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All rights reservedTue, 29 May 2012 20:25:57 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/internet/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-shares-plumb-depths-valuation-questioned-002225990--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7Qh2a6FMRqbTlSB0KxmGpQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-30T002557Z_3_CBRE84S16S500_RTROPTP_2_FACEBOOK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Facebook logo is seen on a screen inside at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York" align="left" title="Facebook logo is seen on a screen inside at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc shares slid below $29 to a new low on Tuesday as nervous investors fled the company&#039;s shares, concerned about the social network&#039;s long-term business prospects and an initial offering price that proved too rich. Shares of the No. 1 social network fell 10 percent to an all-time low of $28.65, before closing at $28.84, or down 9.6 percent. Since its market debut at $38 on May 18, the eight-year-old company has shed approximately $25 billion in value - roughly equivalent to the market capitalization of Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter of Facebook&#039;s IPO. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-shares-plumb-depths-valuation-questioned-002225990--sector.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 20:25:57 -0400Reutersfacebook-shares-plumb-depths-valuation-questioned-002225990--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-shares-plumb-depths-valuation-questioned-002225990--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7Qh2a6FMRqbTlSB0KxmGpQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-30T002557Z_3_CBRE84S16S500_RTROPTP_2_FACEBOOK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Facebook logo is seen on a screen inside at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York" align="left" title="Facebook logo is seen on a screen inside at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc shares slid below $29 to a new low on Tuesday as nervous investors fled the company&#039;s shares, concerned about the social network&#039;s long-term business prospects and an initial offering price that proved too rich. Shares of the No. 1 social network fell 10 percent to an all-time low of $28.65, before closing at $28.84, or down 9.6 percent. Since its market debut at $38 on May 18, the eight-year-old company has shed approximately $25 billion in value - roughly equivalent to the market capitalization of Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter of Facebook&#039;s IPO. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-shares-plumb-depths-152347819--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0qbxckZdFoGpsRH0ToxcZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-29T235245Z_3_CBRE84S16S500_RTROPTP_2_FACEBOOK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Facebook logo is seen on a screen inside at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York" align="left" title="Facebook logo is seen on a screen inside at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc shares slid below $29 to a new low on Tuesday as nervous investors fled the company&#039;s shares, concerned about the social network&#039;s long-term business prospects and an initial offering price that proved too rich. Shares of the No. 1 social network fell 10 percent to an all-time low of $28.65, before closing at $28.84, or down 9.6 percent. Since its market debut at $38 on May 18, the eight-year-old company has shed approximately $25 billion in value - roughly equivalent to the market capitalization of Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter of Facebook&#039;s IPO. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-shares-plumb-depths-152347819--sector.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 19:52:45 -0400Reutersfacebook-shares-plumb-depths-152347819--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-shares-plumb-depths-152347819--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0qbxckZdFoGpsRH0ToxcZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-29T235245Z_3_CBRE84S16S500_RTROPTP_2_FACEBOOK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Facebook logo is seen on a screen inside at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York" align="left" title="Facebook logo is seen on a screen inside at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc shares slid below $29 to a new low on Tuesday as nervous investors fled the company&#039;s shares, concerned about the social network&#039;s long-term business prospects and an initial offering price that proved too rich. Shares of the No. 1 social network fell 10 percent to an all-time low of $28.65, before closing at $28.84, or down 9.6 percent. Since its market debut at $38 on May 18, the eight-year-old company has shed approximately $25 billion in value - roughly equivalent to the market capitalization of Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter of Facebook&#039;s IPO. ...</p><br clear="all"/>ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An Eagle Scout whose defense of gay civil unions went viral in 2011 on YouTube plans to challenge the anti-gay policy of the Boy Scouts of America at its annual conference in Orlando on Wednesday. Zach Wahls, 20, of Iowa City, Iowa, told Reuters he will present the Boy Scouts leadership with a petition signed by more than 280,000 people calling for the organization to end discrimination against gay youth and leaders. Deron Smith, public relations director for the BSA, said on Tuesday that the conference and Wahls' presentation will be closed to the press and ...http://news.yahoo.com/eagle-scout-challenge-anti-gay-policy-223536779.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 18:35:36 -0400Reuterseagle-scout-challenge-anti-gay-policy-223536779WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook has received notice that U.S. antitrust regulators will give its proposed purchase of the popular photo-sharing app maker Instagram a lengthy investigation, an industry source told Reuters on Tuesday. Facebook has received a "second request" from the Federal Trade Commission, essentially a request for relatively large amounts of data that the regulators will sift through to ensure that the deal complies with antitrust law. A prolonged review adds another headache to the No. ...http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-faces-extended-u-review-instagram-deal-212032602--sector.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 18:03:48 -0400Reutersfacebook-faces-extended-u-review-instagram-deal-212032602--sector(Reuters) - A sharp decline in Facebook Inc shares has many investors scrambling for options to hedge the risk of further near-term weakness in the company's struggling stock. Volume on Facebook options soared on their first trading day on Tuesday as the underlying stock plunged below $29 a share for the first time, down more than 24 percent from its initial public offering price of $38. The busiest options contract on the stock was June $30 strike puts, with more than 23,700 contracts on the tape at an average price of $1.71 per contract, according to Trade Alert. ...http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-option-volume-explodes-stock-hits-low-205510957--sector.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 17:37:16 -0400Reutersfacebook-option-volume-explodes-stock-hits-low-205510957--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-warn-member-nations-risk-flame-virus-160539469--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1ijcJCJmlXiub139fNYNLQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-29T203909Z_5_CBRE84R15DH00_RTROPTP_2_IRAN-INTERNET.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="To match Feature IRAN-INTERNET/" align="left" title="To match Feature IRAN-INTERNET/" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (Reuters) - A United Nations agency charged with helping member nations secure their national infrastructures plans to issue a sharp warning about the risk of the Flame computer virus that was recently discovered in Iran and other parts of the Middle East. &quot;This is the most serious (cyber) warning we have ever put out,&quot; said Marco Obiso, cyber security coordinator for the U.N.&#039;s Geneva-based International Telecommunications Union. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-warn-member-nations-risk-flame-virus-160539469--sector.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 17:21:31 -0400Reutersu-n-warn-member-nations-risk-flame-virus-160539469--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-warn-member-nations-risk-flame-virus-160539469--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1ijcJCJmlXiub139fNYNLQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-29T203909Z_5_CBRE84R15DH00_RTROPTP_2_IRAN-INTERNET.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="To match Feature IRAN-INTERNET/" align="left" title="To match Feature IRAN-INTERNET/" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (Reuters) - A United Nations agency charged with helping member nations secure their national infrastructures plans to issue a sharp warning about the risk of the Flame computer virus that was recently discovered in Iran and other parts of the Middle East. &quot;This is the most serious (cyber) warning we have ever put out,&quot; said Marco Obiso, cyber security coordinator for the U.N.&#039;s Geneva-based International Telecommunications Union. ...</p><br clear="all"/>(Reuters) - A sharp decline in Facebook Inc shares has investors scrambling for options to hedge against further weakness in the company's struggling stock. Volume on Facebook options soared on their first trading day on Tuesday as the underlying stock plunged below $29 a share for the first time, down more than 23 percent from its initial public offering price of $38. The busiest options contract on Facebook was June $30 strike puts, with more than 18,241 contracts on the tape at an average price of $1.45 per contract, according to Trade Alert. ...http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-option-volume-explodes-stock-hits-low-182709238--sector.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 14:27:09 -0400Reutersfacebook-option-volume-explodes-stock-hits-low-182709238--sectorBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU executive is planning to refer Germany to the European Union's highest court over its failure to introduce a law obliging phone and internet companies to store records for at least six months, a document seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed. The case, which is expected to be brought on Thursday to the European Court of Justice, follows a European Commission directive in 2006, aiming to help authorities track down suspected perpetrators of "serious crime". ...http://news.yahoo.com/eu-hard-line-german-resistance-data-storage-174018404.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 13:40:18 -0400Reuterseu-hard-line-german-resistance-data-storage-174018404<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/french-court-backs-google-tv-piracy-case-154520039--sector.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/C2rbKr3y0T2o2z5_gA2w7Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-29T154954Z_1_CBRE84S17ZC00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks past the Google Chicago headquarters logo in Chicago" align="left" title="A woman walks past the Google Chicago headquarters logo in Chicago" border="0" /></a>PARIS (Reuters) - A French court ruled that Google is not responsible for filtering content on YouTube, dealing a blow to French broadcaster TF1 which sought damages for copyrighted sports and movies which ended up on the video-sharing website. TF1 claimed 141 million euros in damages but was ordered to pay 80,000 euros of Google&#039;s legal fees. The decision mirrors an earlier case in France in 2011 in which video-sharing website Dailymotion was classified as a &#039;platform&#039; for content and not an &#039;editor&#039; of content. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/french-court-backs-google-tv-piracy-case-154520039--sector.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 12:59:18 -0400Reutersfrench-court-backs-google-tv-piracy-case-154520039--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/french-court-backs-google-tv-piracy-case-154520039--sector.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/C2rbKr3y0T2o2z5_gA2w7Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-29T154954Z_1_CBRE84S17ZC00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks past the Google Chicago headquarters logo in Chicago" align="left" title="A woman walks past the Google Chicago headquarters logo in Chicago" border="0" /></a>PARIS (Reuters) - A French court ruled that Google is not responsible for filtering content on YouTube, dealing a blow to French broadcaster TF1 which sought damages for copyrighted sports and movies which ended up on the video-sharing website. TF1 claimed 141 million euros in damages but was ordered to pay 80,000 euros of Google&#039;s legal fees. The decision mirrors an earlier case in France in 2011 in which video-sharing website Dailymotion was classified as a &#039;platform&#039; for content and not an &#039;editor&#039; of content. ...</p><br clear="all"/>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU telecoms regulators will take five member states to court - including the Netherlands and Portugal - for not implementing new telecoms rules aimed at protecting users' privacy online, a European Commission official said on Tuesday. The other countries are Belgium, Poland and Slovenia, the official said, declining to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter. The Commission is due to announce its decision to take legal action on Thursday. ...http://news.yahoo.com/eu-sue-netherlands-portugal-3-others-telecom-rules-162108441.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 12:21:08 -0400Reuterseu-sue-netherlands-portugal-3-others-telecom-rules-162108441MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian social network VKontakte says it won't risk going ahead with its planned initial public offering fearing a repeat of the botched Facebook float which left U.S. regulators red-faced and investors around the world fuming. Chief Executive Pavel Durov, who had secured the backing of 40 percent shareholder internet group Mail.Ru Group over how to take the company forward, said on Tuesday it would postpone the IPO indefinitely. "The IPO of FB (Facebook) destroyed the faith of many private investors in social networks," Durov said on the social network site Twitter. ...http://news.yahoo.com/russias-vkontakte-delays-ipo-facebook-debacle-115724074.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 07:57:24 -0400Reutersrussias-vkontakte-delays-ipo-facebook-debacle-115724074<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-main-microblog-restricts-user-posts-091916630.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l6svz8YmAtfYkI8IBbdbnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/500px_sina_weibo.17f2d091752.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="China&#039;s main microblog restricts user posts" align="left" title="China&#039;s main microblog restricts user posts" border="0" /></a>China&#039;s best-known microblogging site has introduced new terms and conditions punishing those who post comments deemed offensive, as it comes under government pressure to clamp down on bloggers.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-main-microblog-restricts-user-posts-091916630.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 05:19:16 -0400AFP Relax Newschinas-main-microblog-restricts-user-posts-091916630<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-main-microblog-restricts-user-posts-091916630.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l6svz8YmAtfYkI8IBbdbnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/500px_sina_weibo.17f2d091752.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="China&#039;s main microblog restricts user posts" align="left" title="China&#039;s main microblog restricts user posts" border="0" /></a>China&#039;s best-known microblogging site has introduced new terms and conditions punishing those who post comments deemed offensive, as it comes under government pressure to clamp down on bloggers.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-trends-steve-jobs-atari-memo-sina-enforces-091115483.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZT2lkF1zWUz8GpbzlUcxuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/screen_shot_201.b0979090054.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A view of Steve Jobs&#039;s hand-written letter up for auction at Sotheby&#039;s as part of Lot 56: Apple History. Steve Jobs at Atari" align="left" title="A view of Steve Jobs&#039;s hand-written letter up for auction at Sotheby&#039;s as part of Lot 56: Apple History. Steve Jobs at Atari" border="0" /></a>A memo written by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs while he was still working at Atari will be sold by auction house Sotheby?s.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-trends-steve-jobs-atari-memo-sina-enforces-091115483.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 05:11:15 -0400AFP Relax Newsgoogle-trends-steve-jobs-atari-memo-sina-enforces-091115483<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-trends-steve-jobs-atari-memo-sina-enforces-091115483.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZT2lkF1zWUz8GpbzlUcxuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/screen_shot_201.b0979090054.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A view of Steve Jobs&#039;s hand-written letter up for auction at Sotheby&#039;s as part of Lot 56: Apple History. Steve Jobs at Atari" align="left" title="A view of Steve Jobs&#039;s hand-written letter up for auction at Sotheby&#039;s as part of Lot 56: Apple History. Steve Jobs at Atari" border="0" /></a>A memo written by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs while he was still working at Atari will be sold by auction house Sotheby?s.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-index-forgotten-dances-rappers-090210104.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EGQvezSjLdlnhadvil1C6A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/coolio.80e5d081032.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Coolio is one of many rappers Tweeps say they have forgotten about." align="left" title="Coolio is one of many rappers Tweeps say they have forgotten about." border="0" /></a>Twitterers are reminiscing about famous rappers who have faded from under the spotlight in recent years.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-index-forgotten-dances-rappers-090210104.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 05:02:10 -0400AFP Relax Newstwitter-index-forgotten-dances-rappers-090210104<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-index-forgotten-dances-rappers-090210104.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EGQvezSjLdlnhadvil1C6A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/coolio.80e5d081032.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Coolio is one of many rappers Tweeps say they have forgotten about." align="left" title="Coolio is one of many rappers Tweeps say they have forgotten about." border="0" /></a>Twitterers are reminiscing about famous rappers who have faded from under the spotlight in recent years.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/powerful-flame-cyber-weapon-found-middle-east-131106053--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MWTXk4AdCcs_b2.NgUtidA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-28T195446Z_2_CBRE84R15DH00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-CYBERWAR-FLAME.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="To match Feature IRAN-INTERNET/" align="left" title="To match Feature IRAN-INTERNET/" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (Reuters) - Security experts said on Monday a highly sophisticated computer virus is infecting computers in Iran and other Middle East countries and may have been deployed at least five years ago to engage in state-sponsored cyber espionage. Evidence suggest that the virus, dubbed Flame, may have been built on behalf of the same nation or nations that commissioned the Stuxnet worm that attacked Iran&#039;s nuclear program in 2010, according to Kaspersky Lab, the Russian cyber security software maker that took credit for discovering the infections. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/powerful-flame-cyber-weapon-found-middle-east-131106053--sector.htmlMon, 28 May 2012 18:17:14 -0400Reuterspowerful-flame-cyber-weapon-found-middle-east-131106053--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/powerful-flame-cyber-weapon-found-middle-east-131106053--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MWTXk4AdCcs_b2.NgUtidA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-28T195446Z_2_CBRE84R15DH00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-CYBERWAR-FLAME.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="To match Feature IRAN-INTERNET/" align="left" title="To match Feature IRAN-INTERNET/" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (Reuters) - Security experts said on Monday a highly sophisticated computer virus is infecting computers in Iran and other Middle East countries and may have been deployed at least five years ago to engage in state-sponsored cyber espionage. Evidence suggest that the virus, dubbed Flame, may have been built on behalf of the same nation or nations that commissioned the Stuxnet worm that attacked Iran&#039;s nuclear program in 2010, according to Kaspersky Lab, the Russian cyber security software maker that took credit for discovering the infections. ...</p><br clear="all"/>(Reuters) - Researchers may have gleaned new information about the extent to which nations are engaged in cyber warfare with the discovery of a virus known as Flame. Kaspersky Lab, which on Monday claimed credit for uncovering Flame, believes the virus may be the work of the same nation or nations that built the Stuxnet worm that attacked Iran's nuclear program in 2010. Here are five key facts about Flame, according to researchers with Kaspersky Lab: Complexity: It is one of the most sophisticated pieces of malicious software ever discovered. It has about 20 times as much code than Stuxnet. ...http://news.yahoo.com/factbox-five-facts-flame-195621295--sector.htmlMon, 28 May 2012 15:56:21 -0400Reutersfactbox-five-facts-flame-195621295--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-insights-eurovision-song-contest-american-idol-finals-152302099.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0MvLHaGR8jyskweVARp4YA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/rvb.ea317102909.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Eurovision 2012 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan." align="left" title="Eurovision 2012 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan." border="0" /></a>Both the Eurovision Song Contest and American Idol have been trending at the top of Google&#039;s rising search terms this week as internet users looked for more information about the winning contestants and the show finales.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-insights-eurovision-song-contest-american-idol-finals-152302099.htmlMon, 28 May 2012 11:23:02 -0400AFP Relax Newsgoogle-insights-eurovision-song-contest-american-idol-finals-152302099<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-insights-eurovision-song-contest-american-idol-finals-152302099.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0MvLHaGR8jyskweVARp4YA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/rvb.ea317102909.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Eurovision 2012 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan." align="left" title="Eurovision 2012 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan." border="0" /></a>Both the Eurovision Song Contest and American Idol have been trending at the top of Google&#039;s rising search terms this week as internet users looked for more information about the winning contestants and the show finales.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-cancels-indonesian-concert-justin-bieber-counts-132946252.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aqnGzWelQsrgyo7PzYqNHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/000_hkg7359425.48dd2135353.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A protest against US pop diva Lady Gaga&#039;s Jakarta concert" align="left" title="A protest against US pop diva Lady Gaga&#039;s Jakarta concert" border="0" /></a>Pop star Lady Gaga has been forced to cancel the Jakarta show on her Born This Way Ball tour.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-cancels-indonesian-concert-justin-bieber-counts-132946252.htmlMon, 28 May 2012 09:29:46 -0400AFP Relax Newslady-gaga-cancels-indonesian-concert-justin-bieber-counts-132946252<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-cancels-indonesian-concert-justin-bieber-counts-132946252.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aqnGzWelQsrgyo7PzYqNHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/000_hkg7359425.48dd2135353.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A protest against US pop diva Lady Gaga&#039;s Jakarta concert" align="left" title="A protest against US pop diva Lady Gaga&#039;s Jakarta concert" border="0" /></a>Pop star Lady Gaga has been forced to cancel the Jakarta show on her Born This Way Ball tour.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-trends-justin-bieber-fights-paparazzi-093352116.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eSQXr0jGbRIYC92POCFGdw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/000_par6817576.f90b9090902.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Canadian singer and actor Justin Bieber" align="left" title="Canadian singer and actor Justin Bieber" border="0" /></a>Canadian singer Justin Bieber is being accused of the &quot;misdemeanor battery&quot; of a photographer after he refused to be photographed while on a date with Selena Gomez.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-trends-justin-bieber-fights-paparazzi-093352116.htmlMon, 28 May 2012 05:33:52 -0400AFP Relax Newsgoogle-trends-justin-bieber-fights-paparazzi-093352116<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-trends-justin-bieber-fights-paparazzi-093352116.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eSQXr0jGbRIYC92POCFGdw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/000_par6817576.f90b9090902.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Canadian singer and actor Justin Bieber" align="left" title="Canadian singer and actor Justin Bieber" border="0" /></a>Canadian singer Justin Bieber is being accused of the &quot;misdemeanor battery&quot; of a photographer after he refused to be photographed while on a date with Selena Gomez.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-index-uninspiring-book-titles-080530243.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uf28WIZ.8drDo926gMFRnQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/000_hkg7214096.7a8ed193728.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fans look on as the British-Irish boy band One Direction performs" align="left" title="Fans look on as the British-Irish boy band One Direction performs" border="0" /></a>Microbloggers are coming up with names for books that are less inspiring than their originals.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-index-uninspiring-book-titles-080530243.htmlMon, 28 May 2012 04:05:30 -0400AFP Relax Newstwitter-index-uninspiring-book-titles-080530243<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-index-uninspiring-book-titles-080530243.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uf28WIZ.8drDo926gMFRnQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/000_hkg7214096.7a8ed193728.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fans look on as the British-Irish boy band One Direction performs" align="left" title="Fans look on as the British-Irish boy band One Direction performs" border="0" /></a>Microbloggers are coming up with names for books that are less inspiring than their originals.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-market-makers-losses-total-least-100-million-024559858--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1ZN5X3JyvxtLZCd26OvOyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-25T200529Z_9_CBRE84N1IL000_RTROPTP_2_US-FACEBOOK-FIDELITY-THOUSANDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of traders work at the Knight Capital kiosk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="File photo of traders work at the Knight Capital kiosk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Claims by four of Wall Street&#039;s main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook&#039;s botched IPO are likely to exceed $100 million, as they and other traders continue to deal with thousands of problems with customer orders. A technical glitch delayed the social networking company&#039;s market debut by 30 minutes on Friday and many client orders were delayed, giving some investors and traders significant losses as the stock price dropped. The exchange operator is facing lawsuits from investors and threats of legal action from brokers. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-market-makers-losses-total-least-100-million-024559858--sector.htmlFri, 25 May 2012 16:05:29 -0400Reutersfacebook-market-makers-losses-total-least-100-million-024559858--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-market-makers-losses-total-least-100-million-024559858--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1ZN5X3JyvxtLZCd26OvOyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-25T200529Z_9_CBRE84N1IL000_RTROPTP_2_US-FACEBOOK-FIDELITY-THOUSANDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of traders work at the Knight Capital kiosk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="File photo of traders work at the Knight Capital kiosk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Claims by four of Wall Street&#039;s main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook&#039;s botched IPO are likely to exceed $100 million, as they and other traders continue to deal with thousands of problems with customer orders. A technical glitch delayed the social networking company&#039;s market debut by 30 minutes on Friday and many client orders were delayed, giving some investors and traders significant losses as the stock price dropped. The exchange operator is facing lawsuits from investors and threats of legal action from brokers. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-options-debut-wild-card-volatility-192653281--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zyfXTbVOR9RxnwptkR7DDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-25T192653Z_1_CBRE84O1I1400_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-FACEBOOK-OPTIONS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traffic flies by the entrance sign to Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park before the company&#039;s IPO launch" align="left" title="Traffic flies by the entrance sign to Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park before the company&#039;s IPO launch" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Investors can hope the debut of options on Facebook Inc goes more smoothly than the long-awaited debut of the social networking service&#039;s stock on May 18. While the stock&#039;s puts and calls are expected to be popular, the big wild card is volatility and ultimately, the options price. Traders will get a fresh start on options on the Internet giant when the contracts are offered on U.S. options exchanges on May 29. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-options-debut-wild-card-volatility-192653281--sector.htmlFri, 25 May 2012 15:26:53 -0400Reutersfacebook-options-debut-wild-card-volatility-192653281--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-options-debut-wild-card-volatility-192653281--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zyfXTbVOR9RxnwptkR7DDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-25T192653Z_1_CBRE84O1I1400_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-FACEBOOK-OPTIONS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traffic flies by the entrance sign to Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park before the company&#039;s IPO launch" align="left" title="Traffic flies by the entrance sign to Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park before the company&#039;s IPO launch" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Investors can hope the debut of options on Facebook Inc goes more smoothly than the long-awaited debut of the social networking service&#039;s stock on May 18. While the stock&#039;s puts and calls are expected to be popular, the big wild card is volatility and ultimately, the options price. Traders will get a fresh start on options on the Internet giant when the contracts are offered on U.S. options exchanges on May 29. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/corrected-dish-tv-networks-fight-over-ad-zapper-180303510--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CCZDkCCLt6vq5vaIPhEknQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-25T180303Z_5_CBRE84N1MWB00_RTROPTP_2_INDUSTRY-US-DISH-ADZAPPER-LAWSUIT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The sign in the lobby of the corporate headquarters of Dish Network is seen in the Denver suburb of Englewood" align="left" title="The sign in the lobby of the corporate headquarters of Dish Network is seen in the Denver suburb of Englewood" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - A legal battle erupted between DISH Network and some of the major broadcast networks Thursday as the two sides traded lawsuits over the satellite distribution company&#039;s &quot;Hopper&quot; DVR, which threatens to bring down the television business model by allowing viewers to skip over commercials entirely. Dish Network Corp asked a Manhattan federal judge to declare that its &quot;Auto Hop&quot; feature does not infringe any copyright owned by the four major U.S. television networks: Walt Disney Co&#039;s ABC, CBS Corp&#039;s CBS, News Corp&#039;s Fox and Comcast Corp&#039;s NBC. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/corrected-dish-tv-networks-fight-over-ad-zapper-180303510--finance.htmlFri, 25 May 2012 14:03:03 -0400Reuterscorrected-dish-tv-networks-fight-over-ad-zapper-180303510--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/corrected-dish-tv-networks-fight-over-ad-zapper-180303510--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CCZDkCCLt6vq5vaIPhEknQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-25T180303Z_5_CBRE84N1MWB00_RTROPTP_2_INDUSTRY-US-DISH-ADZAPPER-LAWSUIT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The sign in the lobby of the corporate headquarters of Dish Network is seen in the Denver suburb of Englewood" align="left" title="The sign in the lobby of the corporate headquarters of Dish Network is seen in the Denver suburb of Englewood" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - A legal battle erupted between DISH Network and some of the major broadcast networks Thursday as the two sides traded lawsuits over the satellite distribution company&#039;s &quot;Hopper&quot; DVR, which threatens to bring down the television business model by allowing viewers to skip over commercials entirely. Dish Network Corp asked a Manhattan federal judge to declare that its &quot;Auto Hop&quot; feature does not infringe any copyright owned by the four major U.S. television networks: Walt Disney Co&#039;s ABC, CBS Corp&#039;s CBS, News Corp&#039;s Fox and Comcast Corp&#039;s NBC. ...</p><br clear="all"/>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan for the New Yorker is being serialized in 10 installments on Twitter, according to the magazine. The New Yorker said the first installment of the story, a spy thriller called "Black Box, went out on Thursday night. "The story is written in terse dispatches of 140 characters or less, which will be tweeted, through The New Yorker Fiction Department's Twitter handle, @NYerFiction, in ten nightly installments between 8 and 9 P.M. E.T," it said in a statement. ...http://news.yahoo.com/story-pultizer-prize-winner-serialized-twitter-165925541.htmlFri, 25 May 2012 12:59:25 -0400Reutersstory-pultizer-prize-winner-serialized-twitter-165925541LONDON (Reuters) - A little-known Ukrainian pianist who has had 43 million views on YouTube of her performing everything from Liszt to Schubert said on Friday for an encore she will play London's Royal Albert Hall -- and the world is invited to watch on the Internet. Valentina Lisitsa, who has been playing piano since the age of 3, began her rise to Internet stardom five years ago, when she posted a Rachmaninov etude nicknamed "Little Red Riding Hood" on the Internet. Perhaps in part bolstered by her flashing long fingers and blonde tresses, that video clip has had 1. ...http://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-pianist-plays-her-way-youtube-stardom-095927382.htmlFri, 25 May 2012 05:59:27 -0400Reutersukrainian-pianist-plays-her-way-youtube-stardom-095927382<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-trends-towel-day-britney-spearss-first-day-095910957.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0xWqenTkMgQWKSJ5nVq9yg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/shutterstock_42.6f958174932.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google+ users are celebrating Towel Day in honor of &#039;The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy&#039; author Douglas Adams" align="left" title="Google+ users are celebrating Towel Day in honor of &#039;The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy&#039; author Douglas Adams" border="0" /></a>Google+ users are celebrating ?Towel Day? on May 25 in honor of The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-trends-towel-day-britney-spearss-first-day-095910957.htmlFri, 25 May 2012 05:59:10 -0400AFP Relax Newsgoogle-trends-towel-day-britney-spearss-first-day-095910957<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-trends-towel-day-britney-spearss-first-day-095910957.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0xWqenTkMgQWKSJ5nVq9yg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/shutterstock_42.6f958174932.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google+ users are celebrating Towel Day in honor of &#039;The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy&#039; author Douglas Adams" align="left" title="Google+ users are celebrating Towel Day in honor of &#039;The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy&#039; author Douglas Adams" border="0" /></a>Google+ users are celebrating ?Towel Day? on May 25 in honor of The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-index-kylie-timebomb-video-justin-bieber-die-080854178.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ahPcNf3oLL7Ne4plZwFKvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/snap1f.625b1023735.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Facebook&#039;s new Camera app" align="left" title="Facebook&#039;s new Camera app" border="0" /></a>Microbloggers are furiously tweeting ?#KylieTimebomb? after Australian pop star Kylie Minogue teased that she would post a link to her new single and accompanying music video ?Timebomb? if they kept on tweeting.?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-index-kylie-timebomb-video-justin-bieber-die-080854178.htmlFri, 25 May 2012 04:08:54 -0400AFP Relax Newstwitter-index-kylie-timebomb-video-justin-bieber-die-080854178<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-index-kylie-timebomb-video-justin-bieber-die-080854178.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ahPcNf3oLL7Ne4plZwFKvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/snap1f.625b1023735.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Facebook&#039;s new Camera app" align="left" title="Facebook&#039;s new Camera app" border="0" /></a>Microbloggers are furiously tweeting ?#KylieTimebomb? after Australian pop star Kylie Minogue teased that she would post a link to her new single and accompanying music video ?Timebomb? if they kept on tweeting.?</p><br clear="all"/>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top European software company SAP AG plans to buy Ariba Inc in a deal valuing the business and commerce network company at $4.3 billion, its latest maneuver against Oracle in the fast-growing Internet-based computing market. SAP is taking aim at Oracle, the world's No. 2 maker of business management software, as they vie with Salesforce.com Inc in the multibillion dollar cloud-computing services market, one of the industry's hottest area of growth. Shares in Ariba, which were halted briefly, leapt 20 percent to SAP's offer price of about $45 per share. ...http://news.yahoo.com/sap-buy-ariba-boosts-cloud-bet-030252067--sector.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 23:02:52 -0400Reuterssap-buy-ariba-boosts-cloud-bet-030252067--sectorNEW YORK (Reuters) - Citadel Securities' market-making business lost around $30 million due to Facebook Inc's botched initial public offering on Nasdaq OMX Group Inc's U.S. stock exchange, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday. The losses at Citadel Securities, which has assets under management of around $1 billion, are in line with losses at Knight Capital Group, which said on Wednesday in a regulatory filing it suffered a pre-tax loss of $30 million to $35 million. ...http://news.yahoo.com/citadel-lost-30-million-facebook-fiasco-source-024559274--sector.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 22:45:59 -0400Reuterscitadel-lost-30-million-facebook-fiasco-source-024559274--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-many-fidelity-clients-facebook-problem-source-144654063--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WW2rNOA_WtSmLoRWpts2dw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-24T214422Z_1_CBRE84N1ACR00_RTROPTP_2_FACEBOOK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A television reporter talks about the Facebook stock at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York&#039;s Times Square" align="left" title="A television reporter talks about the Facebook stock at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York&#039;s Times Square" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Claims by four of Wall Street&#039;s main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook&#039;s botched IPO are likely to exceed $100 million, as they and other traders continue to deal with thousands of problems with customer orders. A technical glitch delayed the social networking company&#039;s market debut by 30 minutes on Friday and many client orders were delayed, giving some investors and traders significant losses as the stock price dropped. The exchange operator is facing lawsuits from investors and threats of legal action from brokers. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-many-fidelity-clients-facebook-problem-source-144654063--sector.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 19:49:19 -0400Reutersexclusive-many-fidelity-clients-facebook-problem-source-144654063--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-many-fidelity-clients-facebook-problem-source-144654063--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WW2rNOA_WtSmLoRWpts2dw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-24T214422Z_1_CBRE84N1ACR00_RTROPTP_2_FACEBOOK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A television reporter talks about the Facebook stock at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York&#039;s Times Square" align="left" title="A television reporter talks about the Facebook stock at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York&#039;s Times Square" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Claims by four of Wall Street&#039;s main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook&#039;s botched IPO are likely to exceed $100 million, as they and other traders continue to deal with thousands of problems with customer orders. A technical glitch delayed the social networking company&#039;s market debut by 30 minutes on Friday and many client orders were delayed, giving some investors and traders significant losses as the stock price dropped. The exchange operator is facing lawsuits from investors and threats of legal action from brokers. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dish-takes-tv-networks-court-over-ad-zapper-211158214--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TzoNUZ18wmM1mwTwt.pVAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-24T233014Z_4_CBRE84N1MWB00_RTROPTP_2_BLOCKBUSTER-DISHNETWORK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The sign in the lobby of the corporate headquarters of Dish Network is seen in the Denver suburb of Englewood" align="left" title="The sign in the lobby of the corporate headquarters of Dish Network is seen in the Denver suburb of Englewood" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - A legal battle erupted between DISH Network and some of the major broadcast networks Thursday as the two sides traded lawsuits over the satellite distribution company&#039;s &quot;Hopper&quot; DVR, which threatens to bring down the television business model by allowing viewers to skip over commercials entirely. Dish Network Corp asked a Manhattan federal judge to declare that its &quot;Auto Hop&quot; feature does not infringe any copyright owned by the four major U.S. television networks: Walt Disney Co&#039;s ABC, CBS Corp&#039;s CBS, News Corp&#039;s Fox and Comcast Corp&#039;s NBC. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dish-takes-tv-networks-court-over-ad-zapper-211158214--finance.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 19:30:14 -0400Reutersdish-takes-tv-networks-court-over-ad-zapper-211158214--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dish-takes-tv-networks-court-over-ad-zapper-211158214--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TzoNUZ18wmM1mwTwt.pVAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-24T233014Z_4_CBRE84N1MWB00_RTROPTP_2_BLOCKBUSTER-DISHNETWORK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The sign in the lobby of the corporate headquarters of Dish Network is seen in the Denver suburb of Englewood" align="left" title="The sign in the lobby of the corporate headquarters of Dish Network is seen in the Denver suburb of Englewood" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - A legal battle erupted between DISH Network and some of the major broadcast networks Thursday as the two sides traded lawsuits over the satellite distribution company&#039;s &quot;Hopper&quot; DVR, which threatens to bring down the television business model by allowing viewers to skip over commercials entirely. Dish Network Corp asked a Manhattan federal judge to declare that its &quot;Auto Hop&quot; feature does not infringe any copyright owned by the four major U.S. television networks: Walt Disney Co&#039;s ABC, CBS Corp&#039;s CBS, News Corp&#039;s Fox and Comcast Corp&#039;s NBC. ...</p><br clear="all"/>(Reuters) - Online media company RealNetworks said it will set up a $2 million compensation fund for some of its subscribers to settle a complaint filed by Washington state prosecutors over its e-commerce practices. The company, known for its Real media player and Rhapsody music streaming service, was being investigated by the Washington State Attorney General for allegedly charging customers for services they did not subscribe to. ...http://news.yahoo.com/realnetworks-refund-customers-online-subscription-dispute-195100556--sector.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 15:51:00 -0400Reutersrealnetworks-refund-customers-online-subscription-dispute-195100556--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/zynga-unleashes-zombies-smartphones-171804796.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SPVeoKZk87yCyeAgTFKUDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/zynga_logo.85335090625.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Zynga unleashes zombies on smartphones" align="left" title="Zynga unleashes zombies on smartphones" border="0" /></a>Zombies stalked San Francisco streets on Thursday as social game maker Zynga ghoulishly introduced a game that lets iPhone or iPod Touch users slash and hack the undead.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/zynga-unleashes-zombies-smartphones-171804796.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 13:18:04 -0400AFP Relax Newszynga-unleashes-zombies-smartphones-171804796<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/zynga-unleashes-zombies-smartphones-171804796.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SPVeoKZk87yCyeAgTFKUDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/zynga_logo.85335090625.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Zynga unleashes zombies on smartphones" align="l

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