Monday, April 16, 2012

IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 4/16/2012

AustralianIT.com.au



$220m WiFi deal trumped by an app
SEASONED lawyer and banker Simon McKeon has been doing deals for a long time but even he is stumped by Instagram's $US1bn Facebook deal.

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Apple denies e-book collusion
APPLE has portrayed itself as a hero for breaking Amazon's monopoly on e-books as it denied colluding with publishers to hike prices.

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Google founders tighten control
FACEBOOK envy? Or Yahoo fear? Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are consolidating control through the stock-split.

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Geeks inherit world's best job
ALL jobs are not created equal: software engineer is the best job to have in 2012, while lumberjack is the worst, a new report found.

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Electronic alert to end abuse
THE death of a prescription pill addict has stirred the Victorian coroner into action.

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Sellers fear backlash on e-book pact
AUSTRALIAN book retailers fear a return of predatory pricing and anti-competitive conduct in the e-book market.

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Google profit up 61pc
GOOGLE posted a first-quarter profit of $US2.89 billion, up from $US1.8bn, on revenues of $US10.65bn.

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Sony unveils 'Facebook wristwatch'
SONY has released an internet-linked wristwatch powered by Google-backed Android software that can check Facebook updates and more.

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Court rejects One.Tel's final act
IT has taken 11 years, but the biggest courtroom battle around the wind-up of One.Tel appears to be at an end.

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Scare launches tidal wave of tweets
TSUNAMI fears after two earthquakes prompted a global social media avalanche that started in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.

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