Solar power was the stallion of ’07—next year, expect the rise of less visible technologies.
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Reliance Technology Ventures takes a stake in Stoke, its second investment in a U.S.-based company in as many months.
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The Internet phone call company settles a patent dispute with Nortel Networks, putting to rest the last of the major disputes against Vonage.
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Private equity player pays $17 million for Advanced Answers on Demand, a subsidiary that makes software for elderly care facilities.
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The startup lets users legally listen to and download music for free, but limitations on those files mean its more web-based radio than iTunes slayer.
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About 38 percent of U.S. consumers are watching TV shows online, 36 percent use their cell phones for entertainment, and 45 percent are creating online content like web sites, music, videos, and blogs, according to a survey.
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Out-of-the-box thinking may be at the heart of high tech, but it was mainstream content that gave life to Internet TV.
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Videos by a self-styled Obama Girl, a fan's tearful defense of Britney Spears, and an attack by a herd of buffaloes on a pride of lions were among the most popular clips on YouTube.com in 2007.
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Wal-Mart shut down the download site after Hewlett-Packard discontinued the technology that powered it, the retail giant said.
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Apple and News Corp's Twentieth Century Fox are ready to put in play a deal that would allow movie rentals of Fox titles via iTunes, according to reports.
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Warner Music Group becomes one of the last of the major labels to give in amid an industry slowly caving on digital restrictions.
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Software firm buys venture-backed data protection company based in Montreal for about $8.3 million.
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A new application from the startup allows Facebook users to keep tabs on their friends at MySpace without leaving the app heavy social site.
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Brad Greenspan's Chinese online video site nabs an exclusive partnership with China government-backed pop radio station Music Radio to manage its web site, online marketing, and events.
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A federal appeals court hands the search giant a setback in a patent fight, tossing out part of a summary judgment in the company's favor in a lawsuit filed by Hyperphrase Technologies.
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Amid financing snags, Intel, STMicroelectronics, and Francisco Partners push back deadline on joint venture.
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Venrock-backed maker of Ethernet gear for Verizon uses 'Silicon Valley-China hybrid business model.'
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Vonage says it has settled a patent dispute with AT&T, which had accused the Internet phone service of using its packet-based telephony products.
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The world's largest handset maker and wireless technology firm InterDigital declare victory in a court decision over patents related to the UMTS third-generation, or 3G, mobile phone standard.
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Big Blue agrees to acquire in-memory database software provider Solid Information Technology, backed by Apax Partners and CapMan, for an undisclosed sum.
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