Technology Report: Microsoft COO sees gradual recovery

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Good afternoon Bit, THU 04 Mar 2010    Microsoft COO sees gradual recovery TiVo wins ruling in EchoStar case, shares soar Facebook CEO in no rush for IPO Olympus eyes 20 percent share in high-end digicam Spanish "botnet" potent enough to attack country: police Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software Afghanistan to block some Internet sites: minister Nortel gets U.S., Canadian court OK to sell unit Viacom to drop Jon Stewart, Colbert Report from Hulu Opera says demand up as Microsoft opens EU market Video games industry targets women Japan's road to the future A monorail that gets you pedaling Microsoft COO sees gradual recovery March 04, 2010 01:43 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft is still seeing a lot of interest in its Windows 7 computer software launched last year and a new budget cycle will help a gradual recovery in business spending, its chief operating officer said. Full Article TiVo wins ruling in EchoStar case, shares soar March 04, 2010 02:50 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court affirmed on Thursday a contempt finding against Dish Network Corp and EchoStar Corp in their long-running patent case against digital video recorder maker TiVo Inc, sending TiVo shares soaring 52 percent. Full Article Facebook CEO in no rush for IPO March 04, 2010 09:01 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is in no rush to take the popular social-networking site public, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Full Article Olympus eyes 20 percent share in high-end digicam March 04, 2010 09:04 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese group Olympus Corp is aiming for its small, lightweight models to have 20 percent of the high-end digital camera market in three years, up from 5 percent now, its president said. Full Article Spanish "botnet" potent enough to attack country: police March 03, 2010 01:07 PM ET MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish criminals who stole bank details from computers around the world did not realize the power of the illegal network they had created which could have paralyzed an entire country's computer systems, police said. Full Article Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software March 03, 2010 04:16 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing 20 hardware and software patents related to the iPhone. Full Article Afghanistan to block some Internet sites: minister March 04, 2010 11:00 AM ET KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan will block Internet sites with sexual or violent content, a minister said on Thursday, but the government denied the ban was another attempt at censorship or would include the Taliban's website. Full Article Nortel gets U.S., Canadian court OK to sell unit March 03, 2010 06:35 PM ET (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp said it received U.S. and Canadian court approval for the sale of its carrier Voice over Internet Protocol and application solutions business to Genband Inc for about $182 million. Full Article Viacom to drop Jon Stewart, Colbert Report from Hulu March 04, 2010 12:48 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's Comedy Central is withdrawing its popular comedy shows "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" from online video service Hulu, a Hulu executive said on Tuesday. Full Article Opera says demand up as Microsoft opens EU market March 03, 2010 10:09 AM ET HELSINKI (Reuters) - Opera Software said on Wednesday it had seen a surge in downloads of its browser after Microsoft started making it easier for Europeans to choose smaller rivals' browsers. Full Article

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