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Commits (Internet advertising) Funds to Philanthropic Arm (AP)AP - Google Inc. is

Google Commits Funds to Philanthropic Arm (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is financing its promise to make the world a better place with an initial commitment of nearly$1 billion to a philanthropic arm devoted to causes that mesh with the online search engine leader's crusade.

Web site catering to gay men sues PayPal for ending service (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - A New Orleans business has sued San Jose's PayPal because the Internet financial giant won't allow the company to use its service to collect donations for Hurricane Katrina victims.

Microsoft, Yahoo Reach IM Partnership (AP)

AP - Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. will make their instant-messaging programs work together, a partnership that could give the companies more power to compete against market leader America Online.

AT&T to double Internet capacity (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - AT&T said Tuesday that it will open a San Jose data center to double its Bay Area capacity for handling customers'Internet traffic.

Microsoft, Yahoo Reach Instant Messaging Deal (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft and Yahoo will announce Wednesday that they're making their two instant-messaging programs interoperable, posing a threat to market leader America Online. AOL has 51.5 million unique US users, compared with 49.2 million users for Microsoft and Yahoo combined.

Yahoo accused of raiding workers (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Nuance Communications, a Menlo Park maker of speech-recognition software, has sued Yahoo for unfair competition and theft of trade secrets, accusing the Internet giant of ``raiding''all but one of Nuance's research and development engineers.

EU introduces single online music sales license (Reuters)
Reuters - Companies that want to sell musiconline in the European Union can now get a single license tooperate in all 25 member states, the European Commission saidon Wednesday.

Microsoft, Yahoo Reportedly Ready To Link Instant-Messaging Services (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft and Yahoo are expected to announce Wednesday interoperability between each other's instant messaging service, a move that could dramatically change a market that's been dominated by America Online Inc., a newspaper reported.