and he had heard good things about FiOS. Then the 21-year-old student saw a TV commercial from Comcast that made fun of FiOS and claimed the cable TV company has a larger fiber-optic network.
NBC service will show Olympic events via computerNEW YORK (AP) _ Fans will be able to catch up on the Beijing Olympics on their laptops during their commute this summer. That's the idea behind the NBC Olympics on the Go service the network announced Monday. Fans select which sports they're interested in, and the program automatically downloads the coverage once it's available. Then they can watch the events without being online.
N.M. school tries to reach students via podcastFORT SUMNER, N.M. (AP) _ Students at a rural New Mexico school made a unique pledge last winter: Right hands raised, they promised to take care of their Zunes. This past semester, nearly every one of the roughly 100 students at Fort Sumner High School was outfitted with the Microsoft media player, similar to Apple's iPod, enabling them to watch videos and listen to recorded lectures created or recommended by teachers and fellow students. It was one of two schools nationwide taking part in the project.
Microsoft must pay Alcatel-Lucent $512M for patentsSEATTLE (AP) _ A federal judge ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay Alcatel-Lucent $511.6 million in damages and interest, letting stand a jury's decision that the software maker infringed on two patents. Microsoft vowed to appeal the decision, which marked the latest move in a 5-year-old patent scuffle between the two companies.
3 more Yahoo execs reportedly jumping shipSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Yahoo Inc.'s management ranks are rapidly thinning as the Internet pioneer fends off a shareholder mutiny threatening to culminate in the firing of Chief Executive Jerry Yang. Three more executives have decided to jump ship, according to reports published Thursday by two blogs _ AllThingsD and Techcrunch _ and The New York Times. The reports were based on unnamed people with knowledge of the departures.
Canadian court allows largest ever leveraged buyoutTORONTO (AP) _ BCE Inc. on Friday won the right to go ahead with the largest leveraged buyout in history, a US$35 billion deal that the telecommunications company's bondholders fought, saying it would reduce their holdings to junk. Canada's Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that the sale of BCE, the parent of telecommunications holding company Bell Canada, to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and its minority U.S. partners didn't adequately consider bondholders' interests.
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