Ticketmaster has reached an agreement with the state of New Jersey about how it handles online ticket sales after complaints from users about how it redirected them to its reseller site TicketsNow and charged them up to 50 times the face value for Bruce Springsteen tickets.
IBM Agrees To Help Build Broadband Network Over Power Lines
IBM has partnered with International Broadband Electric Communications (IBEC) on a $9.6 million agreement to have Big Blue install Broadband over Power Line (BPL) networks at electric cooperatives through out the eastern U.S.The concept of broadband over power lines has widely been thought of as a dead end idea but with IBM’s backing it is now being resurrected.
Google Agrees: They Are Good At Search
No false modesty exists at Google when it comes to the search service that springboarded their success.
Microsoft Agrees to Settle Antitrust Lawsuits
Microsoft will distribute vouchers valuing $37.8 million to Arkansas and $224 million to Wisconsin as part of two proposed class-action lawsuit settlements. The vouchers will be redeemable by residents of the respective states to obtain free software and hardware.
Google agrees to pay $90 mln in ‘click fraud’ suit
Are you following Google legal woes in this one… myself I’ve always been on the fence as to the merits of the Google ads.
Google Agrees To China Censorship
To maintain its access to the world’s fastest growing Internet-using population, the search advertising company agreed to adhere to Chinese regulations on free speech.
PeopleSoft Agrees To Oracle Merger
Software firm PeopleSoft has agreed to accept Oracle’s proposal to buy the company. The agreement was for $10.3 billion or $26.50 a share. The agreed-upon total is an increase of the initial offering which was for $24 a share. The deal is expected to be complete by January 2005.