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In Technology Wars, Using the Patent as a Sword — When Apple announced last year that all iPhones would come with a voice-activated assistant named Siri, capable of answering spoken questions, Michael Phillips's heart sank. — For three decades, Mr. Phillips had focused on writing software …
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Apple's Lightning to 30-Pin Adapter Begins Shipping — Apple has just begun notifying the first wave of customers who ordered the company's new Lightning to 30-pin Adapter that their orders are now shipping. MacRumors has received word from several readers located in Australia that their orders … | John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
iPad Mini Design “Could Outshine the New iPad” — More grist for the rumor mill ahead of the so-called iPad mini's expected debut later this month. — Chatter from Apple's overseas supply chain indicates that the company has not been cutting corners in its efforts to keep …
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Apple reportedly orders 10M iPad Minis for fourth quarter — Component makers in Asia say they have received orders for the unannounced tablet that eclipse Amazon's orders for the Kindle Fire, The Wall Street Journal reports. — Apple is apparently thinking big for its iPad Mini …
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| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
First Windows 8 PCs appear early, crapware included — Summary: Microsoft's official launch party for Windows 8 is still weeks away, but one well-known retailer has jumped the gun. Cable shopping giant HSN has five Windows 8 PCs for sale on the web. All are, unfortunately, fully loaded.
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Microsoft DMCA Notice ‘Mistakenly’ Targets BBC, Techcrunch, Wikipedia and U.S. Govt — In recent months the number of DMCA takedown requests sent out by copyright holders has increased dramatically, and it's starting to turn the Internet into a big mess. — One of the problems …
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| Chris Matyszczyk / CNET: |
So it looks like Samsung might not have tried to copy the iPhone — Previously redacted documents presented in the Apple-Samsung case seem not to offer actual evidence that Samsung told its designers to copy the iPhone. — You remember the recent court case in which a vast amount of money was awarded to Apple?
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U.S. Lawmakers Say Huawei Poses Security Threat — Congressional Probe Says Huawei Poses National-Security Threat to the U.S. — WASHINGTON—A Chinese telecommunications giant that has been attempting to expand in the U.S. poses a national-security threat and may have violated U.S. laws, according to a congressional investigation.
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and others join forces to launch new Web standards resource — In an attempt to create the “definitive resource” for all open Web technologies, Apple, Adobe, Facebook, Google, HP, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, and Opera have joined the W3C to launch a new website called ‘Web Platform’| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Points phased out in favor of cash in Windows 8 — Is this the end of Microsoft's controversial virtual currency? — Microsoft has started to remove its Points payments system as the default way to pay for music downloads and movie rentals or purchases in Windows 8.
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Sprint Customers Can Get Their Own Vanity Number — If They Want to Pony Up $3 a Month — Sprint will be the first carrier to offer customers the option to get their own StarStar Me vanity number. — For $3 a month, Sprint customers can pick a combination of numbers to spell out their name …
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BBC Builds Out Its iPlayer Empire With iPlayer Radio, New iOS And Web Apps For Radio Service — Another digital step forward for the UK's BBC today, this time involving the corporation's radio assets: the state-owned broadcaster today is launching iPlayer Radio a new, integrated mobile web and desktop app …
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