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The International Herald Tribune
IHT.com Tech Alert


Paris, Saturday, May 24, 2008

Microsoft to offer rewards for search users
Microsoft is taking a new approach to jump-starting its search engine: offering rebates to people who use it to find and buy some products.
- Microsoft to make Office open to ODF format

China begins revamp of its telecom sector
China Mobile will take over its fixed-line peer China Railcom while absorbing executives from rivals. The news sent telecom stocks soaring.

Nokia and France Télécom form alliance
Orange, the brand under which France Télécom operates its mobile networks, and Nokia said they had agreed to bundle services on Orange's mobile interface in a three-year partnership.

Roku and Netflix offer free movies, no waiting
Roku and Netflix unveiled a little $100 box that aims to eliminate all the drawbacks associated with going to or viewing movies.
- Putting e-mailed photos on a diet

Google says Yahoo deal won't upset regulators
The deal under consideration would reportedly be a straightforward supplier arrangement, similar to ones in the markets for computer printers, appliances and cellphone service.
- At Yahoo, Icahn places a bet he hopes to lose
- Google offers online personal health records

Facebook to clean up its look
Visitors who cannot stand the clutter that has been piling up on their Facebook pages will be glad to see that the site's new look sweeps disparate bits of information into categories marked by tabs at the top of each user's customized home page.

BlackBerry takes aim with the Bold
While the Bold may be targeted at business users, its feature set might also lure anyone who wants a Swiss Army knife of a phone.

Time Warner to make cable unit separate entity
Jeff Bewkes, the chief executive, said making Time Warner Cable its own business will give both companies "greater strategic, financial and operational flexibility" in order to compete.

'Grand Theft Auto 4' star and his less-than-stellar pay
The video game has raked in $600 million in three weeks, but Michael Hollick, the voice and live-action motion of its star, Nico, will not get any royalties or residual payments from its sale.
- Video gamers keep spending despite downturn

Trusted Murdoch aide to lead The Wall Street Journal
Robert Thomson will be the top editor, shifting from the publisher's chair. He succeeds Marcus Brauchli, who was forced out after less than a year on the job.

So old it's new again: The live commercial
When TV began as a national medium, many spots were delivered live because many programs - dramas, soap operas, talk shows - were live. Now networks are also reusing that popular advertising ploy.

Fidelity Ventures develops niche in Net start-ups
The venture capital firm, investing funds raised from affiliates of Fidelity Investments, has bankrolled start-ups that match buyers and sellers of everything from loans to receivables to airp*** parts.



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