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The International Herald Tribune
IHT.com Tech Alert


Paris, Wednesday, July 2, 2008

SAG focuses Hollywood pitch
The Screen Actors Guild has made the plight of the middle-income actor the centerpiece of its campaign with film and television producers over a new contract for more lucrative terms.

Bloggers take aim at Google
The bloggers say the site's blogging service may have been manipulated to silence critics of the presidential candidate, Barack Obama.

Nokia signs up Warner Music Group
The world's top cellphone maker now has the three top music labels signed to its Comes With Music program, set to begin this year.

Clay Felker, magazine pioneer, dies at 82
At New York magazine, Felker was credited with inventing a widely imitated formula for glossy weeklies.

EBay ordered to pay LVMH €38.6 million
The decision thrusts France, the home of many prominent luxury houses, further into the forefront in the battle against brand piracy.

Hollywood producers make 'final offer' to actors guild
Hours before their contract with film and TV performers was due to expire, Hollywood studios capped weeks of stalemated labor talks by presenting a contract proposal to the Screen Actors Guild.

Toys 'R' Us re-enlists in 'Star Wars'
Thirty-one years, six films and countless tiny plastic storm troopers later, the toy retailer is hoping to once again establish itself as the ultimate destination for all things "Star Wars."
- Still in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas plots his future

Not straight to Net, but almost
In an industry first, Sony Pictures' movie "Hancock," will be available after its theater run over the Internet, directly to Sony Bravia TVs with a Web connection, before it goes to DVD.

France Télécom walks away from TeliaSonera bid
The French company said it was unwilling to raise its bid for its Finnish-Swedish rival, as the project was "not essential to the pursuit of its strategy."

Qualcomm threatens Intel with low-power chip
Intel might do well to be alarmed by Qualcomm's new computer chips that use less than half the power of a similar chip recently introduced by Intel.

Google and creator of 'Family Guy' strike a deal
Google will syndicate a new animation series using its AdSense advertising system to Web sites that are predetermined to be gathering spots for the show's target audience.



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