Satellite service provider Dish Network has slammed the FCC's plan to let it use some of its spectrum for LTE, saying the proposal is so restrictive it could delay a network buildout for years. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission ...
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Web and mobile device users have little understanding about how much of their personal data is collected online, making it difficult to rely on free-market competition for solutions to privacy concerns, privacy experts told the U.S. Federal ...
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Chip makers LSI and STMicroelectronics did not infringe on patents claimed by Rambus, according to a ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday . Rambus claimed the chip makers had allegedly violated patents related to ...
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Using its country-specific content-blocking tool for the first time, Twitter has shut down access to a neo-Nazi group's account in Germany. "Never want to withhold content; good to have tools to do it narrowly & transparently," Alex ...
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Microsoft has won a third victory in Germany over Google's Motorola unit in the ongoing patent wars between the two companies. A German court ruled that several Motorola tablets and phones infringe a Microsoft patented method for apps to ...
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Yahoo's revenue dropped slightly but earnings rose during the third quarter, the first complete one under the helm of new CEO Marissa Mayer. Revenue came in at $1.2 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30, down 1% year on year. Subtracting ...
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Privacy advocates and consumer rights groups are keeping a wary eye on a new copyright enforcement mechanism set to be rolled out by major Internet Service Providers. The so-called Copyright Alert System (CAS) aims to warn Internet users ...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will open satellite offices in Silicon Valley, Texas and Colorado in an effort to bolster its recruitment of patent examiners and other employees and better serve local businesses, the office announced ...
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European Union regulators will not force Microsoft to open its Windows RT operating system to rival browsers, the Brussels-based antitrust agency said Wednesday. At the same time, the European Competition Commission served Microsoft with ...
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Computerworld - The maker of Roomba, the robotic vacuum, has stepped up its game and Tuesday unveiled a 5-ft., 4-in.-tall, 140-pound "telemedicine" robot aimed at aiding hospital patients in emergency situations, especially during nighttime ...
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Patent licensing firms that can't get satisfactory results in patent infringement cases in U.S. courts are abusing a patent complaint process at the U.S. International Trade Commission that can lead to products made by U.S. companies being ...
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Molycorp Inc. (NYSE:MCP), one of the only non-Chinese producers of rare earths, has sued the engineering company responsible for designing the chemical processes at its troubled Project Phoenix for over $45 million in damages. The rare ...
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By the close on Friday Molycorp (NYSE: MCP) was changing hands for $8.62, up $1.39 or 19.2%, after filings showed that insiders at the company has been stocking up on the counter. A number of executives made the most of the opportunity to ...
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When the recession hit in 2008, Congress put the idea of a "skills shortage" and a need for more H-1B visas in a closet. That didn't mean, however, that interest in raising the H-1B cap went away for everyone. New York City Mayor ...
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After almost a year of preparation, The OpenStack Foundation has launched as a stand-alone nonprofit organization, freeing its namesake stack of open source cloud hosting software from the management of hosting provider Rackspace. ...
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