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Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. © Reuters 2013 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in Web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some advertising sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/24/us-google-antitrust-idUSBRE94M16620130524?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/24/us-google-antitrust-idUSBRE94M16620130524?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews technologyNews Thu, 23 May 2013 20:54:35 -0400 (Reuters) - Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc, Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar with the matter. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/24/us-waze-google-idUSBRE94N02H20130524?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/24/us-waze-google-idUSBRE94N02H20130524?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews technologyNews Thu, 23 May 2013 21:07:46 -0400 SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-apple-tax-ireland-idUSBRE94M0NU20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-apple-tax-ireland-idUSBRE94M0NU20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews technologyNews Thu, 23 May 2013 15:55:53 -0400 NEW YORK (Reuters) - In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple Inc engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to increase e-book prices. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-usa-apple-ebooks-idUSBRE94M19A20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-usa-apple-ebooks-idUSBRE94M19A20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews technologyNews Thu, 23 May 2013 19:00:45 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp won a round in a complex patent war on Thursday when the International Trade Commission said the company's popular Xbox entertainment system did not violate a patent owned by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-microsoft-patent-idUSBRE94M18K20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-microsoft-patent-idUSBRE94M18K20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews technologyNews Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:41 -0400 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed bids for Hulu, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, triggering a tug-of-war for the online video service. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/24/us-hulu-bids-idUSBRE94M1AO20130524?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/24/us-hulu-bids-idUSBRE94M1AO20130524?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews technologyNews Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:23 -0400 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc, banking sources told Thomson Reuters LPC on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-icahn-dell-idUSBRE94M13K20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-icahn-dell-idUSBRE94M13K20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews technologyNews Thu, 23 May 2013 16:51:26 -0400 (Reuters) - GameStop Corp raised the lower end of its full-year earnings forecast on Thursday after beating fourth-quarter estimates, counting on a boost from new gaming consoles due later this year and further growth in digital and mobile sales. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-gamestop-results-idUSBRE94M0KX20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-gamestop-results-idUSBRE94M0KX20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews technologyNews Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:24 -0400 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-hp-results-idUSBRE94L14W20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-hp-results-idUSBRE94L14W20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews technologyNews Thu, 23 May 2013 05:38:44 -0400 (Reuters) - ChannelAdvisor Corp shares soared more than 40 percent in their market debut on Thursday as investors bet the e-commerce software company will benefit from the rapid global spread of online buying and selling. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-channeladvisor-ipo-idUSBRE94M0R720130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-channeladvisor-ipo-idUSBRE94M0R720130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews technologyNews Thu, 23 May 2013 14:30:25 -0400