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Lady Gaga First to Reach 10 Million Twitter Followers

San Francisco - Recording artist Lady Gaga announced over the weekend that she now counts ten million followers on Twitter, becoming the first person...

HADOPI Conducts Survey on French "Three-Strikes" File-Sharing Law

Paris - A new survey, conducted by the organization set up in France to administer its "three-strikes" file-sharing law, found that 50% of citizens...

Netflix Inks Multi-Year Streaming Deal With Miramax

Beverly Hills, Calif. - Netflix (NASD: NFLX) on Monday announced that it has signed a new multi-year deal with film studio Miramax, providing "Instant Streaming" access...

Samsung Already Announces iPad 3 Competitor

Los Angeles - Samsung will demonstrate an all-new 10.1-inch display at the SID Display Week 2011 International Symposium next week, according to recent press...

Report: U.S. Video Game Sales Up 20% in April to $961.2...

Port Washington, N.Y. - U.S. video game sales rebounded in April, up 20% to $961.2 million from $802.4 million a year ago, according to a report...

Retail E-Commerce Spending Grows 12% from Year Ago

Reston, Va. - E-commerce spending in the U.S. rose 12% last quarter, compared with the year before, marking the sixth straight quarter of positive growth, according...

Playdom to Pay FTC $3 Million for Disclosing Children's Data

Washington - Virtual worlds and online games publisher Playdom has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), that...

Emerging Markets Drive Software Piracy to Record $59B in 2010

Washington - Theft of software for personal computers leapt 14% globally last year to a record commercial value of $59 billion, according to new figures from...

LimeWire to Pay Labels $105 Million to Settle Copyright Suit

New York - File-sharing service LimeWire will pay $105 million to settle copyright infringement claims from the four major record labels, avoiding the $1.4 billion in...

WSJ: Google, Justice Dept. Near Settlement Over Pharmacy Ads

Washington - Google is nearing a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over allegations the company illegally accepted ads from foreign online pharmacies, and is expected...