Technology Report: Apple takes on Google with own maps, better Siri

Click to View in Browser 06/11/2012 Apple takes on Google with own maps, better Siri SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc took the wraps off its own mobile mapping service and made its enhanced Siri voice-search available for iPads as it rolled out souped-up software and hardware on Monday to help it wage war on Google Inc. Google, author body end spat on internet books PARIS (Reuters) - Internet search provider Google and authors group Society Men of Letters of France (SGDL) have reached an agreement that ends a dispute dating back to 2006 over the publishing of snippets of books on the internet. Ubisoft confident on big Wii U bet SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot hopes Nintendo's upcoming Wii U will be the first of a line-up of new consoles that will give the video game industry a boost and help reverse the French company's waning fortunes. Apax, JMI to buy software firm Paradigm for about $1 billion LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Apax Partners and technology investment firm JMI Equity agreed to pay about $1 billion cash for software group Paradigm, whose technology helps oil and gas companies analyze drilling prospects. Facebook to join Russell 3000 index NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is on the preliminary list to join the Russell 3000 index, according to Russell Investments on Monday. Some Flame code found in Stuxnet virus: expert (Reuters) - A leading computer security firm has linked some of the software code in the powerful Flame virus to the Stuxnet cyber weapon, which was widely believed to have been used by the United States and Israel to attack Iran's nuclear program. Sprint says no longer Clearwire majority owner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp said on Monday it no longer has a majority stake in Clearwire Corp and as a result was able to increase its voting rights in the venture without risk of a default trigger on its own debt. Insight: Google goes softly-softly on European antitrust BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google is searching for the answer to a four-billion-dollar question: can a new, gentler approach from a U.S. tech giant persuade the European Union to be more lenient in competition cases? M&A could help telcos close Europe's network gap: Kroes PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's top technology regulator Neelie Kroes supports consolidation as one way to create a handful of strong cross-border telecom leaders, which can invest more in mobile and broadband networks to close the gap with the United States and Asia. Apple expected to unveil applications to take on Google SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Apple Inc kicks off its annual conference for software developers on Monday, all the power players in the Apple universe will be on hand, save the one that is in many ways driving the agenda: Google Inc. Related Video "New world" of cyber threats warning 3D tool offers view of the future for architects and urban planners Mediafile Noel Randewich Intel's facial-recognition freaks out potential customers Paul Smalera Facebook's private experiment with democracy A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend