Technology
FTC Said to Ask Google Rivals for Statement on AdMob, May Signal Challenge U.S. regulators are seeking sworn
declarations from Google Inc. competitors and advertisers as
part of their probe of the Internet company’s bid to buy AdMob
Inc., indicating the government may challenge the deal, said
people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Global Box-Office Sales Rose to a Record $29.9 Billion in 2009, MPAA Says Global box-office sales increased
7.6 percent to a record $29.9 billion last year, helped by 3-D
movies and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”
AOL Chief Armstrong Targets Web Ad Billions With Sales, Content Hirings AOL Inc. said it’s “laser
focused” on getting a share of an estimated $20 billion gap in
online advertising, as marketers race to catch up with
consumers on the Internet.
Google Chief Says Talks With China's Government Will Yield Results `Soon' Google Inc., in talks with China
after threatening to stop censoring Internet search results
there, said the discussions will yield results soon.
Telmex Begins Offering Customers Unlimited U.S. Calls to Fend Off Televisa Telefonos de Mexico SAB, the phone
company controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim, began offering
unlimited phone calls to the U.S. to keep users from switching
to Grupo Televisa SA carriers.
Console Challenger OnLive to Start $15-a-Month Web Gaming Service in June OnLive Inc., the Silicon Valley
company creating a Web-based video-game system, said it will
offer a $14.95-a-month subscription, challenging console makers
Microsoft Corp., Nintendo Co. and Sony Corp.
CA Agrees to Buy Nimsoft for $350 Million to Expand in Cloud Computing CA Inc., the second-largest maker
of software for mainframe computers, agreed to buy closely held
Nimsoft Inc. for about $350 million to expand in cloud
computing.
EMI Music Says Chief Executive Leoni-Sceti to Step Down From Record Label EMI Music, the U.K. recording
company controlled by Guy Hands’s Terra Firma Capital Partners
Ltd., said Chief Executive Officer Elio Leoni-Sceti will leave
the company on March 31.
CNN U.S. Chief Klein Says He Fears Social-Networking Competition, Not TV CNN’s U.S. president, Jonathan
Klein, said he worries more about competition from social-
networking sites such as Facebook Inc. than from other cable
news networks.
Canon Says China to Be Top Camera Market in 2015, Will Double Stores There Canon Inc. expects China’s camera
market to become the world’s largest as early as 2015,
overtaking the U.S., its head of the business said.
Solar Prospectors Chase `Gold Mine' Deals in Chinese, Israeli Subsidies Olivier de Vergnies quit managing
family fortunes at Dexia Private Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. in 2008
to run a New York start-up at 100 Wall St. that’s trying to tap
riches in solar energy.