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| Today |
Yahoo |
CEO Upbeat Despite 2Q Results| Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid off the table and company's stock price down 20 percent during his 13-month reign | | |
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| Mon. |
Redwood City |
EA Extends Tender Deadline
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| Jul. 16 |
Google |
YouTube Inks Ad Deal |
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| Jul. 14 |
eBay |
eBay beats Tiffany over trademarks |
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| Jul. 13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer Yahoo rejected an offer to sell its Internet search business to Microsoft. and leave the remainder of the company in control of Carl Icahn
| The complex deal would have meant a major dismantling of Yahoo; the sale of its coveted search engine; the spin-off of its Asian assets and the ouster of its top management, including CEO Yang
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| Jul. 10 |
Apple |
500 software programs for iPhone 3G
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| Jul. 9 |
Yahoo |
Flickr turns to Getty to sell photos
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| Jul. 8 |
Palo Alto |
VMware shares plunge on CEO change
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| Jul. 7 |
Yahoo |
M-soft wants to negotiate with new board
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| Jul. 6 |
Google |
Stolen data live on in searches |
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| Jul. 2 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft Exploring Partnership For Yahoo
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| Jul. 1 |
Google |
Google-Yahoo ad deal probed |
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| Jun. 30 |
Yahoo |
Defense against Icahn taken to investors |
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eBay |
eBay Told To Pay $61M To French Brand
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Tesla to build electric sedan in Bay Area
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| Jun. 27 |
Mountain View |
Intuit to slice workforce by 575 jobs |
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| Jun. 25 |
Oracle |
4Q Earnings Rise 27 Percent To $2.04B |
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| Jun.17 |
Mountain View |
VCs betting LinkedIn worth $1 billion |
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| Jun.16 |
Adobe |
2Q Profit Jumps 41% |
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| Jun.12 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use Google's advertising technology. Google ads will appear alongside Yahoo search results
| The agreement with Google could be worth up to $800m in additional revenue every year. Recent Yahoo-Microsoft talks concluded after Yahoo rejected a Microsoft proposal to buy just its online search business
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| Jun.11 |
Sausalito |
Glassdoor Offers Inside Look At Employers |
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Oil price soars as US woes mount
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| Jun.4 |
Yahoo |
Investor steps up Yahoo campaign
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| Jun.2 |
Yahoo |
Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga |
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| May.22 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn
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| May.19 |
Redwood City |
EA again extends Take-Two deadline |
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| May.18 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go Microsoft has made a new, downsized offer to cooperate with the Web portal while leaving the door open to a merger down the road
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| May.15 |
Yahoo |
Icahn Picks 10 Directors Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched an effort to unseat Yahoo board to pressure to restart merger talks with Microsoft
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San Francisco |
CBS in $1.8B deal for info site Cnet
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| May.14 |
Google |
Google Sites Ranked No. 1 |
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| May.13 |
Yahoo |
Icahn considering attempt to oust board |
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| May.12 |
HP |
HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems Hewlett-Packard is in advanced talks to buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12 billion to compete with IBM in the business info
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| May.5 |
Yahoo |
Shares Plummet After Microsoft Rejection |
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| May.4 |
Yahoo |
CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft |
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| May.3 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft walks away from Yahoo| Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price. CEO Steve Ballmer withdrew the offer in a letter to Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang. Microsoft had raised its offer from $44.6bn to $47.5bn - $33 per shar... | |
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Man robbing 10 adult bookstores
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| May.2 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo |
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| Apr.26 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes
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| Apr.24 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo |
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| Apr.22 |
Yahoo |
Earnings slightly exceed expectations |
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eBay |
eBay Sues Craigslist |
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| Apr.18 |
Redwood City |
EA extends tender offer for Take-Two |
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| Apr.11 |
Google |
Fierce battle over Yahoo/Microsoft deal |
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| Apr.8 |
Yahoo |
Flickr photo site adds video |
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| Apr.7 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo not opposed to deal with Microsoft |
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| Apr.5 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal The ultimatum, revealed in a letter from CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo's board, underscores impatience with the two-month merger saga
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Google |
Couple Says Street View Invades Privacy |
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| Mar.26 |
Oracle |
3Q profit meets expectations |
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Redwood City |
Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid Grand Theft Auto publisher told its shareholders to reject a $2 billion buyout bid from rival Electronic Arts, saying it's not enough
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Bay Area Nurses Launch 10-Day Strike
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| Mar.15 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks |
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San Francisco |
Second Life creator steps down |
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| Mar.11 |
Google |
Google closes $3.1 billion DoubleClick deal |
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| Mar.6 |
Apple |
Apple opens iPhone to developers |
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Google |
Pentagon bans Google map-makers |
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| Mar.5 |
Yahoo |
Board meeting postponed to stave off bid |
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San Francisco |
Allegations swirl around Wikipedia's Wales |
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City Agreement Staves Off Bankruptcy
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| Feb.21 |
Google |
Google to Store Patients' Health Records |
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| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover| Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offer | |
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| Feb.1 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid| Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Google. The offer leaves the decision in the hands of Yahoo's board. In making the unsolicited public acquisition offer, MS is hoping to force Yahoo's investors to support the deal as they bemoan a slumping share price. The surprise of... | |
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| Jan.31 |
Google |
Disappointing 4Q |
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Restaurants asked to ban trans fats
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| Jan.16 |
Oracle |
Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion Oracle agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the company
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| Nov.12 |
Adobe |
CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm |
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| Nov.5 |
Yahoo |
House committee chair lambasts Yahoo Tom Lantos angrily rejected explanation for why Yahoo provided incomplete info to Congress about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journal...
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Google |
Google pushes into mobile phones |
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| Oct.24 |
Palo Alto |
Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook
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| Oct.18 |
Google |
3Q Profit Climbs 46 Percent |
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| Oct.16 |
Yahoo |
Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent
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| Oct.12 |
Oracle |
Oracle Offers $6.7B for BEA Systems
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| Oct.10 |
San Francisco |
Wikimedia abandons Florida for SF |
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| Sep.13 |
Moffett Field |
Google founders pay NASA $1.3m to land
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Bridge Closes; Caltrans Begins Work
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| Aug.29 |
SF City Hall |
EarthLink Kills City Wi-Fi Deal The financially struggling Earthlink Inc. bowed out of a deal to join Google in providing free wireless Internet access throughout the city
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| Aug.14 |
Palo Alto |
VMware shares hot on first day of trading |
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World markets fall after US losses
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| Jun.18 |
Yahoo |
CEO Terry Semel steps down from post
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| Jun.14 |
eBay |
eBay Cancels Advertising On Google |
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| May.29 |
Google |
FTC reviews into Google-DoubleClick deal |
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| May.4 |
Yahoo |
Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo |
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| Apr.19 |
Google |
1Q Profit Up 69%, Blows Expectations |
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| Apr.17 |
Mountain View |
Last-minute tax users swamp Intuit |
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| Apr.13 |
Google |
Google To Buy DoubleClick For $3.1B Seeking to expand the ability to sell targeted Internet ads, Google agreed to acquire ad-management technology company
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| Apr.10 |
Google |
Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities |
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| Mar.13 |
Google |
Viacom to sue Google and YouTube |
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Former Playmate Smith dies at 39
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| Feb.6 |
San Francisco |
Gates speaks at cyber security conference |
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| Nov.21 |
Google |
Google jumps past $500 |
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| Oct.24 |
South of Market |
Oracle OpenWorld Convention Invades SF The city has been invaded by the more than 42,000 people from 120 countries at the $30 million event
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| Oct.19 |
Google |
Profits nearly double in 3Q |
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U.N. slaps sanctions on North Korea
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| Oct.11 |
Santa Clara |
McAfee fires president; CEO retires |
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| Oct.9 |
Google |
Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn 
Google is buying video-sharing website for $1.65bn in shares. The companies will continue to operate independently
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| Jul.25 |
Mountain View |
HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b |
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| Jul.20 |
Google |
2Q earnings soar past expectations |
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| Jun.7 |
Google |
Google goes to Congress |
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| May.31 |
Sun |
Sun to Cut Up to 5,000 Jobs
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Oil breaks through record $75
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| Mar.17 |
Google |
Google Need Not Turn Over Records |
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| Feb.9 |
Oracle |
Oracle laying off 2,000 employees |
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| Jan.24 |
Google |
Google censors itself for China
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Emeryville |
Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles
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| Jan.19 |
Google |
Feds Seek Records in Porn Probe
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Strike shuts down NYC transit system
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| Dec.17 |
Google |
Google to buy piece of AOL |
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| Nov.17 |
Google |
Shares Hit $400 Milestone
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| Oct.20 |
Google |
Spectacular 3Q numbers; stock surges
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| Sep.12 |
Oracle |
Oracle to Purchase Siebel in $5.85B Deal
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New Harry Potter book hits shops
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| Apr.18 |
Adobe |
Adobe to acquire Macromedia for $3.4b |
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| Apr.9 |
Google |
Execs paid $1 a year |
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| Feb.1 |
Google |
7-fold improvement in quarter profit |
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| Jan.14 |
Pleasanton |
Oracle to fire 5,000
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| Dec.17 |
Cupertino |
Symantec snaps up Veritas for $13.5b |
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| Dec.13 |
Oracle |
Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga
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| Nov.9 |
Mountain View |
Mozilla Firefox browser launched |
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| Oct.1 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway
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Hotel workers begin two-week strike
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| Sep.9 |
Oracle |
Bid to block PeopleSoft takeover rejected |
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Oil nears key $50-a-barrel mark
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| Aug.19 |
Google |
Google goes public, shares surge 18% Shares finished the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares having changed hands
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| Aug.18 |
Google |
IPO price range to between $85 and $95 |
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| Aug.4 |
Google |
Possible securities violations disclosed
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| May.3 |
Siebel |
Tom Siebel steps down as CEO |
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| Apr.29 |
Google |
Google files long-awaited IPO plans Google hopes to raise $2.7 billion to have a market value of at least $20 billion
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| Jan.29 |
Emeryville |
Pixar dumps Disney
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| Nov.3 |
Emeryville |
Ask Jeeves Names New CEO |
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| Oct.8 |
Yahoo |
Profits doubled again |
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Schwarzenegger to run for governor
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| Jun.6 |
Oracle |
Oracle offers $5.1 billion for PeopleSoft Software maker is in a hostile takeover attempt aimed at eliminating one of its competitors for $16 per share
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| Apr.28 |
Apple |
Apple launches online music service |
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| Jul.9 |
Belmont |
Pioneer of Gnutella dies at 25 |
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| Jul.8 |
eBay |
eBay buying payment provider PayPal |
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| Jun.3 |
Napster |
Napster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Industry heavyweight Bertelsmann AG follows through on a plan to take over what's left of the Internet music-swapping service
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CEO claims victory in merger vote
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| Jun.3 |
Danville |
Bay Area News Atlas started
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'I love you' virus disrupts computers
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