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Google cleared in Oracle suit on patents (Update)
Google won a major victory Wednesday as jurors sided with the Internet giant in a high-stakes court battle over patents with business software titan Oracle.
May 23, 2012 |
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Facebook falls flat in public debut (Update 3)
(AP) -- In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding ...
May 18, 2012 |
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Facebook is 2nd largest US IPO ever
Facebook's launch on to the Nasdaq on Friday will raise $16.4 billion dollars, making it the second largest initial public offering on US markets ever.
May 18, 2012 |
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Facebook buys mobile discovery startup Glancee
Mere weeks from a multi-billion-dollar debut on the stock market, Facebook has ramped up its focus on mobile lifestyles with the purchase of "social discovery" startup Glancee.
May 08, 2012 |
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AOL says to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.0 bn
AOL announced plans to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft in a $1.056 billion deal giving the struggling Internet pioneer a needed cash injection as it seeks to fend off pressure from shareholders.
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Apple to add 3,600 jobs at new $304M Texas campus
(AP) -- Apple Inc. is investing $304 million in a new campus and more than doubling its workforce in the Texas capital, boosted by a $21 million incentive from a state fund designed to attract high-tech companies, Gov. Rick ...
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Kim Dotcom says he'll beat 'political' piracy case
(AP) -- In his first interviews since his January arrest in New Zealand, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says he will prevail in what he calls a "political" Internet piracy case against him.
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Bail rules prevent Kim Dotcom from using Internet
(AP) -- Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom made his fortune and even took his name from the Internet, but now he's barred from logging on.
Feb 23, 2012 |
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'Anonymous' hackers attack Brazilian websites
The computer hacker group Anonymous attacked websites of Brazil's federal district Saturday as well as one belonging to a Brazilian singer to protest the forced closure of Megaupload.com.
Jan 22, 2012 |
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Satellites: Europe's Arianespace sets 13 launches for 2012
European satellite launch operator Arianespace said on Thursday it had scheduled 13 missions for 2012, the first year in which it would deploy rockets in all three categories of payload.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Cyber Monday sales reach record levels
American consumers spent more than a billion dollars a day last week during a three-day online sales period, which started with "Cyber Monday," a monitoring firm reported.
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Researchers draft blueprint to boost energy innovation
The U.S. government could save the economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year by 2050 by spending a few billion dollars more a year to spur innovations in energy technology, according to a new report by researchers ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Greenpeace launches Rainbow Warrior III
Greenpeace launched its latest weapon in the fight against environmental destruction Friday -- a multi-million-euro purpose-built campaign ship named Rainbow Warrior III.
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Oracle fined $200 million for overcharging US govt
Business software and hardware giant Oracle was fined nearly $200 million dollars for overcharging the US government, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Cyber-fraud tops $93 billion a year in Latin America
Fraud in online commerce and theft of confidential data, known as phishing, at banks in Latin America together top 93 billion dollars in yearly losses, an IT conference heard Wednesday.
Oct 06, 2011 |
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