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Microsoft wants Samsung to pay smartphone license: report

Microsoft Corp has demanded that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd pay $15 for each smartphone handset it makes based on Google Inc's Android operating system as the software giant has a wide range of patents used in the mobile platform, local media reported on Wednesday.
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Google, Microsoft sued over map technology

Google Inc and Microsoft Corp were sued for infringing a Louisiana company's patent with their map websites, which let users navigate street-level views of towns and cities.
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Wall St set to drop at open after five-day run

Stock index futures were poised for a slightly lower open on Tuesday before factory orders data and after stocks had their best week in two years last week, leaving the market primed for a decline.
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China to buy Facebook Stake, Microsoft to Help Baidu: Should We Worry?

There haven't been any radical political or administrative changes happening in China, recently. Nor have there been any reports that said China is reconsidering its Internet censorship regulations. The country notorious for jailing bloggers and blocking Web sites, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, is planning to buy a significant chunk of Facebook's stake, according to a BusinessInsider report.
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'Gears Of War 3' Leaked on Internet

There are some game spoiler videos on YouTube and the full single-player campaign and some multi-player options are available for streaming.
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Baidu picks Microsoft for English search

China's Baidu is to partner with Microsoft for English-language search, giving the U.S. software giant a chance to expand its tiny Web presence in a market Google has stepped back from, and helping the Chinese company's international ambitions.
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Sony Said To Launch PS4 in 2012

Sony is expected to launch its PlayStation 4 (PS4) gaming console in 2012 that will feature body movement-based control like Kinect, a motion sensing input device developed by Microsoft for the Xbox 360.
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China's Baidu ties up with Microsoft to power English search

Baidu, which has three-quarters of China's search market, signed a deal with Microsoft's Bing to offer English-language search to Baidu users, as it eyes an overseas expansion and Microsoft aims to increase its presence in the world's largest Internet market.
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Can Skype Deal Help Facebook Beat Google+?

Facebook is said to be partnering with Skype to offer video chat features on Facebook - a move that help the most popular social networking website to counter threat from Google+, or Google Plus.
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Google Loses in Huge Auction as Rivals Apple, Microsoft Gang Up

Google, facing a flood of patent lawsuits, said it was disappointed after losing a multi-billion dollar auction for thousands of telecom, Web and Social Networking patents from bankrupt Canadian company Nortel to a rival group of companies which included Apple and Microsoft.

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