Technology Report: Google must extend payments across Europe for use of content

	Click to View in Browser 02/7/2013 Google must extend payments across Europe for use of content LISBON (Reuters) - Google Inc must extend its offer made last week to pay French publishers for use of their content to all media companies across Europe, the head of the European Publishers Council said on Thursday. U.S. judge narrows Google patent suit against Microsoft (Reuters) - A U.S. judge narrowed a patent lawsuit brought by Google's Motorola Mobility unit against Microsoft Corp, finding that parts of three Motorola patents are invalid. Activist investor sues Apple in bid to unlock its cash NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc. on Thursday confronted its first major challenge from an activist shareholder in years as hedge fund manager David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital filed suit against the company and demanded that it dole out a bigger piece of its $137 billion cash pile to investors. BlackBerry to stop selling handsets in Japan - Nikkei (Reuters) - BlackBerry will stop selling smartphones in Japan, partly because the company cannot justify the cost of modifying its operating system to accommodate the Japanese language, the Nikkei business daily reported. AppliedMicro sees future in low-power server chips SUNNYVALE, California (Reuters) - Chipmaker Applied Micro Circuits Corp believes selling low-power processors for cloud data centers run by the likes of Facebook, Google and Amazon.com Inc could account for half of its business within three years. Swedish Skype-rival Rebtel may list in 2-3 years: CEO STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Rebtel, which says it is the world's second-biggest provider of voice calls over the Internet after Skype, could go for a stock market listing in the next two to three years if it meets its growth targets, its CEO said. U.S. appeals court takes up closely watched patent fight (Reuters) - A federal appeals court is set to consider a case closely watched by Google Inc, Facebook Inc and other technology companies that could determine how far the patent system should go in protecting software inventions. BlackBerry strengthens board with two wireless industry veterans TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry named two wireless industry veterans to an expanded board of directors on Thursday, seeking to allay some investor concern around the level of industry experience it has on its board. Monster Worldwide reports loss; exits Brazil, Mexico & Turkey (Reuters) - Online recruitment company Monster Worldwide Inc, which is up for sale, reported a quarterly loss and said it had exited its businesses in some developing markets to focus on its core North American and European businesses. Exclusive: Microsoft and Symantec disrupt cyber crime ring BOSTON (Reuters) - Software makers Microsoft Corp and Symantec Corp said they disrupted a global cyber crime operation by shutting down servers that controlled hundreds of thousands of PCs without the knowledge of their users. Related Video Techquity: Apple's dividend battle, Google's valuation issue Techquity: Zynga, Take-Two got game; Apple's Brazil problem Mediafile Ryan McCarthy Another blog post that won't make any money Jennifer Saba Mental Floss, a magazine that also sells products, expands 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