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Microsoft's view of patents a pre-emptive tool or revenue model?

As US Supreme Court agreed yesterday to give Microsoft a hearing related to a 2009 court order that required it to pay $290 million to i4i for patent infringement related to its high-profile product Microsoft Word, Microsoft itself has been on a buying spree collecting patents that cover a range of its products.

EU to launch antitrust probe on Google

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The European Commission has decided to probe Google Inc. after complaints by search service providers about unfavourable treatment of their services in Google's search results along with an alleged preferential placement of Google's own services.

A tale of two retail giants on Black Friday

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As the stock market focuses its gaze upon the holiday shopping season, two of the most prominent companies in the retail sector that may attract much attention are Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT).
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U.K. Femtocell Co Unveils Personal Cell Phone Signal For iPhone Users

Travelers get ‘social’ while on the go

It’s the status updates of travelers on various social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter that is helping them keep in touch with friends and family while on the go, according to a global survey conducted by Sheraton Hotels & Resorts.
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Attachmate To Buy Novell In $2.2B Deal

Attachmate Corp, an investment group owned by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Bravo, said it will buy networking solutions company Novell, Inc. for about $2.2 billion.
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HP unveils video-conferencing tool

HP announced the release of HD videoconferencing tools for desktops, notebooks and conference rooms based on its high-end Halo system.
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Mass emailer sues Yahoo, Microsoft, etc for treating it as spammer

Holomaxx Technologies Corp., a Can-Spam compliant bulk emailer, has accused Yahoo, Microsoft, Cisco Ironport Systems and Return Path of breaching the wiretapping and other communications laws and wrongly blocking the mass emails it sends on behalf of its clients from reaching intended recipients.
Level 3 To buy Global Crossing

US Tech M&A Booming

The stage is set for another wave of mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. technology sector as the big players, who are flush with cash and looking to expand their horizon, are acquiring aggressively in quest for new products and technology.
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Jay-Z to launch book with Gucci

Jay-Z and Gucci fashion house have come up with a leather bomber jacket to release his book 'Decoded' in a unique way. An interactive game with the Microsoft search engine Bing has been created to enable people to unlock clues to preview pages of the book.

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