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Samsung wins a round in long legal fight with Apple

Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1
Samsung Electronics Co won a round of its bruising global patent fight with Apple Inc on Friday when an Australian court lifted a ban on the sale of its Galaxy tablet computer in time for the busy Christmas shopping season.
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Facebook vs. Twitter: 5 Ways Twitter's Redesign is Taking On Social Media Giant

Twitter's redesign isn't available to everybody yet, but a sneak peek at the site's new features reveals that Twitter's strategy to expand its audience is matched by a desire to beat Facebook at its own game. From Twitter profiles to embedded timelines, check out the five big changes to Twitter, and how its redesign plans to take on the social media giant.
No January Release Date for Apple iPad 3

Apple iPad 3 to Launch in February 2012, Before iPhone 5 Release: Citi

Citing several sources, Citi analyst Richard Gardner said in a note that the iPad 3 will launch in February with a screen that has double the resolution of Apple's most recent model, the iPad 2. Such a screen enhancement would improve the iPad's graphics to sharpness levels available on Apple's popular iPhone 4 and 4S, according to CNET.
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What to Expect from Tablets in 2012?

As we cast our eyes over the year that was, the computer tablet market across the world strikes one as having been the sort of space most affected by a constant stream of products, with each one trying to outdo the other, in terms of innovation, design, components and performance. At the end of it all, however, if you've played the waiting game, hoping that 2012 will be an even better year, here is a brief rundown of what to expect...
Campbell McKellar, Founder of Loosecubes

New York Web: Loosecubes’ Founder Campbell McKellar Wants You to Work Anywhere You Want, Any Day, Any Time

The only rule at Loosecubes' office in DUMBO is you have to play nice with others. Words to that effect have been etched in Old English on a wooden placard that hangs near the doorway. Pass that lone condition and you're free to use the company's massive studio, a cavernous room with a makeshift meeting area made from a large canvas tent standing on artificial turf, pinned smack dab in the middle of all the desks.
Logo of Panasonic Corp. is seen at CEATEC JAPAN 2011 electronics show in Chiba

Panasonic eyes fresh tilt at global phone market

Panasonic Corp, which has warned it will post a $5.5 billion annual loss, will launch a smartphone in Europe next year, the latest Japanese maker to tiptoe late into a fiercely competitive market dominated by Samsung and Apple.
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus speaks during the Zynga Unleashed event at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, California

Zynga says it can double number of paid players

Zynga Inc Chief Executive Mark Pincus said the social games company can double the number of its paying players but he and other executives sidestepped questions about player retention and churn rates, speaking at a luncheon ahead of its IPO.
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2012 Revenue Growth for U.S. Insurance Brokers to Match or Exceed 2011 Levels: Fitch

Prospects for revenue growth for U.S. insurance brokers in 2012 will likely match or exceed levels reported for the first nine months of 2011. Nevertheless, the competitive fundamentals of the property/casualty insurance market and tepid pace of the global economic recovery will continue to challenge more meaningful improvement in operating performance, Fitch Ratings said Thursday.
A cup of coffee is seen on a counter at a McDonald's restaurant in New York

McDonald's November sales beat Street view

McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) reported a bigger-than-expected rise in November sales at established restaurants across the board, led by big gains in Japan, China and a strong showing in its top revenue market of Europe.
A woman shops at a Target store in New York

Judge Refuses Release of Harlem Boy Who Hit Woman With Shopping Cart

Family Court Judge Susan Larabee refused to release the 12-year-old boy who pushed a shopping cart from the fourth-floor walkway outside a Target store in Harlem, striking 47-year-old mother and philanthropist Marion Hedges and putting her into a coma, from minimum security jail because of his history of erratic behavior.
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Two dead in Virginia Tech shooting

A gunman killed a police officer and another person on Thursday at Virginia Tech University, the site of one of the worst shooting rampages in U.S. history, school officials said.

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