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Global Digital Music Market Boomed in '04
The market for digital music on the Internet and mobile phones boomed in 2004, according to a report released Wednesday that showed the global recording industry collecting significant revenues from the segment for the first time.
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Business
Microsoft to Sell Outlook E-Mail Program
Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Outlook e-mail program as a subscription to Hotmail customers, in a bid to persuade people to pay for add-on services and better compete with rivals such as Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
Search Engines
Yahoo Japan Profit Jumps, Links with Bank
Yahoo Japan Corp. reported a 39.2 percent jump in third quarter net profit on Thursday, helped by its online auction and advertising businesses, and said it expected to finish the year on a strong note.
Business
Firm Quietly Finds Wealth in Information
ChoicePoint Inc., an information industry giant that became an all-purpose commercial source of personal information about Americans, is transforming itself into a private intelligence service for national security and law enforcement tasks.
Business
Technology Guru Joins Venture-Capital Firm
Bill Joy, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems Inc. and one of Silicon Valley's best-known technology gurus, has teamed up with venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the firm announced Tuesday.
Search Engines
Yahoo's 4Q Profit Nearly Triples on Ads
Internet giant Yahoo Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit nearly tripled and easily beat Wall Street expectations, reflecting a worldwide boom in online advertising and the addition of some 800,000 new paying customers.
Government & Law
FBI Retires Controversial E-Mail Surveillance Tool
The FBI has all but retired its controversial e-mail wiretap system formerly known as Carnivore, turning instead to commercially available software, according to two recently released reports to Congress.
Business
EBay 4Q Profit Soars but Misses Expectations
Online auctioneer eBay Inc. said Wednesday that its profit jumped 44 percent in the fourth quarter as the company saw a record level of auction listings and a sharp rise in buyers and sellers.
Government & Law
Two Plead Guilty to Online File-Sharing
Two men pleaded guilty to federal charges in what authorities said were the first convictions for online file-sharing of music, movies and software over peer-to-peer networks.
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