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• Nonverbal Communication: A Scientific Weapon for the Courtroom?

  Think the eyes are windows to the soul? If so, you may want to reconsider that notion, as a recently released scientific study challenges commonly held beliefs and intuition regarding the importance of facial expression in conveying emotion. Cues from the body, as it turns out, are more powerful than facial expressions when it comes to perceiving intense emotions, according to the study results.

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• Stop Before You Spy on That Email

  Do you think it's safe to spy on your employee's email? Are you randomly downloading employee email to ensure your company-owned computer system isn't employed for personal purposes? Since 1993, three court cases have addressed the issue of employee email privacy. But, if recent news reports about these lawsuits have given you comfort and carte blanche in snooping on your employee's email, stop right now.

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• FTC Takes Action Against Prerecorded Sales Calls

  Do you hate prerecorded sales calls? If so, you are not alone. Indeed, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been inundated with complaints about such calls. As a result, the FTC has just announced an amendment to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) that expressly bars telemarketing calls that deliver prerecorded messages, except as to people who have agreed in advance to receive these calls from specific sellers.

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• Google To Acquire YouTube for $1.65 Billion in Stock

  Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube, the consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos through a Web experience, for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. Following the acquisition, YouTube will operate independently to preserve its successful brand and passionate community.

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• Palm Responds to Unwarranted Lawsuit Over Dubious Patents

  Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today issued the following statement in response to a patent-infringement lawsuit filed against it by patent-holding company NTP Inc. The NTP lawsuit claims that certain Palm products infringe seven NTP patents. All seven of the patents asserted are being re-examined by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and have been rejected by the re-examiners as invalid.

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• HP Reaches Resolution with California Attorney General of Claims Arising from Board Leak Investigation

  HP today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the California Attorney General to resolve civil claims arising from the previously disclosed investigation into leaks from its board of directors.

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• Net Neutrality: Battle of the Titans

  Panel discussion on net neutrality, exploring issues such as whether an Internet service provider can prioritize different bits of information and charge a fee for faster delivery, treating Internet providers as common carriers, and rate regulation.

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• Microsoft Statement Regarding the European Court of First Instance’s Judgment in the EU/Microsoft Case

  It is clear that the court has agreed with the Commission on a number of the Commission's points, and I do want to simply start by expressing our gratitude to this court for the lengthy consideration that it gave to these issues. These are obviously complicated and important topics, and we appreciate all of the objective and thorough work that went into the decision that was issued today.

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• Microsoft Statement on Proposed Acquisition of DoubleClick by Google

  Microsoft has released the following statement by Brad Smith, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation, on the proposed acquisition of DoubleClick by Google:

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• Microsoft Statement on Conviction of Operation Cyberstorm Defendants

  Microsoft applauds the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan for the conviction of three individuals involved in a scheme to defraud Microsoft of millions of dollars by obtaining discounted software under false pretenses. The conviction of these individuals is a significant victory for the software industry, its partners and customers, and all who value fair and ethical business practices.

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