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Paul Allen sues Apple, Google, Yahoo, Facebook over patents

Judge Nixes Paul Allen's Shot At Suing The Internet

A U.S. Federal Judge in Washington state has put the kibosh on Paul Allen's sue the Internet patent lawsuit, at least for now.

Cloud Computing: Microsoft, Google fight for Govt. pie

Microsoft won a deal with United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) under which it will move 120,000 of its employees to messaging, conferencing and document sharing over the cloud.

Judge dismisses Paul Allen firm's patent lawsuit

A U.S. district judge dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit brought by a company linked to Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen against a cluster of major corporations, including Internet giants Netflix and YouTube, saying the complaint failed to identify specific products or devices.

The graphic user interface (GUI) created by MIT engineer Garratt Gallagher shown here, is similar to the one seen in the Hollywood movie The Minority Report starring Tom Cruise.

MIT Engineer Creates 'Minority Report' Kinect

An MIT engineer has created a Minority Report type graphics interface off the Microsoft Kinect

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Potential AOL-Yahoo merger couldn’t challenge Google’s dominance

While it may make some strategic sense for Yahoo and AOL to combine some of their operations, she sees little hope for the resulting merged entity to mount a challenge against the reigning monarch of the search-engine market, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG).

Oracle's handling of Java and everything in between

Chronology: Key events that have punctuated Oracle's handling of Java this year.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and 16 others join Gates, Buffett in charity pledge

Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and 16 other wealthy American families agreed to donate most of their fortunes to charity by joining a pledge started by billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

Google says shut out of USDA cloud computing deal

Google Inc didn't get the chance to compete for the largest federal government cloud computing deal yet announced, according to the Web firm, adding to its concerns that government agencies are unfairly favoring rival Microsoft Corp.

Salesforce.com builds enterprise database for cloud; unveils Chatter Free

Salesforce.com, an enterprise cloud computing company, on Tuesday launched Database.com, which is touted as the world’s first enterprise database built for the cloud.

Google Chrome: It's not about the OS, but all about web-apps

Google released its Chrome OS-based beta notebook Cr-48 for a select group of testers after announcing the light-weight, web-centric browser last summer.

Sony To Be A Player In TV, Film And Video Gaming

Sony Corporation of America's CFO Robert Wiesenthal said the company will bridge the gap between the media and Hollywood, as a content creator and an electronics manufacturer.

Microsoft vice president Dean Hachamovitch unveils Internet Explorer 9 Beta version in San Francisco

Microsoft Will Add Tracking Protection To IE 9

Microsoft is adding new privacy features to Internet Explorer 9, in part as a response to the concerns raised about tracking online behavior.

Google nips Microsoft as government agencies move to the cloud

Google Inc has won a share of a federal government contract that the company hopes will give it a boost over Microsoft Corp as they race to convert government agencies to cloud computing.

Microsoft plans to ramp up browser privacy

Microsoft Corp plans to give users of its new Internet browser the ability to stop certain sites from gathering information from users as the company looks to head off federal online privacy legislation.

Microsoft plans do not track feature in browser

Microsoft Corp plans to introduce a new tracking protection feature in the next version of its Internet Explorer browser, which will let users filter out sites they don't want to share information with.

Chinese hackers used Windows source code; siphoned off 50mb of US government emails

One of the U.S. diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks says that Chinese government had gained access to Microsoft source code which was used to hack into USG organizations.

Microsoft wooing Salesforce.com customers with rebates

Microsoft is offering customers of Salesforce.com thousands of dollars in rebates in a bid to woo them to its CRM system.

Microsoft offers Salesforce users money to switch

Microsoft Corp is offering customers of Salesforce.com Inc thousands of dollars in rebates to switch over to its own customer relationship management system.

Microsoft invests in TurboHercules; stokes fight against IBM's mainframe monopoly

Microsoft is upping its ante to corner a share from IBM's mainframe business as it invests an undisclosed amount in French software maker TurboHercules which has hogged limelight for filing an antitrust complaint with EU against IBM.

A prototype Internet tablet is displayed in this file photo

Is Windows 7 Tablet-Only Edition On The Horizon?

As the tablet market is being crowded each day with more and more devices, time is ripe for Microsoft to unveil a new operating system exclusively for tablets.

Tablets, smartphones attract holiday shoppers

Jefferies & Co. said in its Wireless and Handsets weekly that tablet and smartphone sell-through has been strong at the start of the holiday shopping season.

Cloud computing: US government sanctions 'cloud-first' as key IT strategy

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has adopted cloud-first policy as part of its IT strategy for government agencies.

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs introduces Game Center for iPod at Apple's music-themed September media event in San Francisco

Apple's Game Center Now Asks For Real Name

Apple has updated the terms of service for their Game Center application to display a gamer's real name along with the nickname while sending invitation to friends, a move that is geared towards decreasing anonymity in gaming.

Google Gets GSA Contract For Email, Applications

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) goes Google. GSA will move 17,000 employees and contractors to Google apps for Government.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

US stocks rally on strong economic data

U.S. stocks rallied in early trade on Wednesday as strong data on private payrolls, and better-than-expected manufacturing reports from China and Europe buoyed sentiment.