Google Bids $900 Million For Nortel Patent Portfolio

Besieged by patent claims, Google is arming to defend itself, and perhaps to enter new markets.  Google cultivates the image of an unconventional company, but the vigor with which it continues to push the envelope of intellectual property law appears to be waning. Its copyright policy of seeking...

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Firefox 5

For the record, these are new features which Firefox 5 intends to build, but these are not new features at all and are already available in other browsers today. As I had posted earlier, Firefox 5 did want to add site specific features like Internet Explorer 9 has right now. All in all Mozilla is shunning...

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American Airlines Resume Doing Business Together Effective Immediately

Earlier in January, we heard that American Airlines’ fares and links were removed completely from travel bookings site Expedia, after the two companies failed to come to a distribution agreement. Today, American Airlines and Expedia have made peace, announcing...

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Yelp Increasing Their User From 50 Million A Month To 17 Reviews

Over the last couple years, there’s been a huge surge in the suite of online services referred to collectively as ‘local’. There’s Facebook Places, which prompts users to check-in and claim deals. There’s Google Places, which recently launched its own check-in...

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$6.5 Billion In Cash For Texaz Instrument Acquires national Semiconductor

Wow. Texas Instruments has signed an agreement to acquire fellow semiconductor manufacturer National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion, or $25 per share, in an all-cash deal. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction, which is expected close in six to nine months. Santa...

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All Will Be Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, Twitter

You all might have seen this trend of copying product ideas in technology products. Folks at The Joy of Tech has created a nice funny cartoon which shows Google’s founder Larry Page and Sergey brin talking about the latest Android to be similar to Apple products...

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