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Google Names Larry Brilliant to Head Philanthropic Activities

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 22, 2006 - 5:13am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google on Wednesday named Larry Brilliant as the executive director of Google.org, which administers the company's philanthropic activities. Brilliant is a founder and director of The Seva Foundation, a Policy Advisory Council member at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, and a member of the Strategic Advisory Group of Kleiner-Perkins' Pandemic and Bio-Defense Fund.
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Microsoft Names New Head of Japanese Xbox Division

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 16, 2006 - 8:29am.
Tokyo - Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has appointed Takashi Sensui to general manager of its Xbox division in Japan. Sensui replaces Yoshihiro Maruyama, who was appointed to a position within Microsoft's entertainment and devices division. Microsoft has sold just 115,000 Xbox 360 consoles in Japan in two months of availability -- fewer than the original Xbox in the same period -- compared with 900,000 sold in North America by the end of December. "Sales have not necessarily lived up to everyone's expectations since launch," Sensui told Reuters. "But considering the (software) titles due to be released and the features and functions of the Xbox 360, we believe we will see very strong growth from here on out." The company expects sales to increase once Japanese-developed games for the Xbox 360 are released in the near future. "There just hasn't been enough software available," Hiroshi Kamide, an analyst at KBC Securities Japan, told Reuters. "It's all about the games, and if they aren't there, there is just absolutely no point."
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News Corp Names Head of Internet Investment Unit

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 4, 2006 - 7:37am.
New York - Australian media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has named 33-year-old Jeremy Philips as the head of its Internet investment arm, which of late has been busy with acquisitions of MySpace.com parent Intermix Media, IGN Entertainment and Scout Media. The new executive vice president, office of the chairman previously worked at ecorp, Citigroup and McKinsey & Company.
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Sen. Orrin Hatch Named to Head New Intellectual Property Subcommittee

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 18, 2005 - 10:15am.
Washington -- Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has been named to head a new Senate Intellectual Property subcommittee, recently created by Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter (R-Penn.). The subcommittee will be responsible for creating copyright and patent legislation and overseeing the U.S. Copyright Office. Hatch, an amateur songwriter in his own right, has been a vocal advocate for the recording industry -- who once said that copyright holders ought be able to destroy the PCs of infringing file-swappers. Hatch endorsed legislation called the "Induce Act," that critics said was worded so broadly as to go beyond unauthorized file-sharing to outlaw products like the iPod or the PC. Hatch spokesman Adam Elggren told The Washington Post that reintroducing the Induce Act would not be on the new subcommittee's "immediate agenda."
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