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Top-Rung Management Shuffle Likely at Sony

Sony appears to be preparing for a reshuffling of its top management, with the end result being the loss of power for current president Howard Stringer. ...

Corning to Debut Cutting-Edge Gorilla Glass at CES

Corning will be at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, but unlike most of the exhibitors there, it won't be debuting a sexy new gadget ...

Gartner Dims Growth Expectations for Global IT Spending in 2012

Gartner has released its global IT spending projections for 2012: It is forecasting a 3.7 percent increase from 2011 to US$3.8 trillion. ...

Preaching the Gospel of Kopimism, Over and Over Again

Sweden has recognized a new religion. This might not be headline news for the open-minded Swedes, save for the belief system's atypical focus: Kopimism is devoted to technology in general and free online file-sharing in particular. ...

Appointment of Consumer Protection Head Ignites Political Furor

President Barack Obama named Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau via a recess appointment on Wednesday. ...

Analyst: Zynga’s Plunge Into Puzzles a Smart Move

Zynga is plowing new ground with "Hidden Chronicles," a game it has launched on Facebook. Zynga is touting it as its first social hidden object game, and indeed, it is a departure from the 'Ville model that made the company famous. ...

Wendy Deng and Twitter’s Tenuous Hold on the Truth

Wendi Deng, wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, started out the year by discovering that her name had been hijacked by a spoofer on Twitter. Twitter had apparently verified the account, "Wendi_Deng," as genuine, but after being informed it was a hoax, quickly removed it and apologized to Deng, according to news accounts. ...

Bad News Overshadows Good News for Groupon

Daily deal industry leader Groupon dropped some 8.9 percent in stock value on Tuesday, following the release of a report from Susquehanna Financial Group and Yipit. ...

Google Red-Faced Over Chrome Advertising Goof

Google has become the subject of a series of withering articles calling it out for violating its own advertising policies. The company reportedly has run sponsored marketing ads for its Chrome browser using techniques that last year's Panda algorithm change was designed to prohibit. ...

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A Collision Course in the Cloud

This story was originally published on Oct. 8, 2011, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series. ...

Why Facebook’s Finally Getting Religion on the Privacy Issue

Facebook has agreed to improve privacy protections in Europe over the next six months, after a three-month audit by Ireland's data protection agency found the social network lacking in some areas. ...

Google Gives Firefox 3 More Years of Rations

Google and Mozilla have reupped their search revenue agreement. Under the new three-year plan, Google Search will continue to be the default search provider for Firefox users. ...

AT&T, T-Mobile: There’s No Crying in Mergers

AT&T has decided not to challenge the Federal Communication Commission's objections to its proposed US$39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Given the energy, time and resources it clearly put into the effort, the company is likely still licking its wounds, but it will soon have to address the question of what to do next -- as will T-Mobile and its parent company Deutsche Telekom...

AT&T, T-Mobile: There’s No Crying in Mergers

AT&T has decided not to challenge the Federal Communication Commission's objections to its proposed US$39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Given the energy, time and resources it clearly put into the effort, the company is likely still licking its wounds, but it will soon have to address the question of what to do next -- as will T-Mobile and its parent company Deutsche Telekom...

Class Action on ‘Like’ Ads Could Dent Facebook’s Wallet

A lawsuit alleging Facebook violates a California law on commercial endorsements can move forward, a federal judge has ruled. ...

Google May Want an Android Tablet of Its Own

Google may be planning to enter the tablet market in the medium term -- and not just as a partner in an OEM relationship. ...

Google’s Zeitgeist: Don’t Dig Too Deep for Meaning

If Google's Zeitgeist 2011 -- the company's 11th annual list of the most popular and fastest-rising Internet searches -- truly reflects the spirit of the times, then we must be living in a world of whiffle heads. ...

Judge Invokes 1st Amendment, ‘Twitter Stalker’ Free to Tweet

A federal judge has dismissed a criminal case against a man accused of using Twitter to conduct a threatening campaign against a religious leader. ...

Zynga Shares Hover Around IPO Price in Tepid Debut

It looks as though Zynga was right to err on the side of caution when it priced its long-awaited IPO on Thursday evening. ...

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Zoho Offers CRM Users an Easy Way In

Zoho has rolled out a major update to its CRM app, completely redesigning the user interface and adding new social and productivity features. ...

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