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Court rules that Apple did not violate Motorola patents

Apple did not violate a push notifications patent held by the Google-owned Motorola Mobility according to a ruling posted today by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal...

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Despite Beats sale, HTC posts second consecutive operating loss

HTC just posted another operating loss of NT$1.56 billion ($52 million), but managed a small net profit of NT$310 million ($10.3 million) selling its remaining shares of Beats. Though the Taiwanese company...

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Twitter shares continue to soar, valued at almost $40 million

Twitter held its initial public offering last month at $26. Since then the stock has increased by 169%, valuing the company almost $40 million. Investors are confident that Twitter can attract...

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Apple-backed consortium reportedly planning to sell off patent portfolio

Rockstar, a consortium backed by Apple, Microsoft, Sony, and other tech giants, is planning to sell off most of its patent portfolio. The group beat Google in a bidding war for...

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Sony to sell Gracenote to Tribune for $170 million

Sony Corp. of America has agreed to sell its Gracenote music metadata business to the Tribune media conglomerate for $170 million. Gracenote maintains a database of music data that’s used by...

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Warren Buffett dives into wind power

Why is everybody making such a fuss about the latest Warren Buffett wind power purchase?  The new order is big news for Siemens, which thanks to Buffett gets to win the...

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Major U.S. offshore wind farm built off Massachusetts Coast

Spurred by the impending expiration of a federal tax credit that could be worth $780 million,Cape Wind, the long-sought giant wind farm off the Massachusetts coast, is apparently now under...

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Norway rejects Bitcoin as a legitimate currency, will treat savings as taxable assets

Governments are beginning to take a stance on Bitcoin, the latest being Norway, where the director general of taxation has said that the crypto-currency "doesn't fall under the usual definition of...

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Verizon could announce Intel TV deal as early as next week

Verizon is close to inking a deal with Intel to buy the chip maker’s yet-to-be launched online TV service OnCue. Intel originally planned to launch the service by the end of...

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Adobe shares fly to record heights on the cloud

Adobe’s fourth-quarter profit fell and its overall revenue shrank, it reported Thursday. But its shares are soaring to a record today, thanks to some cloudy news. The cloud we speak of is where...

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Google’s reported chip plans could hurt Intel

Another potential cloud has appeared on the horizon for Intel and its server-chip business as Google is reportedly considering making its own server chips, using a design from British firm ARM...

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Bendable smartphones won’t be coming any time soon

Mass-produced mobile devices with flexible, and eventually foldable, screens may be as far as a decade away, according to Max McDaniel, chief marketing officer of Applied Materials's display business group....

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