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Microsoft has put in a £22.5bn bid for search engine Yahoo. Microsoft said the planned acquisition would create a more competitive company that would be able to provide better choice and innovation for customers and partners. The software giant hopes the acquisition will help it compete with Google in the online advertising market and deliver video and high-value internet content. |
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Pirate Bay website The BBC Reports that four men that run the popular file sharing website "The Pirate Bay" have been charged with copyright offenses. No illegal files are stored on this website directly, however it offers links to the location of downloads such as films, software and music. |
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Breakthroughs on the Horizon
Predicted technological advances may look great in the movies, but what about in your living room? Virtual think tank TechCast recently polled hundreds of futurists and technology analysts, and then calculated when emerging technologies are likely to be found in at least 30 percent of U.S. households or businesses. Here are its predictions for five familiar sci-fi scenarios. (Predictions carry a margin of error of plus or minus three years; results are not guaranteed.) |
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