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Google loses ad exec to CBS

Patrick Keane, a four-year Google veteran, has been named chief marketing officer at CBS Interactive.

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Police blotter: E-spying OK in divorce case

Man captures keystrokes and screen grabs of wife’s chats with suspected lover–and is allowed to use them in divorce case.

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Police blotter: Wife e-surveilled in divorce case

Man captures keystrokes and screen grabs of wife’s chats with suspected lover–and is allowed to use them in divorce case.

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Fox: It’s prime time for show downloads

Series such as 24 and Prison Break to be offered for $1.99 per episode from more than 200 News Corp.-affiliated sites.

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Blockbuster reportedly in talks for Movielink

The movie-rental company is in advanced talks to acquire Movielink, an online movie-downloading company, according to published reports.

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U.S. presidential hopefuls flock to YouTube

The video-sharing site pushes farther into the U.S. political mainstream with You Choose ‘08, which allows candidates to control how they exchange views with voters.

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Ad industry edging closer to electronic trading age

Advertising trade group and eBay detail plans for a national effort to enable electronic buying and selling of ads across media.

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House panel grills Sirius chief on XM merger

Politicians say they want to keep an open mind but indicate the deal may have high hurdles to leap.

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Google Maps adds real-time traffic data

Latest offering shows traffic conditions in more than 30 major cities. But Yahoo already has a similar service.

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College students take to Ruckus

Service that caused a stir in January by offering free music to those with .edu e-mail is seeing double-digit growth.

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Adobe to take Photoshop online

A hosted version of Photoshop will appear within six months, CEO says, as the company looks to combine online features with packaged apps.

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A cure for e-mail attention disorder?

Silicon Valley start-up develops system to help manage e-mail overload that borrows heavily from the virtual economies and currencies.Images: Handling e-mail overload

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