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Groupon sues Groupocity in trademark dispute

By Ameet Sachdev | Success breeds imitation as Groupon, the Chicago-based company that offers coupons and discounts on its Web site, has learned.

The company on Friday sued Groupocity for violating its trademark.
Groupocity is a Tampa-based company that has the same business model as
Groupon, according to the suit filed in federal court in Chicago.

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Report: Hackers hit Google from China schools

Associated Press | The Internet attacks that may end up driving
Google Inc. out of China originated from two prominent schools in the
country, according to a story published late Thursday.

The New York Times reported security investigators have traced the
hacking to computers at Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang
Vocational School in China. The newspaper attributed the information to
unnamed people involved in the investigation.

Google didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Hotmail restored after brief outage

From MSNBC.com | Microsoft said it has fixed problems that prevented some Hotmail users from accessing their e-mail accounts and other services.

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