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L.A. Times - Technology News
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Icahn launches bid to take Yahoo board
The proxy battle is on as the billionaire investor backs an alternative slate of directors aiming to revive merger talks with Microsoft.
San Francisco
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Interpol data analysis bolsters Colombia claim
Electronic files that Bogota says prove Venezuela offered aid to FARC rebels are found to be unaltered.
Interpol on Thursday vouched for the integrity of electronic files downloaded from a dead rebel leader's computer equipment, data that Colombia says strongly indicate that Venezuela offered to aid this nation's largest insurgent group.
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CBS agrees to buy Internet media firm CNET
The network hopes the deal will greatly expand its advertising reach on the Web. Critics say the broadcaster's $1.8-billion offer is too high.
In its biggest and boldest move onto the Web, agreed Thursday to buy the Internet media company CNET Networks Inc. for $1.8 billion in a deal that drew flak from critics for its high price and its daunting management challenges.
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Boeing loses GPS satellite contract to Lockheed Martin
The defeat could mean fewer jobs at Boeing's El Segundo facility, which would have made the satellites.
In another blow to Boeing Co.'s battered defense business, the U.S. Air Force on Thursday tapped rival Lockheed Martin Corp. for a contract potentially worth more than $3.5 billion to build a new generation of global positioning satellites.
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Music download case may be retried
A Minnesota woman ordered to pay $222,000 in the nation's first music download trial may get another chance with a jury.
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SEC accuses Broadcom co-founders of fraud
The agency says in a civil complaint that Henry Nicholas and Henry Samueli backdated stock options. Samueli steps down as chairman amid allegations.
Seeking the best and brightest during the tech boom, Broadcom Corp. founders Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli tossed out millions of stock options to attract and reward favored employees, whose Porsches and Lamborghinis gleamed in the parking lot as they worked late into the night.
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Actors don't want to lose grip on Web clips
Control over images is at stake as studios seek new Web revenue.
Few things are more precious to actors than control over their images.
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Icahn expected to nominate directors for Yahoo board
The billionaire has asked 12 people whether they would be willing to serve if asked, sources say. But is Microsoft still interested in a deal?
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is moving ahead with plans to nominate directors for the board of Yahoo Inc. today, two people familiar with his thinking said Wednesday, giving investors a chance to show how badly they want the Internet company sold.
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Iron Man and Speed Racer: The Videogame
Iron Man has good graphics and dialogue but is hard to control. Speed Racer is dull racing on color overload.
Ah, May! The weather gets a little warmer, high school kids nervously attend their proms and the movie studios begin to release their would-be blockbusters, eager to start the summer box-office rush early.
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Google's website passes Yahoo's in popularity
Google has surpassed Yahoo to become the most popular website in the U.S., according to Internet tracking firm ComScore Inc.'s rankings by the number of unique monthly visitors.
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