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Dish withdraws its $2.2 billion bid for LightSquared

Dish Network’s courtroom dance with LightSquared appears to have concluded.Reuters reports that the committee overseeing LightSquared’s bankruptcy auction confirmed Dish has withdrawn its $2.2 billion bid for the company, leaving its controversial L-band spectrum on...

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Hulu must face a class-action privacy lawsuit for allegedly sharing user data

A California judge has ruled that Hulu must face a class-action privacy lawsuit for allegedly breaking the Video Privacy Protection Act from 1988. The act prevents public sharing of video rental data without...

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Half-cow, half-machine artificial heart implanted in first human

This week, French surgeons implanted a Carmat artificial heart in a human patient for the very first time. The device, which combines mechanical components and heart tissue derived from cows, is...

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China is using legions of untrained amateurs to steal US weapons

China is reportedly trying to acquire the US military's latest technology, but according to Reuters, it's not using traditional methods of espionage to do so. The world's most populous nation has...

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Dish eyeing T-Mobile for possible 2014 acquisition bid

Dish is reportedly eyeing T-Mobile US as a potential acquisition target for 2014, reports Reuters, which spoke to sources familiar with the matter. If that's the case, Dish could be face-to-face with...

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Carrier lets customers rent iPhone 5s, Galaxy Note 3 for almost nothing

French carrier Iliad, which operates the well-known local Free brand, has a new offer for its mobile customers that will let them rent high-end smartphones. The first three devices in...

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Governor Inslee ‘disappointed’ as Boeing moves up to 1,200 tech jobs out of Washington

Aerospace giant Boeing is restructuring its Research & Technology Unit, shifting between 800 to 1,200 jobs from Washington state to new R&D locations in Huntsville, Southern California; St. Louis, and North Charleston....

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EU not happy with Samsung’s patent settlement concessions

Samsung is willing to go for five years without suing competitors in Europe, to discuss licensing fees with rivals for a year, and to allow an arbitrator appointed by the...

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Twitter to be available on mobile phones without Internet

We're spoiled here in the US. When we want to browse what's trending on Twitter, we just break out our smartphones, launch an app and we're perusing the latest tweets...

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U.N. launches its first drones to monitor violence in eastern Congo

United Nations forces launched surveillance drones for the first time this week in an effort to track potential violence on the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn easternmost borders.  United Nations...

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NYSE does a dry run on Twitter IPO

The Facebook IPO was one of the worst in history. It has rebounded since then but the New York Stock Exchange doesn't want a repeat so they're practicing for the...

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Germany wants to disconnect from America’s internet

Germany is joining other countries in calling for isolation as further revelations about the NSA's spying techniques come to light. As a diplomatic row rages between the United States and...

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