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Technology Report: BlackBerry to ask regulators to probe report on returns

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04/12/2013

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BlackBerry to ask regulators to probe report on returns

TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry plans to ask securities regulators in Canada and the United States to probe what it said is a "false and misleading" report that consumer return rates for its new Z10 smartphone have been high.

U.S. spectrum sale must spur wireless competition - Justice Department

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Smaller wireless carriers should be able to get a fair share of spectrum in the forthcoming U.S. auction to ensure the market is competitive, the Justice Department told the Federal Communications Commission in a filing made public on Friday.

EU court decision heralds multi-country European music licenses

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's music royalties societies must now allow artists to sign up to a society of their choice and make multi-country licenses available to the likes of Amazon and Apple after a court backed an EU veto on national monopolies.

New anti-piracy law should keep Spain off U.S. watch list - minister

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is working on a new anti-piracy law which will be robust enough to keep the country off a U.S. watch list of copyright violating countries, Education and Culture Minister Jose Ignacio Wert said.

PayPal acquisition brings ''growth hackers'' into the fold

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PayPal said on Thursday it acquired start-up Iron Pearl, bringing noted "growth hackers" Stan Chudnovsky and James Currier on board to help the online payments service expand more quickly.

Electronic Arts cuts staff at Montreal studio

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Videogame publisher Electronic Arts has begun laying off staff at its Montreal game studio in its latest round of jobs cuts, less than a month after former Chief Executive John Riccitiello abruptly resigned.

Italy's Wind to invest $1.3 billion in network with Huawei

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian mobile phone operator Wind is to spend $1.3 billion on building a fourth-generation (4G) mobile broadband network to step up competition to rivals Telecom Italia and Vodafone .

Nasdaq slashes Greifeld's bonus over botched Facebook IPO

(Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc said it slashed the 2012 annual bonus of Chief Executive Robert Greifeld by $542,100 over the botched handling of Facebook Inc's initial public offering last year.

Google moves to end EU antitrust probe without fine

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google has formally submitted a package of concessions to European Union competition regulators in a strong signal that the world's No. 1 search engine may be able to settle a two-year antitrust investigation without a fine.

Cybercrime ring attacks videogame companies for years-researcher

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a Chinese hacking ring that they said broke into the servers of dozens of online videogaming companies and stole valuable source code over a four-year period.