Google to buy display advertising startup Teracent
Google Inc. said Monday it agreed to acquire display advertising startup Teracent Corp., which has developed machine learning algorithms designed to deliver optimized Web ads in real time.
The acquisition is Google's latest move to bolster its presence in the online display ad market, a business dominated by rival Yahoo Inc. It wasn't immediately clear how the deal will affect Teracent's partnership with Yahoo to deliver mobile ads.
Total Telecom

Skype video calling comes to Nokia
Nokia users will be able to make Skype video calls for free as of today, courtesy of a new app from Fring. Fring is a big player in the mobile communications market. In the past, the company's apps have offered up a whole load of interactivity that we now take for granted on a mobile phone before anyone else – including free access to Twitter and the like. Now Fring is bringing Skype video calls to web-enabled Nokia handsets.
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65 per cent mobile internet users on less than 1 Mbps
According to broadband comparison sight, Broadband Genie, two thirds of mobile broadband users are getting an average speed less than 1Mbps despite the fact that the majority of mobile broadband packages from operators including 3, O2, T-Mobile and Orange are advertised at 'up to' 3.6Mbps.
PC Advisor

Infosys plans to hire 20,000 next year
India's Infosys Technologies Ltd says that due to the job scenario in Indian technology industry being reasonably better, the company, assuming around 10 per cent attrition rate, expects to hire 20,000 people in the next fiscal year. India's technology companies, which earn most of their revenue from clients in the U.S., are slowly recovering from the effects of the economic slowdown, as technology spending makes a modest comeback in developed nations.
Wall Street Journal
 
Infineon not a target for Samsung
Samsung Electronics said market speculation that it may bid for German chipmaker Infineon was untrue according to a report from Reuters in Seoul. "Such talk is untrue. We have never studied the possibility," Reuters quoted Samsung spokesman James Chung as saying. Shares in Infineon had risen with traders pointing to speculation that Samsung may make a bid for the company. Infineon declined to comment on the speculation.
EE Times

EC drops Qualcomm anti-trust investigation
The European Commission has dropped its four-year anti-trust investigation against Qualcomm.  Qualcomm was being investigated for an alleged breach of EC treaty rules on abuse of a dominant market position. The European Commission had opened antitrust proceedings against Qualcomm on 1 October 2007 based on a purported violation of the now famous Article 82.  The European Commission said it is "committed to fight against illegal behaviour by dominant companies in key innovative sectors like telecoms and IT, when an abuse of their market power would deny consumers the benefits of competition and choice".
Hexus.channel

Iraq government launches YouTube channel
The government of Iraq has launched a YouTube channel to give the world a more transparent view of what the administration is trying to accomplish in the country.  The Iraqi government – led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki – aims show that technology is playing an important role in rebuilding the nation, and has launched the YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/iraqigov.
"The Internet presents all of us with the biggest communications opportunity of our time," said Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Tech Radar

giffgaff launches new UK mobile network, innovative rewards scheme
Today sees the launch of giffgaff, a 'virtual' mobile operator that uses the O2 UK network. Giffgaff is encouraging its customers to promote the network by borrowing eccentric tools and creating YouTube videos. The best five videos will each receive £5000; there's also a potential reward of free mobile usage for a year.  The innovative company is also running a 'Payback' scheme that awards points for helping other people. Each point is worth 1p; there are points for answering queries, points for submitting marketing ideas and 500 points (£5) for acquiring new users.
The Fonecast

Euro-DROID set to hit UK in time for Christmas
Motorola’s MILESTONE – the European version of their current US best-seller, the Android 2.0-powered DROID – is rumoured to be available in the UK on 7th December.  SuperETrader is pre-orders for the MILESTONE at £439.99 ($731) including tax, for which you get a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and just about all the wireless connectivity you could desire: HSDPA/HSUPA, WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0. 
Slashgear

TiVo to develop platform for Virgin Media
TiVo Inc. Has announced a deal with Virgin Media to develop a next-generation TV platform that will include broadband-fed video services and applications.  TiVo, which announced the deal alongside its third-quarter earnings, said it is developing a "converged television and broadband interactive interface" for Virgin's upcoming high-definition set-top boxes.  Virgin is ambitiously upgrading its content delivery network to handle more IP traffic, and be capable of taking video from the Web, and says the set-top platform, co-branded with TiVo, will debut sometime in 2010.
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