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  • Suit over China's Web filter to target Lenovo, Acer, Sony
    Owen Fletcher
    Jul 3, 1:05 am

    A U.S. company will seek legal action against Lenovo, Acer and Sony next week over their shipment in China of controversial software that the company says stole its programming code. Solid Oak ...

  • Freemium and Freeconomics
    Fred Wilson
    07/04/2009 - 4:43am

    This week we saw the release of Chris Anderson's book Free and reviews from the New Yorker (Malcolm Gladwell) and the Financial Times. I'd like to talk a bit about the firestorm that freeconomics ...

  • Web site for China Mobile's application store appears
    Owen Fletcher
    07/03/2009 - 2:14am

    A Web site for China Mobile's upcoming mobile application store appeared online on Friday, giving a preview of what free and paid downloads the carrier will offer to its more than 480 million ...

  • DOJ officially opens investigation into Google Book Search
    Nancy Gohring
    07/02/2009 - 2:17pm

    The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Thursday that it is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, following months of speculation that the ...

  • Vista Ultimate users fume, rant over Windows 7 deals
    Gregg Keizer
    07/02/2009 - 9:21am

    Consumers running Windows Vista Ultimate, who have blasted Microsoft for breaking promises to deliver a host of extras, are now knocking the company's upgrade plans and discount pricing for Windows ...

  • Bing Builds an Underwhelming Twitter Search
    Jared Newman
    07/02/2009 - 9:10am

    Looking for a competitive edge in the Internet search wars, Microsoft plans to index Twitter updates in real time for Bing, its recently rebranded search engine. The idea is that recent developments ...

  • Windows 7 May Get Family Pack Discount
    Ian Paul
    07/02/2009 - 5:56am

    Microsoft may be introducing a Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium, with a shared license for three computers in the same household. The license details in the latest build of Windows 7 have the ...

  • Sweden aims high for creation of a single EU patent system
    Paul Meller
    07/02/2009 - 4:59am

    Sweden took over the rotating six-month presidency of the European Union this week, promising to push hard for an agreement among the 27 member states on the creation of a single E.U.-wide ...

  • Cisco to expand mobile collaboration features
    Stephen Lawson
    07/01/2009 - 4:15pm

    Cisco will tackle the mobile world over the next year with a series of new features to bring smartphones into business communications, the head of the company's software group said at the Cisco Live ...

  • Exit market warms with five IPOs in Q2
    Camille Ricketts
    07/01/2009 - 1:28pm

    With five venture-backed public offerings, the second quarter was a significant improvement over the first quarter’s zero IPOs. In fact, this is the best the market has performed since the ...

  • Bing adds Twitter posts to search results
    Nancy Gohring
    07/01/2009 - 4:02pm

    Microsoft on Wednesday started adding some Twitter posts into Bing search results, gaining a bit of a leg up on competitors even though the capability is limited. For now, Microsoft is indexing a ...

  • Faux pas at virtual world discussion highlight continuing 'transitional phase'
    Matt Hamblen
    07/01/2009 - 3:21pm

    Virtual worlds are growing in colleges and universities despite significant problems in using them to teach courses and communicate, a panel of experts said during a virtual discussion sponsored by ...

  • Engadget founders launch new crowdsourced site, Gdgt
    Paul Boutin
    07/01/2009 - 10:01am

    Peter Rojas and Ryan Block are among the world’s most recognized bloggers on any topic, not just tech. The website they built together, Engadget, is one of the world’s most-read blogs. Engadget ...

  • US agencies require net neutrality with broadband grants
    Grant Gross
    07/01/2009 - 12:39pm

    Two U.S. agencies tasked with distributing about US$7.2 billion in broadband deployment grants and loans over the next 15 months have released an official list of funding rules, imposing ...

  • FTC opens all out assault on economic cyber-scammers
    Michael Cooney
    07/01/2009 - 9:08am

    The Federal Trade Commission today announced a wide-ranging attack on cyber-vultures looking to feast on the current moribund economic situation. Dubbed “Operation Short Change,” the law ...

  • Microsoft to push IE8 at businesses next month
    Gregg Keizer
    07/01/2009 - 8:46am

    Microsoft will begin pushing Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to enterprises next month, the company announced this week. The decision to turn on IE8 updates will set businesses scrambling to either test ...

  • Joost unplugs Web TV service, concentrates on selling tech
    Jeremy Kirk
    07/01/2009 - 3:19am

    Web video site Joost is restructuring, abandoning its hopes to be a successful ad-supported Web TV provider. Instead it will sell its video-serving technology to other media companies. Joost, ...

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