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MeeGo Loses Its Last Friend as Intel Turns to Tizen

Months after losing support from handset maker Nokia, the MeeGo mobile OS lost another major backer when Intel announced Wednesday it wouldn't continue with the Linux-based operating system. Instead, Intel will partner with Samsung to develop Tizen, a new open source Linux build ...

Intel and IBM Form Chip Research Tag Team

Two of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers, Intel and IBM, announced a shared investment Tuesday of US$4.4 billion to develop cutting-edge chip technology in the state of New York ...

Net Neutrality Measures Give FCC a New Set of Teeth

Nearly a year after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules were approved, the controversial measures were published Friday and are set to go into effect Nov. 20 ...

Whitman’s Sisyphean Challenge

Leo Apotheker's short stint as CEO of tech giant HP came to an end Thursday as the board ousted the executive it appointed just one year ago and installed former eBay CEO Meg Whitman in his place ...

Google’s Outrageous Fortune Draws Slings and Arrows at Senate Hearing

In a scene reminiscent of Microsoft Cofounder Bill Gates' appearance before a Senate hearing on market dominance years ago, Google Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt took the stand Wednesday to persuade U.S. Congressional leaders that the search engine giant is not violating antitrust principles. ...

DoJ Ups the Ante on Full Tilt Poker With Ponzi Scheme Allegations

The U.S. Department of Justice expanded its online gambling crackdown Tuesday when it filed a civil suit against the owners of the website Full Tilt Poker for defrauding thousands of members out of more than US$300 million in what it called a "global Ponzi scheme." ...

States’ Support for DoJ Suit Could Tilt Scale Against AT&T

The U.S. Department of Justice received the support of seven state attorneys general Friday in its opposition to the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile ...

States’ Support for DoJ Suit Could Tilt Scale Against AT&T

The U.S. Department of Justice received the support of seven state attorneys general Friday in its opposition to the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile ...

That Awful Sound Is RIM’s Gears Grinding

Research In Motion released its second quarter earnings Thursday, and numbers for the iPhone and Android competitor are looking dismal for the third consecutive quarter ...

Facebook: We Don’t Need No Stinking IPO

The world's largest social network is going to delay its plans to publicly sell stock, according to a recent report from the Financial Times that asserts Facebook will be delaying its highly anticipated initial public offering until late 2012 ...

Google Gets Travel Search Service Airborne

Travelers searching for flights can now look to Google. The search engine giant released its Google Flights feature Tuesday ...

Congress Gives US Patent Process Extreme Makeover

After six years of debate over patent reform, the U.S. Senate last week overwhelmingly approved the America Invents Act, a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. patent system that intends to weed out unnecessary patents and put the country more on par with international patent procedures ...

Greenies Give Google ‘Good Example’ Props

For the first time in the search engine's history, Google revealed just how much electricity it takes to power its massive computing infrastructure ...

Facebook Rakes In Mountains of Megabucks

Despite growing competition from Google, social network kingpin Facebook doubled its revenue in the first half of 2011, raking in US$1.6 billion to bolster company growth before its rumored IPO, according to a Reuters report ...

Groupon Steps Back From IPO Precipice

Online coupon retailer Groupon is reevaluating its plans to go forward with its IPO following a volatile summer market, according to a Wall Street Journal report ...

SCIENCE

Researchers Rev Up Electric Nano-Motors

Researchers at Tufts University announced Sunday they've created an electrical motor many thousands of times smaller than the width of a single human hair, a breakthrough they claim could eventually lead to innovations in healthcare and technology ...

Judge Cuts Oracle Claims Down to Size

SAP won a battle in its war with Oracle Thursday when a judge overturned the US$1.3 billion sum SAP was previously ordered to pay Oracle in a copyright infringement suit ...

Sued and Screwed: Where Do AT&T and T-Mobile Go From Here?

The U.S. Department of Justice dealt a surprising blow to the proposed US$39 billion merger between wireless providers AT&T and T-Mobile Wednesday when it filed a lawsuit to block AT&T from acquiring the smaller company, claiming the deal would violate antitrust regulations ...

Sued and Screwed: Where Do AT&T and T-Mobile Go From Here?

The U.S. Department of Justice dealt a surprising blow to the proposed US$39 billion merger between wireless providers AT&T and T-Mobile Wednesday when it filed a lawsuit to block AT&T from acquiring the smaller company, claiming the deal would violate antitrust regulations ...

Dead Tablet Walking

HP has opted to continue producing its TouchPad tablet device, at least temporarily, in response to an explosion of demand among consumers. That demand was likely spurred by the drastic drop in price the tablet underwent earlier this month -- just after HP announced that it was discontinuing the TouchPad. The device, which sold for US$500 when it debuted a few weeks ago, dropped to $99 at some retailers...

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