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Supreme Court gives Microsoft small victory, say patent experts
Although the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Microsoft's appeal of a four-year-old patent dispute woth i4i, its efforts weren't wasted, legal experts said. Read More


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Unusual yet usable: 5 intriguing gadgets for work and play
Unlike some gadgets that break new ground but don't actually work that well, these clever tech products are surprisingly usable. Remember, Father's Day is just around the corner. Read More

IT Blogwatch: Apple 'rips off devs' over iOS 5 features: Wi-Fi Sync, iCloud, etc.
It's said that Apple (AAPL) has been stealing ideas from third-party developers to put into its new iOS 5 platform for iPhone and iPad. Most obvious is Wi-Fi Sync, which even has the same name and icon as a popular rejected, jailbreak-only app. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder alleged Jobsian evil-doing. Read More

IBM pioneers graphene-based integrated circuits
IBM has made what it claims is the first graphene-based integrated circuit. The technique could one day be used to produce superior wireless communication devices and less-expensive displays. Read More

From CIO.com: Apple iCloud: A Visual Tour
Apple's new Web storage system will sync your music, pictures, and more. Read More

Price cuts needed to compete with Apple's iPad
Tablet makers who want to compete with Apple have to cut the prices of their products, Richard Windsor, global technology specialist at Nomura Securities, said during a presentation at the Open Mobile Summit in London. Read More

In wake of breach, RSA names chief security officer
Eddie Schwartz, former chief security officer at Netwitness Corp., which was recently bought by EMC, has been named chief security officer of the storage vendor's RSA security division. Read More


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Predicting the Impact of Large Magnitude Earthquakes
It may be scientifically impossible to predict the specific day and time of an earthquake, but researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) aren't taking no for an answer. They're just asking a different question. Instead of looking for "when," the UNAM researchers are asking "what if." Read Now

Dell to bring 10-inch tablet to China first, U.S. on hold
Dell will first launch its Streak 10 Pro tablet in China, putting other markets like the U.S. and Europe on hold in order to give developers more time to create the necessary apps. Read More

Google, Facebook promise new IPv6 services after trial
One day after completing a successful 24-hour trial of IPv6, Facebook, Google and Yahoo said at a joint press conference that they would begin permanently supporting this upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol on some of their key websites. Read More

AT&T says it needs T-Mobile spectrum
AT&T defends its reasons for proposing to acquire rival T-Mobile. Read More

Sprint gives up majority vote at Clearwire
Sprint Nextel has given up its majority voting power at Clearwire to defuse investors' concerns about the danger to Sprint if Clearwire defaulted on its debt. Read More

Avaya sets $1 billion public offering
Avaya is going public again, filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering worth $1 billion. Read More

Dell to bring 10-inch tablet to China first, U.S. on hold
Dell will first launch its Streak 10 Pro tablet in China, putting other markets like the U.S. and Europe on hold in order to give developers more time to create the necessary apps. Read More

Jonny Evans: WWDC: Has Apple turned to Oracle for iCloud?
Storage analyst Stephen Foskett took a look at the interior images of Apple's data center Mr. Jobs briefly flashed up during his WWDC presentation to tell us he thinks the iCloud runs on kit from HP, Teradata, NetApp and others, and wonders if Apple's gone to Oracle to help find the future for iCloud. Read More



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