A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday reversed an order by the U.S. International Trade Commission that ruled that Nokia did not infringe two wireless cellular patents of InterDigital Technology Corporation. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...
Junior miner Matamec Explorations, currently developing the Kipawa rare earths project in western Quebec, Canada, said on Monday it had started a pilot plant to enable the continuous processing of ore samples. The Montreal-based company ...
Tags: Canada, Quebec, Rare Earth, Suppliers News
Chicago startup HEVT (Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies) is on the brink of commercializing a new type of electric motor which unlike its conventional predecessors does not require the usage of rare earth metals. Gigaom reports that ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Rare Earths, USA, Metallurgy
IDG News Service - Google has dropped a major part of its wide-ranging patent-infringement battle against Apple, withdrawing a complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission. Google had sought to block iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch ...
Tags: Google, Apple, Motorola Unit, Motorola patents, ITC
Microsoft updated its Visual Studio software Wednesday so that the IDE reflects many of the changes that challenge developers, including mobility and cloud computing. "From our perspective, the world of software development is changing, ...
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IDG News Service - One of the world's most active spam botnets -- Grum -- was crippled after two of its command and control (CnC) servers hosted in the Netherlands were taken down, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. ...
Tags: spam botnets, Netherlands, FireEye, security
Frontier Rare Earths Limited (TSX: FRO) jumped 10% on Tuesday on higher than usual trading volumes, after the company said it is in advanced talks with Korea Resources Corporation – owned by the Asian nation's government – to ...
Tags: Africa, Rare Earth, South Africa, South Korea
Computerworld - Facebook may be the biggest social network in the world, but rival Google+ wins when it comes to user satisfaction. Facebook users have become increasingly unsatisfied, according to a report from the American Customer ...
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MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – April 10, 2012) - Geomega Resources Inc. ("GéoMégA" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:GMA) is pleased to announce that it has closed the second and final tranche (the "Second ...
Tags: Canada, Quebec, Rare Earth, Rare Earths
Disputes between China and Japan over offshore territory have proceeded a step further with both countries competing for exploratory licenses to large swathes of the Pacific Ocean floor. The UN's International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ...
Tags: China, Gold, Japan, Rare Earth
US-based rare earth miners, Molycorp (NYSE:MCP), gets a foothold in Asia after completing its US$1.3 billion acquisition of Canadian-based Neo Material Technologies Inc. (TSX:NEM). Neo Material is a worldwide company that makes parts for ...
Tags: Asia, China, Rare Earth, USA
In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as regulate its rare earths players, China is launching an industry association for the precious metal commodity on April 8. According to The China Post, the ...
Tags: Asia, China, Rare Earth, Rare Earth Elements, Rare Earths
A day after rare earth producer Molycorp (NYSE: MCP) surprised investors with top line growth of 49% that sent its shares soaring after hours, the stock is falling again. This time traders are reacting to news that a formal investigation ...
Tags: Rare Earth, USA, Metallurgy
Thousands of protesters have been converging on Lynas Corporation's new rare earths processing facility in Malaysia according to reports. The Australian producer's website was also hacked over the weekend. According to the Sydney ...
Tags: Australia, Malaysia, Rare Earth
Apple has requested a court in California to sanction Samsung Electronics in a patent infringement dispute by granting judgment in favor of Apple, after the South Korean company released to the press documents including exhibits that were ...
Tags: Apple, court in California, Samsung Electronics, judgment