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EU regulators set to charge Microsoft over breached deal
WARSAW - EU regulators are preparing to charge Microsoft Corp for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling ordering it to offer users a choice of web browsers, the EU's antitrust chief said on Thursday.
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Bank of America tests technology to pay with phones
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Bank of America Corp is testing a technology that allows a customer to pay at a store register by simply scanning an image with a smartphone, such as Apple Inc's iPhone or Google Inc's Android devices.
Google exec questioned over Brazil election video
SAO PAULO - Google Inc's most senior executive in Brazil was questioned by police and released on Wednesday after the company failed to take down a YouTube video attacking a mayoral candidate in alleged violation of electoral law.
Toshiba says TV sales may miss 16 million target this year
TOKYO - Toshiba Corp said its global television sales in the current financial year are likely come in 10-20 percent short of the company's target of 16 million units amid tough market conditions.
Yahoo CEO fleshes out plans, new CFO named
SAN FRANCISCO - New Yahoo Inc CEO Marissa Mayer laid out broad goals for the Internet giant in her first companywide address Tuesday, and received an enthusiastic reception from a workforce that has faced years of uncertainty and management turmoil.
Sharp's main lenders agree to $2.7 billion bailout: sources
TOKYO - Mizuho Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, the two main lenders to Sharp Corp, have approved a 210 billion yen bailout of Japan's troubled TV maker, sources said on Thursday, clearing a major obstacle to firm's survival.
Why I won’t be getting an iPhone 5
Don't get me wrong. I'm not abandoning the iPhone, or any smartphone — at least not yet. But the early-adopter instinct to upgrade to the newest device every year no longer applies. With viable 7-inch tablets starting to appear, this marks the beginning of the end of the smartphone’s dominance over our hearts and minds.