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PC World - Google unveiled its new mobile location tracking service, Google Latitude, on Wednesday -- and it took me only a matter of minutes to determine it’s one service I won’t be using.No tag for this post.

Rancho Santa Margarita-based Melissa Data, which develops contact data verification and other software for mailing list management, has acquired M1 Data and Analytics, the firm said today. Melissa Data said that it acquired M1 from Metro One Telecommunications. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. M1 Data provides services for purchasing, updating, and analyzing consumer and business information, used by telecommunications firm for 411 directory assistance information. No tag for this post.

AP - Google Inc.'s decision to sell its crumbling investment in longtime advertising partner AOL is the latest example of how the recession has forced the Internet search leader to sober up and reassess its priorities.No tag for this post.