| China inspects electronics stores after fake Apple shops report Sat,23 Jul 2011 10:44 AM PDT Reuters -  SHANGHAI (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 | |
 NEW 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. | |
 SAN 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 | |
 SAN 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. | |
 KUNMING, 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. | |
| Apple's must-have accessories for China's fashionable yuppies Fri,22 Jul 2011 05:48 AM PDT Reuters -  BEIJING (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 | |
 TOKYO (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. | |
 NEW 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. | |
 SEATTLE (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. | |
 SHANGHAI (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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