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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue you — GraphOn is suing Google for patent infringement and the company appears to be doing a nice imitation of NTP, the company that made its name by suing Research in Motion. GraphOn is going for gold in the patent troll Olympics.
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GraphOn files patent suit against Google — The suit alleges that Google's Base, AdWords, Blogger, Sites, and YouTube services infringe on database-related patents. — (Posted in Digital Media by Margaret Kane) — Site aims to be Facebook for sports fans
Business Wire:
GraphOn Files Lawsuit against Google for Patent Infringement — SANTA CRUZ, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—GraphOn Corporation (OTCBB: GOJO - News), a leading worldwide developer of server-based application publishing and Web-enabling software solutions, announced today that it has filed a lawsuit …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
HTC Dream FCC approved, Android clear for launch? — The long rumored HTC Dream handset — once referred to as “The Googlephone” — just received FCC approval. The handset is listed as type, “Dream' with a model of “DREA100. ” The same model also appears with a WiFi Interoperability Certificate touting 802.11b/g WiFi.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
GPhone On Its Way! FCC Approves HTC Dream — The government is out of Google's way: The FCC has just approved the HTC Dream, the first phone that will run Google's “GPhone” Android mobile operating system. — No hi-res product shots included in the FCC's documentation …
Sam Diaz / Between the Lines:
cloud computing - lowercase, please. hold the (TM) — Feel free to approach a co-worker at the Red Bull station this morning and casually ask: “So, did you do any cloud computing over the weekend?” OK, maybe that ice-breaker won't get you invited to happy hour with the cool crew from HR …
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Amy Schatz / Wall Street Journal:
FCC to Decide in Battle for TV Spectrum — As Google, Others Push for Sharing, Broadcasters Fret — Landover, Md. — After eight months of testing, a plan to employ unused TV channels to provide cheap, high-speed wireless Internet networks still faces determined opposition and an uncertain future.
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Take 2 Games:
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. CONFIRMS THAT ELECTRONIC ARTS WILL JOIN TAKE-TWO'S FORMAL PROCESS REVIEWING STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVES AND THAT EA'S TENDER OFFER WILL EXPIRE — Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) today confirmed that it expects to sign a confidentiality agreement …
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Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:EA revises Take-Two acquisition offer, again
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Pouring Our Heart Into TechCrunch50 — TechCrunch50, where fifty new startups (give or take) will launch, is less than a month away. The conference team is fried after reviewing over 1,000 applications from companies preparing to launch. We've been interviewing these startups for weeks …
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Arn / MacRumors:
iPhone 3G Connectivity Affecting 2% of Customers? Software Fix Soon? — One MacRumors reader claims to have received a response from Steve Jobs after emailing in a complaint about the current iPhone 3G connectivity issues that have been widely reported. — According to the email response …
Randall Kennedy / Windows Sentinel:
Bursting the Vista sales bubble — Our Windows Sentinel tracking data shows that 35 percent of mainly enterprise-class users “downgrade” their Vista systems to XP — For weeks now there've been rumors that major PC makers, like Hewlett-Packard, have been quietly selling PCs with a Vista license …
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Dan Nystedt / Network World:Microsoft faces Taiwan antitrust investigation
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Wall Street Journal:
AC/DC to Sell New Album Only Through Wal-Mart — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said rock band AC/DC will sell its new album exclusively at namesake and Sam's Club locations in the U.S. — The move — which makes the veteran rockers the latest artist to sell a new album only through Wal-Mart …
Smashing Magazine:
10 Futuristic User Interfaces — Good user interfaces are crucial for good user experience. It doesn't matter how good a technology is — if we, designers, don't manage to make user interface as intuitive and attractive as possible, the technology will hardly reach a breakthrough.
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Ben Kunz / Business Week:
The Trouble with Twitter — Don't be surprised to see advertising on Twitter soon. It's about the only way the service can generate revenue. But will it be enough? — Twitter's business model is starting to show. An early sign came in April, when the popular microblogging service launched …
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The Social Times, Valleywag, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, broadstuff, Loic Le Meur Blog, AppScout and The Blog Herald
BBC:
Clipboards hijacked in web attack — Computer security firms are warning about an attack that hijacks the clipboard where copied text is stored. — The attack puts a hard-to-delete weblink into the clipboard that, if followed, leads people to a website selling fake security software.
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John Timmer / Ars Technica:
Evolution of DRM: streaming services use unencrypted MP3s — For the music industry, DRM might have started out being an antipiracy measure, but these days, it's becoming increasingly clear that it's used by the labels as a way of manipulating the market. The labels have largely prevented Apple …
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