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TECHNOLOGY News, Jul 24, 2011

photoSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese industrial and commercial authorities in Kunming have started to inspect all of the southwestern city's electronics shops after an American blogger wrote about fake Apple stores, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
 
Judge rejects Oracle damages estimate versus Google
Fri,22 Jul 2011 04:37 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge rejected Oracle Corp's claim for billions of dollars in damages from Google Inc for infringing on Java patents, a day after warning both sides they had taken unreasonable positions in a patent battle over the Android mobile system. Full Story

Facebook wins dismissal of second Winklevoss case
Fri,22 Jul 2011 12:06 PM PDT
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photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc won a dismissal of a second lawsuit by the Olympic rowing twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss seeking to boost their $65 million settlement with the company and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.

Analysis: Aging PC giants see writing on the wall
Fri,22 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT
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photoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley's old guard is waking up to the fact that the era of consumer PC may be in its twilight, accelerating the need to invest and adapt to rapidly changing tastes.

"Seismic wallpaper" may help houses through quakes
Fri,22 Jul 2011 09:20 AM PDT
Reuters - KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Researchers in Germany are working on a material that can keep walls from collapsing during earthquakes -- and even detect them before they happen. Full Story

RIM buys Swedish video editor for PlayBook
Fri,22 Jul 2011 09:07 AM PDT
Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said on Friday it has bought Swedish video editing company JayCut and hinted the operation will work on features for its PlayBook tablet computer. Full Story

Amazon's next billion-dollar business eyed
Fri,22 Jul 2011 08:02 AM PDT
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photoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's cloud computing unit may be its next billion-dollar business and analysts will be watching for clues on how fast this secretive unit is growing when the Internet retailer reports results next week.

Customers angry, staff defiant at China's fake Apple Store
Fri,22 Jul 2011 07:25 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoKUNMING, China (Reuters) - Customers at an apparent Apple Store in the Chinese city of Kunming berated staff and demanded refunds on Friday after the shop was revealed to be an elaborate fake, sparking a media and Internet frenzy.

photoBEIJING (Reuters) - So strong is the appeal of the Apple brand inChina, some Chinese are willing to sell a kidney to pay for its gadgets.

Sony insurer sues to deny data breach coverage
Thu,21 Jul 2011 11:34 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK/TOKYO (Reuters) - One of Sony Corp's insurers has asked a court to declare that it does not have to pay to defend the media and electronics conglomerate from mounting legal claims related to a massive data breach earlier this year. Full Story

Japanese tech giants aim to bounce back from quake
Thu,21 Jul 2011 08:41 PM PDT
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photoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's major consumer electronics makers are expected to show April-June earnings collapsed due to the March earthquake, but focus is turning to whether they can meet their forecasts for a swift recovery, given a fragile global economy.

Icahn: Motorola could split patents and handsets
Thu,21 Jul 2011 05:21 PM PDT
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photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn urged Motorola to consider splitting off its patent portfolio to cash in on surging interest in wireless technology from companies like Google Inc and Apple Inc.

Microsoft Windows fizzles as PC fears loom
Thu,21 Jul 2011 05:02 PM PDT
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photoSEATTLE (Reuters) - Sales of Microsoft Corp's flagship Windows software disappointed for the third straight quarter, taking the gloss off better-than-expected earnings that were aided by an unusually low tax rate.

Fake Apple Store in China even fools staff
Thu,21 Jul 2011 04:57 PM PDT
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photoSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese counterfeiters have had a field day pumping out knockoffs of Apple Inc's best-selling iPhones and iPads, but one appears to have gone a step further -- a near flawless fake Apple Store that even employees believe is the real deal.

Judge criticizes Google and Oracle at hearing
Thu,21 Jul 2011 04:41 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Both Oracle Corp and Google Inc have taken unreasonable positions on the scale of damages involved in a high stakes patent battle over the Android operating system, a U.S. judge said in court. Full Story

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