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Ask.com closes acquisition of Dictionary.com Ask.com, the Web search unit of
IAC/InterActiveCorp, has closed an all-cash deal to acquire
Lexico Publishing Group, the owner of popular reference sites
Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com.
Game Group falls on fear demand has peaked
Computer games retailer Game Group
smashed first-half profit forecasts, boosted by new releases
like Grand Theft Auto IV and Wii Fit, but its shares slumped on
concern that demand has peaked.
Ben Kinsella's family launch website The family of Ben Kinsella, the
16-year-old stabbed to death in north London last weekend,
launched a website and fund in his memory on Thursday to try to
end the scourge of knife crime.
Mozilla claims Guinness Record for downloads
Mozilla, developer of open-source Web browser
Firefox, said on Wednesday it set a new Guinness World Record
for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours.
Microsoft and Yahoo mull partner options Microsoft and Yahoo have
been holding separate talks with other potential media partners
after their negotiations with each other broke down, sources
familiar with the companies' thinking said on Wednesday.
Google in deal with Brazil to fight child porn
Internet search company Google signed
an agreement with Brazilian public prosecutors on Wednesday to
help combat child pornography on its social networking site
Orkut, an accord that the company believes is the first of its
kind internationally.
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