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Intel settles AMD claims but isn't off the hook (AP)

Intel settles AMD claims but isn't off the hook

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(AP) -- Intel Corp. is paying Silicon Valley rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. $1.25 billion to squash a legal battle over Intel's sales tactics, a rift that led to antitrust charges against Intel in several ...


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Mobile phone giant Nokia sues Apple over iPhone

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, took on the iconic iPhone on Thursday by suing US rival Apple for infringing 10 Nokia patents on mobile phone technology.


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Palm faces 'make-or-break' event with launch of the Pre

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created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Few businesses rise or fall on a single product, but Palm Inc. has essentially banked its future as a company on a small, touch-screen wireless phone set to hit the market in just two weeks.


Microsoft launched its first bond issue on Monday, sparking rumors of a takeover bid

Microsoft bond issue sparks takeover rumors

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created May 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Microsoft launched its first bond issue on Monday, sparking rumors the US software giant was contemplating a takeover bid.


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Android Trademark Lawsuit Against Google & Open Handset Manufacturers: Who's Confused?

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The rumors about a possible trademark lawsuit by Eric Specht owner of Android Data of Illinois presents a twisty-tie legal concept. As reported by The Android Guys and ZDNet's Dana Blankenhorn, Android Data ...


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Apple sued for stifling iPod tricks

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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Internet rights champions have accused Apple of stifling free speech by bullying OdioWorks into ending online sharing of ways to get iPods to work with music websites other than iTunes.


Intel was handed a 643-million-dollar bill by tax authorities in Denmark over its disputed sale of a Danish company

Intel handed 643-million-dollar Danish tax bill: report

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created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Intel, the US technology giant, has been handed a 643-million-dollar bill by tax authorities in Denmark over its disputed sale of a Danish company, the Jyllands-Posten daily reported Tuesday.


AP Source: IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems (AP)

IBM could shake up Silicon Valley with Sun deal (Update 2)

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created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- If IBM Corp. scoops up Sun Microsystems Inc. for at least $6.5 billion in cash, as the companies are discussing, IBM would be making an opportunistic grab for a deep well of technology that Sun has ...


Microsoft unleashes lawsuits, raids in piracy crackdown

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Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has unleashed a series of lawsuits and is cooperating in criminal prosecutions worldwide in an effort to stem piracy of its software.


AP sources: Comcast to pay $13.75B for NBC stake (AP)

Comcast aims to reshape entertainment with NBC

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. announced Thursday it plans to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal for $13.75 billion, giving the nation's largest cable TV operator control of the Peacock network, an array of cable ...


Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels (AP)

Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding and turning in a towering germ-free plant, the world's first making giant "10th generation" panels for flat screen TVs.


Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO (AP)

Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.


AOL to lay off a third of staff (AP)

AOL offers buyouts to over a third of work force

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs - more than a third of its work force - as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage.


A Chinese court has found Microsoft guilty of infringing a Chinese company's intellectual property rights

Court rules against Microsoft in China font case

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Chinese court has ruled Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, the companies confirmed Tuesday.


Gartner said in a statement that semiconductor revenue is on pace to fall 11.4 percent this year

Semiconductor revenue to fall 11 percent: Gartner

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to decline by more than 11 percent in 2009 over last year, less than previously forecast, market research firm Gartner said Monday.