Technology Report: Facebook, Yahoo tie up, settle lawsuits: AllThingsD

	Click to View in Browser 07/6/2012 Facebook, Yahoo tie up, settle lawsuits: AllThingsD SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Yahoo Inc have struck a broad advertising partnership as part of a final settlement of dueling patent lawsuits, technology blog AllThingsDigital cited sources close to the pact as saying on Friday. Levinsohn likely next Yahoo CEO, Hulu's Kilar drops out (Reuters) - The race to become Yahoo Inc's next chief executive appeared to have narrowed down to just interim CEO Ross Levinsohn after Hulu said its CEO Jason Kilar had pulled out of the running. Samsung loses bid for stay in U.S. fight over tablet WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a brief order on Friday denying Samsung Electronics' request to stay a ban on U.S. sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1. Microsoft stumbles into crucial financial year SEATTLE (Reuters) - An ugly first week for Microsoft Corp's new financial year, probably its most important to date, has done little to inspire confidence that the software giant can jumpstart a stubbornly stagnant share price. Vivendi tests appetite for Activision: sources LONDON (Reuters) - Vivendi, the French media-to-telecoms conglomerate, has started testing the appetite of possible bidders for its video game business Activision Blizzard, five sources close the situation said on Friday. Media,tech deals may make comeback at Sun Valley (Reuters) - A fresh sense of dealmaking excitement should permeate Idaho's mountain air next week when media and technology moguls descend on remote Sun Valley for their annual conference, which in recent years has been as sleepy as the town for which it is named. Judge approves Netflix privacy settlement (Reuters) - A federal judge has granted preliminary approval to Netflix Inc's $9 million settlement of class-action litigation accusing the video rental company of violating consumer privacy laws. Acme Packet says weak telecom spending to hit results (Reuters) - Shares of Acme Packet Inc slid as much as 16 percent to their lowest in two years on Friday amid a broad selloff in the technology sector after the network gear maker forecast quarterly results that fell far short of expectations. Samsung's Galaxy powers record $5.9 billion profit; euro a worry SEOUL (Reuters) - Soaring sales of the Galaxy smartphone drove record quarterly profit of $5.9 billion at Samsung Electronics, though the South Korean tech giant is sweating over how Europe's debt crisis is denting demand in its biggest market for televisions and home appliances. Berenberg cuts Cognizant, VMware to hold (Reuters) - Sales at global IT companies are likely to come under pressure, hurt by slowing spending and weakening European demand, Berenberg said, downgrading Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp and VMware Inc. Related Video Rocket launch a boost for California start-up Ugandan student makes a billion through apps Mediafile Yinka Adegoke Adele close to the unheard of: 10 million albums sold John C Abell Protecting Twitter from its own hubris A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend