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Microsoft to Launch Web Ad Test
Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would test a new way to measure the effectiveness of Internet advertising in a beta program that is due to begin on March 1. Read this story

Microsoft Gets Another Shot at Open XML Standard
Microsoft Corp. ramped up its fight to have its Office Open XML document format made into an international standard on Monday as delegates from 37 countries met to reconsider the proposal. Read this story

Electronic Arts Bids For Take-Two
Video game giant Electronic Arts on Sunday said it had made an unsolicited $1.9 billion offer for "Grand Theft Auto" publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, escalating its battle with Activision for the title of biggest video game maker. Read this story

Pakistan Blocks YouTube Over Cartoons
Pakistan ordered local Internet service providers to block access to the popular YouTube Web site because of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that have outraged many Muslims, an industry official said on Sunday. Read this story

Nokia, Qualcomm Delay Patent Litigations
Nokia and Qualcomm agreed to put on hold their patent litigations and not to file any new cases at least until first results from their trial in a U.S. court in Delaware, which is scheduled to start on 21 July. Read this story

Pioneer To Halt 42-Inch Plasma Production
Pioneer Corp will stop making 42-inch plasma panels and instead buy panels in that size and smaller from Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial or Hitachi Ltd. Read this story

Samsung Electronics Notebook Battery Melts
A battery in a Samsung Electronics Co Ltd notebook computer melted on Sunday, officials from the company and South Korea's fire department said. Read this story

Sony to Buy LCD TV Panels from Sharp
Sony Corp is planning to start buying TV-use liquid crystal display (LCD) panels from Sharp Corp. Read this story

Moroccan Jailed Over Spoofing Prince on Facebook
A Moroccan court sentenced a computer engineer to three years in prison late on Friday for setting up a Facebook account in the name of King Mohammed's brother. Read this story

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Microsoft to Launch Web Ad Test, Microsoft Gets Another Shot at Open XML Standard, Electronic Arts Bids For Take-Two, and more.