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Canada won't block $4.5 billion sale of Nortel patents

The Canadian government will not review the purchase of patents belonging to bankrupt Nortel Networks by a group that includes Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Research In Motion Ltd, the industry minister said on Tuesday.
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Microsoft seals record year, stock still stuck

Microsoft Corp is set to post a 9 percent jump in fiscal fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, putting the cap on its best financial year ever, but investors are fidgety over flagging computer sales and a gnawing feeling that the tech pioneer will never recapture old growth rates.
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Are Android’s Days Numbered?

The patent battle Apple has engaged with Android OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) can have extremely grave consequences including ban on the disputed Android products, which could mean anything between a complete wipe-out to decreased US market share, to the Google's mega-hit mobile OS.
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Hotmail Bans Weak Passwords Like 123456

Hotmail has introduced new measures that prevent users from choosing weak or flimsy passwords while signing up for an account or changing the password on an existing one.
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Is Microsoft Following Google Again?

On Friday, technology blogs picked up on a possible Microsoft social media application called Tulalip. The app said on its front page With Tulalip you can find what you need and share what you know easier than ever, before Microsoft developers quickly took it down.
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Is Microsoft's 'Accidentally Leaked' Secret a Social Networking Project?

Microsoft might be working on a social project called Tulalip, according to details from a splash page that was accidentally published to Socl.com recently. Currently a message which reads, Thanks for stopping by. Socl.com is an internal design project from a team in Microsoft Research which was mistakenly published to the web. We didn't mean to, honest, is on the display as the unintentionally published page has been taken down.
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Tablet Wars: Amazon to Release Tablet in October; iPad Under Fire

The tablet war is on, as Amazon plans to release a tablet in October. Apple's iPad is the tablet leader by far, but Google's forthcoming Android operating system and Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 operating system will threaten to take marketshare, according to a new report.
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Android, Windows 8 vs. iPad: Will Apple Lose Tablet Marketshare?

A report says Google's forthcoming Android and Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 operating systems will take marketshare away from Apple and its iPad in the tablet space. But Apple is gaining marketshare with smartphones and personal computers, which could help the company fend off Google's Android and Microsoft 8.
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Netflix Comes to Nintendo 3DS

Netflix has hit the Nintendo 3DS eShop with a free app that will eventually allow users to watch 3D movies without specialized glasses. The announcement comes amid a period of bad press for the movie service as it increased its prices by separating the previously combined cost of movie streaming and DVD rental.

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