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Skype Future in Jeopardy

Joltid developed some of the underlying p2p technology that Skype uses.  They are claiming that Skype doesn't have a right to use that technoloyg.  Skype's parent company EBay is suing Joltid for the continued use of that technology.

Read more about it here on Bloomberg.com. 

Posted by Jon Lutz

Yahoo Gives In to Microsoft, Gives Up on Search

Microsoft and Yahoo have signed a ten year deal to become search partners.  An article in the July 29th BusinessWeek asserts that while Yahoo will handle ad sales, Microsoft will get the real prize which is "data on who is doing what online."  Read the article here.

Posted by Jon Lutz

Age Bias

The ABAJournal Law News Now reports that age bias claims increased 29 percent last year. 

Read about it here.

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PLI Offers its Law Books on Kindle

Practising Law Institute is now offering its publications on Kindle.  More than 65 PLI titles are available.

Read more about it in the ABAJournal Law News Now.

Visit the PLI site.

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Yahoo to Launch New Research Tool

Yahoo's Search Pad was released Tuesday July 7th.  Search Pad allows users to save and take notes on search results which they can revisit later. 

Read about Search Pad on the WSJ Blog Digits here.

Try Search Pad here.

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National Institutes of Health Guidelines on Human Stem Cell Research

In March of 2009 President Obama signed the executive order Removing the Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells.  The National Institutes of Health has issued guidelines on Human Stem Cell Research that become effective July 7, 2009.

The guidelines can be viewed here. 

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Bing searches Twitter

Microsoft Bing now searches Twitter in real time.  Twitter has become increasingly important for keeping up on breaking news.  Many corporations provide press releases via Twitter.   LegalNews is available on twitter.

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Text Messages are Calls

Text messages to cell phones in regards to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act are calls.  The case arose from Simon & Schuster sending text message advertisements to cell phones.  According to the recent case Laci Satterfield v. Simon and Schuster under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act "call" should  encompass both voice calls and text calls.  The TCPA prohibits automatic phone dialling to cell phones. 

Posted by Jon Lutz