In a case dating back to 1997, the companies have been accused of accepting payments from firms that advertise illegal gambling in the US.
Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Google have agreed to pay a total amount of $31.5 million towards settlement of a case alleging that the companies are guilty of promoting online gambling.
Microsoft will pay a total of $21 million consisting of,
$7.5 million as a charitable donation for Missing and Exploited Children
$4.5 million to the US government
$9 million towards a 3 yr public service campaign to warn youngsters about illegal online gambling.
Yahoo! will pay $3million to the US government and $4.5 million towards the public service campaign.
Google will pay $3 million to the government
Well, It seems these new emoticons were created by Yahoo! messenger users who entered the Yahoo! Emoticontest held over the summer.
” emoticon which she says was inspired by the movie “Borat”. “My 4 year-old son saw a couple of (allowed) scenes and he wanted to imitate him.” Renata adds that in her home country of Macedonia, “we use two thumbs up whenever we want to say that someone has done a good job.”
emoticon for all of us who may need to “look guilty in a funny way”. Eunice says “I would use my emoticon when someone’s blaming me of something I’m not responsible of. But, it can also be used by guilty people who are trying to deny something they actually did.”
emoticon, which you can use in a number of ways to get your friends moving. Daisy said “I can never get my friends to leave…so now I can use my emoticon.” Daisy’s favorite emoticons? The big grin, nerd and “talk to the hand”.
emoticon. Her inspiration? “People everywhere are listening to music while they are on the Internet… So many times I’ve wanted to express that ‘I’m Rocking Out’”. Well, Rose, we hope this does the trick!
, submitted by Ryan L., and “Don’t want to see” 
from Nancy.
[ :bz ] Nothing is mentioned about the bee, though
