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U.S. judge issues injunction on Samsung Galaxy Tab sales
Tue,26 Jun 2012 08:20 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday granted Apple Inc's bid to stop Samsung Electronics from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the United States, giving the iPhone maker a significant win in the global smartphone and tablet patent wars. Samsung's Galaxy tablets, powered by Google's Android operating system, are considered by many industry experts to be the main rival to the market-leading iPad. The ruling also comes as Samsung, a distant second to Apple in the tablet market, faces growing competition from rivals, with Microsoft and Google preparing their own tablets. U.S. ...
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Zynga plans to build a gamers' social network
Tue,26 Jun 2012 08:20 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zynga Inc unveiled a social network for gamers dubbed "Zynga with Friends" on Tuesday, hoping to wean itself from a longstanding, symbiotic relationship with Facebook Inc that has shaped two of Silicon Valley's closely watched Internet companies. ...
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Apple launches iTunes in HK, Singapore, Taiwan
Tue,26 Jun 2012 07:33 PM PDT
Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Wednesday it has launched its iTunes online media store in 12 Asian territories including Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, making it easier for customers in the region to buy and download music and videos. While Asian users of Apple's iPhones and iPads are able to download applications such as the popular Angry Birds game, they have been unable to buy songs and movies online unless they have gift cards issued in countries such as the United States and Britain. ... Full Story | Top |
Sirius XM Radio, Howard Stern coming to Google TV
Tue,26 Jun 2012 06:28 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Google Inc is getting help from shock jock Howard Stern to revive its Internet TV software, which has languished since its debut 19 months ago. Satellite radio provider Sirius XM will make all of its programming available on Google TV, including Stern's shows and live sports through a new app that will let listeners pause live programs and play back up to five hours of content, the company told Reuters. ...
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Google to unveil tablet at conference: report
Tue,26 Jun 2012 05:31 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Google Inc plans to unveil a $199 tablet co-branded with Tawian's Asustek Computer Inc at its developer conference this week, taking direct aim at Apple Inc's iPad, Bloomberg reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. Rumors that the search engine giant planned to launch a tablet at its annual developer conference have been doing the rounds in tech blog posts for weeks. The 7-inch tablet, running Android mobile software, will showcase new features of Android, according to one person, who said the latest version of the software is named Jellybean, Bloomberg reported. ...
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U.S. charges 24 people in massive hacking sting
Tue,26 Jun 2012 05:02 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement officials on Tuesday said 24 suspected hackers had been arrested in a sting operation spanning four continents that targeted online financial fraud of stolen credit card and bank information. In a two-year investigation, FBI agents posed as hackers on Internet forums, watching as other hackers swapped methods for breaching data security walls and creating fake credit cards that would work for Internet and in-person purchases. The probe prevented $205 million in possible losses on over 411,000 compromised consumer credit and debit cards, U.S. ...
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HP asks judge to enforce Itanium contract vs. Oracle
Tue,26 Jun 2012 04:23 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co told a judge on Tuesday that Oracle Corp should be ordered to make its software available on HP's Itanium-based servers for as long as HP sells them. Lawyers for HP and Oracle presented closing arguments in a California state court for the first phase in a bitter lawsuit between the two tech giants. HP attorney Jeffrey Thomas said Oracle was contractually obligated to support Itanium, but Oracle lawyer Dan Wall disagreed. "HP is using litigation to try to get a contract that HP doesn't have," Wall said. ... Full Story | Top |
Cisco gives CTO stronger role in exec shift
Tue,26 Jun 2012 03:03 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc's chief technology officer Padmasree Warrior is taking on the additional job of chief strategy officer but unlike her predecessor, Ned Hooper, she is not considered a contender to be CEO. Hooper, a 13-year Cisco veteran, oversaw the $3.4 billion deal for Norwegian video conferencing company Tandberg as well as the $5 billion acquisition of the pay-TV smartcard maker NDS, a deal which has not yet closed. Hooper will be leaving to form an independent investment company, Cisco said on Tuesday. ...
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Zynga to publish Majesco's golf course game
Tue,26 Jun 2012 01:44 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Video game publisher Majesco Entertainment Co said it entered into a publishing agreement with Zynga Inc for its latest social game, Mini Putt Park. The game, which allows players to build online golf courses and run them, is scheduled to launch on Facebook Inc and Zynga's social gaming platform Zynga.com this summer. Majesco is the publisher and developer of various games like Zumba Fitness and BloodRayne, many of which are available on Microsoft Corp's Xbox, Nintendo and Sony Corp's PlayStation. (Reporting by Chandni Doulatramani in Bangalore; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty) Full Story | Top |
Angry Birds sweet-talk copycats in booming China market
Tue,26 Jun 2012 09:49 AM PDT
Reuters -  SHANGHAI (Reuters) - When Peter Vesterbacka visited China last spring, the marketing chief for Rovio, the Finnish firm behind the video game Angry Birds, saw fake Angry Birds products everywhere - and he was happy about it. "I realized that China was already happening in a big way for us," Vesterbacka said in an interview. "When you see all these knockoffs, you know that there is a lot of demand. ...
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FTC files lawsuit against Wyndham in data breach
Tue,26 Jun 2012 09:18 AM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators filed a complaint against Wyndham Worldwide Corp and three subsidiaries on Tuesday, alleging that a failure to safeguard consumers' personal information led to more than $10 million lost to fraud. The Federal Trade Commission said repeated failures to secure consumer data led to hundreds of thousands of consumers' payment card information being exported to an Internet domain address registered in Russia. ... Full Story | Top |
Infineon lowers outlook as hit by global slowdown
Tue,26 Jun 2012 08:42 AM PDT
Reuters - FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German chipmaker Infineon lowered its sales and margin outlook on Tuesday, highlighting the technology sector's vulnerability to a weakening business cycle. The group, which caters to the car and engineering industries, said it now expected a slight decline in revenues in the March-to-June quarter compared with the previous quarter and an operating margin of around 12 percent, down from a previous outlook of about 14.6 percent. Sales and margin would not improve in the three months through September, it added. The shares plunged 13 percent to 5.29 euros as of 11.20 a.m. ... Full Story | Top |
SBA Communications to buy tower sites for $1.45 billion
Tue,26 Jun 2012 08:24 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Cellphone tower operator SBA Communications Corp will buy 3,252 tower sites in the United States and Puerto Rico from privately held TowerCo for about $1.45 billion to take advantage of explosive growth in data traffic from users of mobile devices such as Apple Inc's iPhone and iPad. SBA, which has a market value of $6.64 billion, is the smallest of the three major U.S. tower companies but it is growing quickly as competition among existing participants is limited and entry barriers are high. The purchase, for $1.2 billion in cash and 4. ... Full Story | Top |
Facebook taps COO Sandberg to be first woman on board
Tue,26 Jun 2012 07:19 AM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc named Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg a director on Monday, elevating the first woman to a board that includes seven men. For years one of the most vocal critics of the gender imbalance in Silicon Valley's executive ranks, Sandberg, 42, joined Facebook in 2008 and played a central role in guiding the social networking company to its $16 billion IPO in May. ...
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Promoting health? It's all in the game
Tue,26 Jun 2012 04:42 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Meet Roxxi - a feisty and fully-armed virtual nanobot. Billed as "medicine's mightiest warrior", she's fighting an epic battle deep inside the human body where she launches rapid-fire assaults on malignant cells. Or, if it's not cancer but diabetes you're fighting, why not join Britney and Hunter, two digital kids whose adventures to other worlds are spurred on by regular and timely updates of your blood sugar levels. ...
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