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Skype Is Said to Have Demanded More Than $7 Billion in Talks

The startup's owners refused to entertain offers less than the value they expected the company to get from a planned IPO, before agreeing to an $8.5 billion buyout from Microsoft
Skype Gets 40% Markup as Microsoft Surprised Owners: Real M&A 10:49 AM
Microsoft Skype Deal May Strain Relations With AT&T, Verizon

Google Sets Aside $500 Million for Probe, Crimping Profit 12:24 AM

The expense is related to the possible resolution of a Justice Dept. investigation of Google's advertising business, and it led to lower first-quarter profit

A Lively Senate Hearing on Mobile Privacy

Ashkan Soltani joined speakers from Apple, Google, and elsewhere in discussing location-tracking at Senator Al Franken's hearing

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Ben Kunz is director of strategic planning at Mediassociates, a media planning and Internet strategy firm.
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Intel Corp. will help fund work on a proposal for a $200 million study of technology used to provide in-home care for seniors, Eric Dishman, an Intel...

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The CEO Guide to the Data Center Building Boom

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1. Quincy Cashes in on the Cloud
  
  Data center building plans by companies such as Dell, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google are helping small rural towns cut deficits
2. Digital Realty Gains on Data-Center Frenzy
3. The Games Companies Play
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Computers
1. Here's Spotify's Master Plan: Tackle iTunes Head-On
  
  The Swedish startup's new app allows users to manage music on iPods, improves the purchasing experience, and broadens access to its mobile service
2. It's Time to Realize Our Location Concerns Aren't Dumb
3. With $25 Android App Giveaway, Amazon Shows Larger Ambitions
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Consumer Electronics
1. Here's Spotify's Master Plan: Tackle iTunes Head-On
  
  The Swedish startup's new app allows users to manage music on iPods, improves the purchasing experience, and broadens access to its mobile service
2. It's Time to Realize Our Location Concerns Aren't Dumb
3. Visa Invests in Square
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Digital Entertainment
1. Here's Spotify's Master Plan: Tackle iTunes Head-On
  
  The Swedish startup's new app allows users to manage music on iPods, improves the purchasing experience, and broadens access to its mobile service
2. What Is a Book? The Definition Continues to Blur
3. How E-Books Are Coming Full Circle, Thanks to Tablets
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Internet
1. PayNearMe Targets 'Underbanked' Americans
  
  No credit, no problem: PayNearMe intends to make it both cheaper and easier for consumers to pay for everything with cash by visiting a 7-Eleven
2. Microsoft Said Negotiating Skype Purchase
3. LinkedIn Preps a Bigger IPO, but It's No Facebook
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Product Reviews
1. Toshiba's Energy-Saving E205 Laptop
  
  The notebook sips power and beams video to a TV, but shortcomings keep the E205-S1904 Satellite from achieving star status
2. Sony's Elegant, Upscale Vaio X Netbook
3. HTC's HD2: Beautiful But Endangered
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Science
1. Facebook Codifies the Green Data Center
  
  The social network's unveiling of detailed plans for its Prineville, Ore., facility indicates that green data centers have become a must-have for Internet companies
2. A Mobile Ecosystem Slowly Grows Around Home Energy
3. Sangamo Tests Gene Therapy
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Social Media
1. The CEO Guide to Sentiment Analysis
  
  Learn how companies including Kia, Gogii Games and Gaylord Hotels are using sentiment analysis to examine millions of comments on Twitter, Facebook and blogs to learn what customers think of their companies, brands, products and employees. Learn which technology companies are most loved and hated online
2. Brand Passion
3. Photo-Sharing Service Instagram Gets $7 Million in Funding
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