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South Africa’s Naspers says has no plans to sell Polish unit Allegro

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South African media and internet group Naspers has no plans to sell its Polish business Allegro, a spokeswoman said on Friday, denying a report that the online auction site was on the block. Reuters reported this week that Cape Town-based Naspers was looking to sell its Polish operations, including Allegro, Eastern Europe’s largest web auction service

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Stop threats to Canada’s online pirates, rights holders told

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TORONTO (Reuters) – Media companies must back off from threatening Canadians who illegally download movies, music and books with penalties that do not exist in Canadian law, the government said on Friday.

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Pay TV revamps clunky guides in battle with Internet services

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By Lisa Richwine LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – U.S. cable and satellite TV providers are rolling out new services to solve a problem that drives customers crazy – which channel is HBO? And how do I find the latest episode of “The Walking Dead?” Faced with competition from Internet upstarts with graphical guides that are relatively painless to use, traditional media companies are adding voice control to remotes, cutting the number of buttons, and reducing clutter from screens.

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U.S. consults Japan, China, South Korea, Russia on North Korean hacking

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has consulted with Japan, China, South Korea and Russia seeking assistance in reining in North Korean cyber attacks, a U.S.

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North Korea behind Sony hack, with possible China link: U.S. official

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.

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Islamic State suicide bomber detonates tank in eastern Syria

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BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Islamic State suicide bomber detonated a tank at a Syrian air base in the province of Deir al-Zor, one of the last remaining government strongholds in eastern Syria, jihadist social media and a monitoring group said on Friday. One Islamic State Twitter account published two photos of a smiling man it named Abu al-Farouq al-Libi, who it said carried out the “suicide operation”.

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Max Sound files patent suit against Google, YouTube in Germany

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(Reuters) – Technology company Max Sound Corp said it filed a lawsuit against Google Inc and YouTube in Germany earlier this month, alleging infringement of a video-streaming patent. Max Sound claimed that all the products that use the H.264 video-encoding format for video compression infringed its asserted patent

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Mali tries to trace over 200 contacts in second Ebola wave

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BAMAKO/GENEVA (Reuters) – Mali is trying to trace at least 200 contacts linked to confirmed and probable Ebola victims in an effort to control its second Ebola outbreak, health officials said on Friday. An initial batch of contacts linked to a 2-year-old from Guinea who died of Ebola last month were close to the end of their 21-day quarantine period when Mali confirmed its second case this week.