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News: Sony to restore all PlayStation network services in Japan HTC jumps on record sales but overhang seen remaining Samsung drops lawsuit against Apple: report Apple/RIM group top Google in $4.5 billion Nortel sale Apple seeks injunction in Samsung patent case Go Daddy in deal to be bought for $2.25 billion: source AT&T to support PlayBook Bridge app... finally Analysis: BlackBerry under attack in corporate cradle Google hires 12 lobby firms in wake of FTC probe Google's Chrome tops 20 percent market share Hulu starts sales talks Nokia to exit Japan cellphone market by August: report Better laws needed to counter cyber attacks: U.S. Germany's kitchen robots learn to be more human Japan's Hoya to sell Pentax camera business to Ricoh Sony to restore all PlayStation network services in Japan Sun,3 Jul 2011 11:25 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO, Jul (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Monday it will fully restore all PlayStation network and Qriocity services in Japan on July 6, marking the resumption of all network services worldwide that were shut down in April after hackers compromised millions of customers' data. Full Story1 Top HTC jumps on record sales but overhang seen remaining Sun,3 Jul 2011 08:14 PM PDT Reuters - TAIPEI (Reuters) - Shares in the world's No.5 handset maker HTC jumped on Monday after it posted record monthly sales in June, clearing some of the worries that led to a correction starting early last month. Full Story1 Top Samsung drops lawsuit against Apple: report Sat,2 Jul 2011 07:17 AM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co has dropped a lawsuit against Apple Inc that claimed Apple copied many of Samsung's innovations, according to a report from Bloomberg on Saturday. Full Story1 Top Apple/RIM group top Google in $4.5 billion Nortel sale Fri,1 Jul 2011 03:23 PM PDT Reuters - TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple, Microsoft, RIM and three other companies joined forces to outbid Google at an auction for Nortel wireless patents, a move that could result in big licensing fees for Google. Full Story1 Top Apple seeks injunction in Samsung patent case Fri,1 Jul 2011 03:07 PM PDT Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple asked a U.S. court to issue a preliminary injunction against Samsung on four patents in a dispute between the two companies, according to a court filing. Full Story1 Top Go Daddy in deal to be bought for $2.25 billion: source Fri,1 Jul 2011 02:44 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web hosting company Go Daddy Group Inc announced on Friday it is being bought by a private equity consortium led by KKR and Silver Lake. Full Story1 Top AT&T to support PlayBook Bridge app... finally Fri,1 Jul 2011 01:14 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a delay of more than two months, AT&T Inc has agreed to support BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd's Bridge application, which lets BlackBerry users see email and other services on RIM's PlayBook tablet without incurring additional charges. Full Story1 Top Analysis: BlackBerry under attack in corporate cradle Fri,1 Jul 2011 12:23 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The BlackBerry, once ubiquitous in business, faces deep challenges in that market as more companies allow employees to pick their own smartphones and add third-party security applications. Full Story1 Top Google hires 12 lobby firms in wake of FTC probe Fri,1 Jul 2011 12:18 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Search giant Google Inc, facing a broad antitrust probe into its business practices, has hired 12 lobbying firms, a spokeswoman from the company said on Friday. Full Story1 Top Google's Chrome tops 20 percent market share Fri,1 Jul 2011 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc's Chrome Web browser has grabbed more than 20 percent of global market share, while Microsoft Corp's long-time leader Internet Explorer has slipped below 50 percent, according to Internet statistics firm StatCounter. Full Story1 Top Hulu starts sales talks Fri,1 Jul 2011 11:44 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online video site Hulu has begun preliminary sales talks with about a dozen potential buyers, including Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc, according to a source familiar with the situation. Full Story1 Top Nokia to exit Japan cellphone market by August: report Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:22 AM PDT Reuters - BANGALORE (Reuters) - Nokia Corp. will finally exit the Japanese cellphone market at the end of August, the Nikkei reported. Full Story1 Top Better laws needed to counter cyber attacks: U.S. Fri,1 Jul 2011 08:57 AM PDT Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - Cyber criminals are outwitting national and international legal systems that fail to embrace technological advances, a top U.S. official said on Friday, demanding a cross-border campaign to combat the security threat. Full Story1 Top Germany's kitchen robots learn to be more human Fri,1 Jul 2011 06:53 AM PDT Reuters - MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - For your average robot, chess may be easy compared to simple everyday activities like frying a sausage, but that may be about to change thanks to software being developed by scientists in Germany. Full Story1 Top Japan's Hoya to sell Pentax camera business to Ricoh Fri,1 Jul 2011 04:54 AM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese optical glass-maker Hoya said on Friday it would sell its Pentax camera business to copier and printer maker Ricoh, in a deal the Nikkei business daily said was worth about 10 billion yen ($124.2 million). Full Story1 Top

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