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Google files patent claim against Microsoft, Nokia (Update)

(AP) — Google lashed out at Microsoft and Nokia in a regulatory complaint, accusing them of illegally feeding mobile patents to a technology troll scavenging for billions of dollars in licensing fees that threaten to ...

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Netflix tops Apple in booming US online movies

The US online movie business more than doubled in 2011 to rake in $992 million and will almost double again this year, a research report showed Friday.

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RIM sinks, but patents, network have value

(AP) — Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, is in steep decline. The company, once the crown jewel of the Canadian technology industry, is now worth 1 percent of Apple's market capitalization. ...

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Groupon stock tumbles as IPO lock-up period ends

(AP) — Groupon's stock tumbled Friday as insiders sold their shares after a post-IPO prohibition was lifted.

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Google lodges Nokia, Microsoft complaint with EU

US Internet giant Google said on Monday it has lodged a complaint with European Union competition authorities against Finland's Nokia and its US software peer Microsoft.

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Apple chief vows innovation in TV and more

Apple chief Tim Cook on Tuesday vowed that creativity would remain in the company's "DNA" and hinted that products on the horizon could come in the area of television.

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Apple moves closer to iPad 3 sales in China

(AP) — Chinese regulators have approved Apple's iPad 3, possibly moving the company closer to launching the latest version of its tablet in the fast-growing Chinese market.

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Judge hands Google victory in Oracle copyright fight

A federal judge on Thursday put a stake in the heart of Oracle's big-money lawsuit against Google by ruling that the application programming interfaces (APIs) at issue can't be copyrighted.

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Facebook launches Mideast office in Dubai

(AP) — Facebook Inc. launched its first office in the Arab world Wednesday, aiming to drum up new advertising business from Dubai as investors fret over its struggling share price.

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