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Microsoft buys a bunch of IP addresses
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John Moe
Mar 25, 2011
The addresses were owned by the Canadian company Nortel which has gone bankrupt. Microsoft paid 7.5 million for 666,000 addresses, that works out...
"Not so fast, AT&T" - big tech companies
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John Moe
Mar 24, 2011
We've reported on how Verizon doesn't really plan to oppose the big mega merger because they figure, hey, it's gonna go through no matter what. But...
Lendle goes back up
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John Moe
Mar 23, 2011
Not sure what's going on with Amazon and Lendle at this point. No one's talking. But the Kindle book lending site called Lendle (get it?) is back...
Verizon CEO won't bother opposing AT&T - T-Mobile deal, won't bother buying Sprint
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John Moe
Mar 22, 2011
Verizon Wireless CEO Daniel Mead was interviewed by Reuters and said he won't lobby against the proposed merger of his two competitors because...
Sprint teams up with Google
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John Moe
Mar 21, 2011
Sprint may not be happy with the news about AT&T and T-Mobile, but the company has news of its own to make today. Sprint and Google announced a...
Lots of folks in Washington not too sure about AT&T and T-Mobile
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John Moe
Mar 21, 2011
Not surprisingly, public interest groups are not excited about the AT&T-Mobile news. Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn said last night "We...
Facebook and "the right to be forgotten"
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John Moe
Mar 17, 2011
A new law being sought by the European Union would demand that websites permanently delete all data held about a user if that user requests that...
For public good, not for profit.
Nerd contest aims to predict when people will go to the hospital
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John Moe
Mar 16, 2011
California physicians group Heritage Provider Network Inc. is holding a contest to find an algorithm that can "best predict when people are likely...
LA Times switches to Facebook comments
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John Moe
Mar 16, 2011
The paper is just the latest major web presence to abandon its own commenting system in favor of just importing commenting functionality from Face...
Zediva has new movies, low prices, legal questions
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John Moe
Mar 16, 2011
A web service called Zediva is offering rentals of new release movies before Netflix or Redbox. For only $1.99, you can watch the movie on your co...