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TECHNOLOGY News, Jul 13, 2011

Exclusive: China Telecom plans iPhone launch year-end
Tue,12 Jul 2011 10:56 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoHONG KONG (Reuters) - China Telecom Corp Ltd plans to offer its 106 million subscribers the Apple Inc iPhone by the end of 2011, sources said on Wednesday, which would make it the second operator to do so in the world's largest mobile phone market.

Toshiba, Hynix say to collaborate on MRAM development
Tue,12 Jul 2011 10:45 PM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp and South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor said on Wednesday they have agreed to jointly develop Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory, or MRAM, products. Full Story

RIM deflects criticism at annual meeting
Tue,12 Jul 2011 06:39 PM PDT
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photoWATERLOO, Ontario (Reuters) - Research In Motion executives deflected criticism from investors who complained the BlackBerry maker has been mismanaged and marketed poorly as rivals Apple and Google steal its market share.

Apple chief patent lawyer leaving: sources
Tue,12 Jul 2011 11:37 AM PDT
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photoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's chief patent counsel will soon leave the company, at a time when the iPhone maker is fighting numerous legal battles around the world, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Regulators combat unauthorized phone bill fees
Tue,12 Jul 2011 11:27 AM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telephone companies would have to make third-party charges on landline phone bills clear and distinct to help people detect unauthorized fees under rules proposed on Tuesday by communications regulators. Full Story

Timeline: WikiLeaks' Assange fights extradition
Tue,12 Jul 2011 11:15 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of the main elements in the WikiLeaks saga as founder Julian Assange appears in a British court for a second time on Tuesday to block his extradition from Britain to Sweden. Full Story

RIM could do better as two businesses: analyst
Tue,12 Jul 2011 10:45 AM PDT
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photoTORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion should split itself in two to liberate locked-in value and speed up innovation at a company that has lagged its competitors, a brokerage said on Tuesday.

Groupon offers first car deal, targets bigger items
Tue,12 Jul 2011 10:07 AM PDT
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photoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon Inc offered its first car coupon on Tuesday, a sign the largest online daily deal company is expanding into bigger-ticket items.

Applied Materials warns of tough economies
Tue,12 Jul 2011 10:02 AM PDT
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photoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chip manufacturing equipment maker Applied Materials said tough economic conditions in Europe and the United States were hurting demand, and it maintained its forecast for slower quarterly revenue.

Amazon seeks ballot measure to undo California tax
Tue,12 Jul 2011 09:58 AM PDT
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photoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has taken the first step toward asking California voters to repeal a new law requiring websites that forward shoppers to it to collect sales tax, a spokeswoman for the state's attorney general said on Monday.

Analysis: Doubt creeps in to tech valuations at Sun Valley
Tue,12 Jul 2011 09:32 AM PDT
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photoSUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - When people worry about valuations, Eric Schmidt likes to remind them about Google Inc. The Internet search provider made its stock debut in 2004 at $85 a share, a price tag many at the time thought outlandish.

A new U.S. law-enforcement tool: Facebook searches
Tue,12 Jul 2011 08:58 AM PDT
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photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. law-enforcement agencies are increasingly obtaining warrants to search Facebook, often gaining detailed access to users' accounts without their knowledge.

EU court says eBay should protect trademarks better
Tue,12 Jul 2011 07:41 AM PDT
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photoLUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Internet auction marketplace eBay may have to take more responsibility over what is sold via its website or it could be sued for trademark abuse, Europe's top court ruled on Tuesday.

Cisco could eliminate as many as 10,000 jobs: report
Tue,12 Jul 2011 06:49 AM PDT
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photoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Networking equipment company Cisco Systems Inc could eliminate as many as 10,000 jobs, or about 14 percent of its workforce, to revive profit growth, Bloomberg said, citing two people familiar with the matter.

China says piracy problem not "extremely serious"
Tue,12 Jul 2011 03:45 AM PDT
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday its crackdown on pirated goods has made great strides, a claim borne out by government statistics but not necessarily by a trip to one of Beijing's many shops where pirated software, movies and clothes are readily available. Full Story

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