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Exclusive: Nokia seeks to block sale of some RIM products — Nokia wants a US court to enforce an arbitration agreement that could affect most of RIM's smartphones — Nokia has asked a California court to enforce an arbitration award that would prevent Research In Motion from selling products …
| Tarmo Virki / Reuters: |
BlackBerry maker RIM loses patent dispute with Nokia — (Reuters) - Canada's Research In Motion (RIM) has lost a contract dispute over the use of Nokia patents in a case which could halt sales of its BlackBerry phones if it does not reach a deal to pay royalties to the Finnish company.
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| Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog: |
Windows 8 - 40 Million Licenses Sold — As we pass the one month anniversary of the general availability of Windows 8, we are pleased to announce that to-date Microsoft has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses. Tami Reller shared this news with industry and financial analysts …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows Blue is Microsoft's future low-cost OS with yearly updates — Microsoft is busy preparing its next-generation Windows client, shortly after shipping Windows 8 in October. The Verge has learned from several sources familiar with Microsoft's plans that the company is planning …
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‘Piracy’ student Richard O'Dwyer avoids US extradition — Mr O'Dwyer faced a maximum sentence of five years in prison if found guilty in the US — A student facing trial and possible imprisonment in the United States has struck a deal to avoid extradition, the High Court has been told.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's launches ‘Scroogled’ anti-Google Shopping website — Microsoft is launching its latest anti-Google campaign this week. A new Scroogled site has emerged that directly attacks Google's “unfair pay-to-rank shopping practices” says Microsoft. “Simply put, all of their shopping results …
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| Loek Essers / Computerworld: |
Apple gets sales ban on some Samsung Galaxy products in the Netherlands — Dutch court bans sale of Samsung products that infringe on an Apple patent on navigating images in a photo gallery — A Dutch court has banned sales of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy products that infringe …
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Marissa Mayer's First Live Interview (Which ATD Had to Virtually Sneak Into): God. Family. Yahoo. — Tonight, new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gave her first public interview since becoming the leader of the troubled Silicon Valley Internet giant. — Not to cranky me, of course …
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Amazon's Maps API now available to all developers, becomes part of Mobile App SDK — Amazon on Tuesday announced the release of its Maps API, now out of beta and integrated into the Amazon Mobile App SDK. The company is pushing for developers to get started using it for Kindle Fire … | Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Andrew Mason: It Would Be Weird If The Board Wasn't Discussing If I was The Right Guy For The Job — Yesterday we learned from Kara Swisher and other sources that Groupon CEO Andrew Mason could be on his way out soon. — At our IGNITION conference, Mason spoke with Henry Blodget on the matter.
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| Noel Randewich / Reuters: |
AMD plans to sell Texas campus to raise cash — (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc plans to sell and lease back its Austin, Texas campus to raise cash and fund its chipmaking business as it diversifies beyond the troubled PC industry into new markets. — AMD expects to sell the 58-acre site …
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Yelp CEO: Yep, Google can be pretty evil — Jeremy Stoppelman, speaking during a Business Insider conference, also said doing anything local takes depth and time. — NEW YORK—Sure, Google can be pretty evil, Yelp Chief Executive Jeremy Stoppelman said. — Stoppelman, speaking … Thanks:@lutherlowe
| Gary Marcus / The New Yorker: |
Moral Machines — Google's driver-less cars are already street-legal in three states, California, Florida, and Nevada, and some day similar devices may not just be possible but mandatory. Eventually (though not yet) automated vehicles will be able to drive better, and more safely than you can … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
iPad And Android Tablet Market Share Margin Narrows Much Faster Than Originally Predicted — Apple continued to win out in terms of tablet market share this past quarter, according to the latest figures from ABI Research, with a 55 percent share of all shipments during the period.| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Hackers steal and publish e-mails from U.N. nuclear agency — The IAEA confirms its servers were breached and a hacking group claims responsibility demanding an investigation into Israel's alleged nuclear proliferation program. — Hackers have made their way into one of the servers …
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Microsoft Says It Has Identified Windows Phone Rebooting Issue, Plans Fix for December — Microsoft said it believes it has identified a problem that was causing some Windows Phone 8 devices to reboot without warning. — The company said it hopes to deliver an over-the-air software fix next month.| Eva Dou / Digits: |
HTC Calls Up a New Marketing Chief — Embattled smartphone maker HTC Corp. is trying to send a clearer signal to consumers. — The company, which has seen its popularity erode amid stiff competition, is shaking up its marketing. HTC announced Wednesday in a statement that Benjamin Ho …
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| Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
Nokia Lumia 920 Review - High Quality But It's Heavy — Both Nokia and Microsoft were once titans in the smartphone world, but the pair have struggled to find favor with consumers, carriers and developers in the iPhone-Android era. Now, the two companies, which have become close partners …
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| Bloomberg: |
Google Chief Page Said to Meet FTC Over Antitrust Probe — Google Inc. (GOOG) Chief Executive Officer Larry Page met with U.S. Federal Trade Commission officials today in Washington as the agency moves to wrap up its 19-month investigation of the company's business practices, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn Launches Ads API, Enabling Custom Tools For Large-Scale Campaigns — LinkedIn is announcing a new Ads API, which could bring more large-scale social marketing campaigns to the professional networking site. — In a blog post that the company plans to publish on its marketing website later today … | Jack Shafer / Reuters: |
Fake press releases are a public service — Yesterday, an enterprising clown used PRWeb to publish a fake press release about the purported purchasing of WiFi provider ICOA by Google for $400 million. The Associated Press, Business Insider, Forbes, Techcrunch and other websites ran stories …
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| Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat: |
Rep. Darrell Issa introduces a 'don't mess with the Internet for two years' bill — If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Yet, when it comes to the Internet, there are plenty of politicians who believe something is broken. — Suffice it to say, the majority of active Internet users …
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| Lucian Constantin / Computerworld: |
Samsung printers contain hardcoded backdoor account, US-CERT warns — Hardcoded administrative account in Samsung printers poses security risks — Printers manufactured by Samsung have a backdoor administrator account hard coded in their firmware that could enable attackers to change their configuration …
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