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NEW & NOTEWORTHY: MICROSOFT AIMS AT ANDROID WITH E-READER LAWSUIT
(AP) - Microsoft Corp. broadened its attack on Google Inc.'s Android software, filing patent infringement lawsuits Monday against Barnes & Noble Inc. and two manufacturers over the Android-based Nook e-reader.
| WHAT AT&T-T-MOBILE DEAL COULD MEAN FOR CUSTOMERS
(AP) - AT&T Inc. has agreed to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion, but the deal isn't set to close until a year from now, and it will likely face tough regulatory scrutiny. Here's what a completed deal could mean for customers: Bigger choice of phones for T-Mobile subscribers. T-Mobile, as a much smaller carrier than AT&T, doesn't get as many exclusives on top-line phones, and it doesn't have the iPhone...
| AT&T: T-MOBILE 3G PHONES WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED
(AP) - AT&T says that if its deal to buy T-Mobile USA goes through, T-Mobile subscribers with "3G" phones will need to replace those to keep their wireless broadband service working. AT&T Inc. on Sunday said it had agreed to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion. If approved by regulators, the deal would close about a year from now. AT&T said Monday that it in the year after the closing, it plans to rearrange how T-Mobile's cell towers work. The spectrum they use for third-generation services, or 3G, will be repurposed for 4G, which is faster.
| WRITERS GUILD REACHES DEAL WITH HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
(AP) - The union representing more than 12,000 writers of Hollywood-made movies and TV shows has agreed to a tentative deal with the studios. The three-year agreement reached Sunday by the Writers Guild of America follows similar pacts reached in the last several months by two actors unions and the directors union. It locks in 2 percent wage increases for each year of the deal. West and East Coast branches will need to approve the deal before it is sent to members for ratification.
| EX-GOLDMAN SACHS PROGRAMMER GETS 8 YEARS IN PRISON
(AP) - A former Goldman Sachs programmer was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison for stealing secret computer code that enables high-speed trading. Sergey Aleynikov, 41, of North Caldwell, N.J., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan after his December conviction for theft of trade secrets and transportation of stolen property in interstate and foreign commerce.
| MICROSOFT SUES BARNES & NOBLE OVER NOOK PATENTS
(AP) - Microsoft is suing Barnes & Noble and two electronics manufacturers, saying the Nook e-book reader infringes on patents. Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle. The software maker also lodged a complaint with the International Trade Commission. Microsoft says the Nook, which uses Google Inc.'s Android software, steps on patented technology for opening a separate window to help make navigating content easier.
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WORLD BEAT: FRANCE FINES GOOGLE FOR STREET VIEW PRIVACY BREACH
(AP) - France's privacy watchdog has handed down its largest fine ever against Google for improperly gathering and storing potentially sensitive data from Wi-Fi networks for its Street View application. Monday's euro100,000 ($141,300) fine sanctions Google for collecting personal data - including e-mails, web browsing histories and online banking details - from 2007 to 2010 through its roaming camera-mounted cars and bicycles.
| OPEN FOR BUSINESS: WITH REWARDS, ZYNGA HOPES TO GET YOU (MORE) HOOKED
(AP) - Beware, if you're among the hordes who wonder where the time went after becoming absorbed in online games such as "FarmVille" and "CityVille." Zynga, the hot Internet startup that created those ever-engrossing pastimes, is introducing another reason to goof off. The lure this time is "RewardVille," a show of appreciation aimed at getting players even more absorbed in their online farms, cities, crime rings and poker games. The program unveiled a week ago doles out game points and credits that can be used to buy more virtual goodies on Zynga's existing games.
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