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• AOL discontinues LISTSERV mailing list service

  Ending a service it has offered for well over a decade, AOL is shutting down its free LISTSERV-based mailing-list hosting operations, the company told mailing list administrators.

• NoSQL offers users scalability, flexibility, speed

  Users of NoSQL databases and data processing frameworks such as CouchDB and Hadoop are deploying these new technologies for their speed, scalability and flexibility, judging from a number of sessions at the NoSQL Now conference being held this week in San Jose, California.

• Group: Google Buzz settlement a 'killer' for e-commerce

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's proposed settlement with Google over its bungled launch of the Buzz social-networking service could have disastrous effects on the rest of the e-commerce industry, the head of a trade group said.

• AOL CEO: Layoffs today, bright future ahead

  Despite laying off 20 per cent of the AOL workforce Thursday, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong foresees 2011 as the year that AOL will start to grow again.

• Trade group: Do-not-track bill is 'awful'

  A bill that would direct the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to create a mechanism to allow consumers to opt out of online tracking efforts tops a list of proposals that would be bad for the Internet, according to e-commerce trade group NetChoice.

• AOL tries to reclaim lost glory with Huffington Post buy

  AOL, an Internet company trying to reinvent itself, wants to reclaim some of its lost glory by purchasing The Huffington Post.

• AOL to buy Huffington Post for $315 million

  AOL has agreed to buy the second most popular news website in the U.S., The Huffington Post, for $US315 million, it said in a statement Monday.

• Wall Street Beat: Business software, e-commerce shine

  With most tech bellwethers having reported financial results, the earnings season is coming to a close, but BMC, NetSuite, AOL and IAC results this week offered insights into aspects of business IT and the Internet sector.

• Intel, IBM invest in White House innovation effort

  Intel Capital and IBM are investing a combined US$350 million in a new effort by President Barack Obama's administration to encourage entrepreneurs and mentor new businesspeople.

• Paul Allen revises patent suit, targets Android, Apple iTunes

  Beats deadline for filing amended complaint, lists wide array of online software, services Beats deadline for filing amended complaint, lists wide array of online software, services

• AOL may acquire more media properties

  AOL may buy more online media and even traditional newspapers in its bid to boost the digital content it offers customers, a senior company executive said.

• AOL buys TechCrunch and 5min Media

  AOL has made two acquisitions to boost its content offerings, buying technology news blog TechCrunch and video syndication platform 5min Media.

• Google and AOL renew long-term partnership

  Google and AOL have renewed a long-term partnership that gives AOL Web properties access to Google search and advertising services.

• Allen sues Google, Apple, others over patents

  A firm owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has filed a lawsuit against Google, Apple, Facebook, and other companies alleging that they have violated patents related to search, multimedia, screen pop-ups and database management.

• AOL offers new mobile portal, app

  AOL Thursday opened a new smartphone portal and introduced an application that will initially be exclusive to Android.