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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's justice minister denied on Friday that U.S. government pressure had led to a crack down on Internet piracy this week in an escalating row over copyright protection and freedom of information.

The company, which makes software for online casino, poker and bingo games and counts Empire Online and Bet365 among its clients, said the deal means it can offer a full range of mahjong games, including country-specific versions.

Many AOL members were unable to send or receive new e-mails since 11.00 a.m. EST. AOL said it was investigating.

During a conference call with Wall Street analysts, Schmidt dismissed speculation that the company aimed to tie together its Web search and other services to compete with Microsoft's Internet Explorer, the world's dominant Web browser.

MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. and Web auctioneer eBay Inc. on Thursday said they agreed to form a broad alliance designed to boost their positions amid growing competition with Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp..

The department said about 2.8 million people had fallen victim to the fraud schemes that were carried out through the Internet, by telemarketers and through mass mailings.

Rohan Gunaratna, head of the political violence and terrorism center at Singapore's Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, said regional militant network Jemaah Islamiah (JI) used Internet extensively to spread its propaganda.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four years ago, a small e-mail campaign saved a struggling coffee shop in Portland, Oregon.

The figure provides an early sign of demand for television programs available on the Internet as broadcasters experiment with new ways of reaching viewers.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Soccer fans who missed out on the official World Cup draws will run a big risk if they buy unauthorized tickets via online auction house Ebay, a German official said on Thursday.

The first adoption of the world's most popular search service in Japan, starting in July, will make Internet searches easier while enabling direct access to information sought by users, the company said.

The devices track and manage heart failure symptoms and also monitor and correct dangerously abnormal heart rhythms.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set aside a patent injunction against online auctioneer eBay Inc., but balked at arguments by the company that could have narrowed the rights of most patent holders.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Like millions around the world, you have an iPod, the market-leading digital music player made by Apple Computer Inc. and have spent perhaps a few hundred dollars buying songs from the company's iTunes music store.