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AP – The legal wrangle between Craigslist and eBay Inc. is about the competition in the online classifieds market, eBay’s complaint in the case reveals.

PC World – Take note, Microsoft: There may be better ways to diversify your business than by wooing Web 2.0 companies such as Yahoo.

AP – Microsoft Corp.‘s directors were meeting Wednesday to consider raising the software maker’s $41.9 billion bid for Yahoo Inc. instead of pursuing a hostile takeover attempt, according to a published report.

Reuters – In a move meant to get fans into
premium seats and bypass ticket brokers and scalpers,
industrial-rock band Nine Inch Nails has reserved tickets to
each of its upcoming summer tour dates for registered users of
its Web site, NIN.com.

Reuters – Web classifieds leader Craigslist
sought a divorce, while online auction giant eBay proposed a
formal marriage, according to court papers unsealed on
Wednesday that detail a testy four-year relationship.

InfoWorld – Adobe Systems is opening up access Thursday to its Flash technology via the Open Screen Project, an industry initiative intended to provide a Flash-based unified runtime environment for rich content across all devices.

AP – AT&T Inc. is launching its new video service for cell phones Sunday on two phones, and will charge $15 per month for 10 channels.

AP – A federal court on Wednesday established a formula for determining the Internet royalties owed to thousands of music composers, writers and publishers by three major online services — Yahoo Inc., AOL and RealNetworks Inc.

AP – Adobe Systems Inc. says it will license its video-enabling Flash software for free for mobile devices to help developers make mobile Internet experiences more closely resemble the experience on computers.

AP – A startup is betting that people are tired enough of their cable and satellite bills to take a look at an alternative pay TV system that combines a number of different technologies to deliver programming.

Reuters – Miley Cyrus is the only recent teen
superstar who has had to manage career-endangering controversy
in the midst of major success on several fronts.

Macworld.com – Tumult Co. on Wednesday announced the release of HyperEdit 1.6, an update to their HTML and PHP editor for Mac OS X. A free update for registered users, HyperEdit costs $25.

PC World – Infogrames Entertainment plans to buy the rest of beleaguered video games pioneer Atari for US$11 million, the companies said…

InfoWorld – For years now, 3.5 inches has been the reigning size of disk drives for enterprise storage arrays. Now, however, smaller, more efficient 2.5-inch SFF (small form factor) drives are proving viable challengers to their larger brethren.

USATODAY.com – Join USA TODAY technology reporters Ed Baig and Jefferson Graham every week as they discuss the most interesting new products and industry news. You can download and subscribe to their podcast on iTunes. Email them your questions and they just might get answered in a future show.

USATODAY.com – Start-up Axiotron took an off-the-shelf MacBook notebook, deep-sixed the keyboard and display and slapped on its own converter kit. The result is a modified tablet PC that, in lieu of a mouse and keyboard, lets you draw or write with a special pen.

Reuters – “Grand Theft Auto IV,” the
gangster-themed computer game that earned both critical claim
and strong criticism, broke first day sales records in Britain,
according to an industry body’s initial estimates on Thursday.

PC World – AT&T will launch its mobile television service on Sunday, behind schedule and nearly a year after competitor Verizon…

Reuters – Players of the popular “Grand Theft
Auto” video game series have always reveled in its unique blend
of beatings, shootings and vehicular mayhem.

NewsFactor – In its continuing efforts to build support for its OpenStorage system, Sun Microsystems announced that it will provide new software tools and expanded professional support to assist developers in building open-source storage solutions. With the new resources, Sun estimates the average developer will be able to set up an OpenSolaris server is about 10 minutes.

Macworld.com – ooVoo on Thursday announced the launch of a Mac version of its video chat service. The software is available for free and can be downloaded from the ooVoo Web site.

Reuters – Apple Inc said on Thursday it would
begin selling movie downloads on its iTunes service on the same
day as the titles are released in DVD form, under agreements
with most of the top Hollywood studios.

NewsFactor – Mothers Against Drunk Driving, founded in 1980 to combat drunk driving, has urged the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) to raise the rating for Grand Theft Auto IV from Mature (17+) to Adults-Only. MADD notes that GTA IV contains a module that allows players to simulate driving drunk.

PC World – A complicated mix of factors, including population density and the cost of broadband, contribute to U.S. residents lagging…

AFP – US telecom giant AT&T announced Thursday it is launching a mobile telephone television service in a partnership with MediaFLO USA.

AFP – US telecom giant AT&T announced Thursday it is launching a mobile telephone television service in a partnership with MediaFLO USA.

AP – Online photo albums I had prepared for family and friends weren’t capturing the essence of my travels to the southern reaches of the world. Then a light bulb clicked as I was exploring Google Earth: Why not use that?

AP – A Senate lawmaker accused the Chinese government on Thursday of ordering U.S.-owned hotels in China to install Internet filters that can spy on international visitors coming to see the summer Olympic games.

AP – It’s not often that a series installment can stray so little from its past and still make a mark, but “Mario Kart Wii” waves the checkered flag with a 12-player online racing mode that makes the best use of the Wii’s Wi-Fi capabilities to date.

NewsFactor – Adobe Systems, together with Intel, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Sony Ericsson, Verizon Wireless and others, is behind a new Open Screen Project that seeks to create a runtime environment capable of delivering a consistent Web experience across a variety of operating systems and consumer electronics devices.

NewsFactor – Adobe Systems, together with Intel, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Sony Ericsson, Verizon Wireless and others, is behind a new Open Screen Project that seeks to create a runtime environment capable of delivering a consistent Web experience across a variety of operating systems and consumer electronics devices.

AP – It’s not often that a series installment can stray so little from its past and still make a mark, but “Mario Kart Wii” waves the checkered flag with a 12-player online racing mode that makes the best use of the Wii’s Wi-Fi capabilities to date.

AP – Sun Microsystems Inc. swung to a loss in the fiscal third quarter, surprising investors who were expecting a healthy profit from the server and software maker despite a weakening U.S. economy.

Reuters – Sun Microsystems Inc
said on Thursday it would cut 1,500 to 2,500 jobs in the face
of U.S. economic weakness and delays in orders from some
customers.

AP – Apple Inc. said Thursday that new movies from a slate of major studios will now be available for purchase over iTunes the same day they’re released on DVD.

PC World – With its US$1 billion acquisition of MySQL now behind it, Sun reported financial results on Thursday that show the company is…

NewsFactor – Would Dick Tracy watch TV on his wristwatch? AT&T and Verizon hope so. AT&T Mobile TV is the latest offering in what the telcos hope is an emerging market for cell phones — and the subscription fees that come with them.

NewsFactor – Would Dick Tracy watch TV on his wristwatch? AT&T and Verizon hope so. AT&T Mobile TV is the latest offering in what the telcos hope is an emerging market for cell phones — and the subscription fees that come with them.

AP – Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to temporarily cap a growing subsidy program that paid nearly $1.2 billion last year to cell phone companies that do business in rural areas.

NewsFactor – Film fans can now buy new movies on Apple’s iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release. That synchronicity was announced Thursday by the Cupertino, Calif.-based company, which said cooperating studios include 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment, and First Look Studios.

PC World – Laptop users may soon get longer battery life from their machines, with ZPower set to plug in its new silver-zinc batteries…

AP – In an unusual act of contrition, a state court judge has publicly apologized and agreed to pay $100,000 to Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel for besmirching him in a lawsuit she filed as an attorney more than a decade ago.