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Technology Report: Brazil investigates Google over antitrust charges

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Brazil investigates Google over antitrust charges
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil is investigating Google Inc for anticompetitive practices alleged by Microsoft Corp and Brazilian rivals, adding to government pressure in one of Google's fastest-growing major markets.
Google unveils plans for user names, comments to appear in ads
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc plans to launch new product-endorsement ads incorporating photos, comments and names of its users, in a move to match the "social" ads pioneered by rival Facebook Inc that is raising some privacy concerns.
Without grand plans for China, U.S., Sony set to lag in smartphones
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kazuo Hirai's plan to restore Sony Corp to lasting profitability rests in large part on its smartphones leapfrogging rivals to become the world's third-biggest sellers after the Apple iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy series.
Russia plans state-backed Web search engine named after Sputnik: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - State-controlled telecoms group Rostelecom plans an internet search engine named after the Sputnik satellite, Vedomosti newspaper said on Friday, though analysts said the aim to muscle into the highly competitive Russian market was doomed.
New York Comic Con vendors evolve as events proliferate
NEW YORK (Reuters) - This year's New York Comic Con might not look that different from years past: costumed fans, panels of pop culture luminaries and a sprawling floor of vendors and artists.
BlackBerry co-founders considering bid for company
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin are considering a bid to buy the struggling smartphone maker, according to a securities filing on Thursday, raising the prospect of an alternative to a $4.7 billion offer led by its top shareholder.
Broadcasters could bring Aereo fight to Supreme Court: sources
(Reuters) - The broadcasters involved in a high-profile lawsuit with online TV service Aereo could file a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court as early as Friday, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
U.S. cable companies should create Netflix rival: Malone
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable pioneer John Malone said on Thursday that cable companies should team up to create a rival to Netflix Inc that would deliver programming over the Internet on a national basis.
Swedish tech company caught in hoax Samsung bid
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A fake press release claiming electronics firm Samsung was buying Sweden's Fingerprint Cards sent shares in the biometrics company soaring on Friday, prompting an investigation into suspected market manipulation.
U.S. cable companies home in on security
(Reuters) - Consumers are increasingly turning to an unlikely source for home security - the cable company.
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