A United States judge approved Viacom’s request for YouTube to turn over its private user data. This is part of the $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit Viacom filed against the online video service. Viacom, who owns Paramount and MTV, is suing YouTube owner Google for letting its users upload and watch copyrighted material from its movie and TV studios. Judge Louis Stanton of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered on Tuesday that Google turn over parts ... Read More

Steve Ballmer (Photo: tabacco.blog-city.com) Steve Ballmer took over as Microsoft’s CEO in January 2000 as Bill Gates became the company’s chairman and chief software architect. In a few days, Ballmer will assume the company’s highest position. Gates has earlier announced his retirement from his daily function at Microsoft to focus more on philanthropy. As Bill Gates’ partner for almost 30 years, many believe that Ballmer deserves the position, can do the task, and can establish his own identity. Gates has the technical ... Read More