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Yahoo says it backs privacy after dissident freed
September 1, 2012 9:42 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsYahoo has issued a statement saying it supports free speech and privacy on the Internet, a day after the release of a Chinese dissident who was convicted on evidence supplied by the company. Yahoo Inc. said it condemns political suppression "wherever and however it occurs." The statement...
Samsung: Apple trying to limit consumer choice
September 1, 2012 4:44 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsFresh from its $1 billion court defeat, South Korea's Samsung says Apple is resorting to litigation over market competition in an effort to limit consumer choice. Last month, a jury in California found Samsung had copied Apple Inc.'s design innovations. On Friday, the iPhone maker said it wanted...
Apple wants 4 more Samsung products added to suit
September 1, 2012 12:04 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsFresh off its court victory over Samsung Electronics Co., iPhone maker Apple Inc. is asking a federal court to add four more of its rival's products to the list of patent-infringing products. Apple filed documents in San Jose federal district court on Friday asking a judge to end Samsung's...
Penney scores win in dispute over Martha Stewart
August 31, 2012 2:39 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMacy's Inc. has lost a bid to prevent rival J.C. Penney Co. from selling some Martha Stewart-branded products in its stores. New York State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Oing denied Macy's request on Thursday. The judge said J.C. Penney is already abiding by an injunction that prevents it from...
Sina's chairman resigns, succeeded by CEO Chao
August 31, 2012 2:01 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSina Corp., which operates a popular Chinese Internet portal, announced the resignation of Yan Wang as board chairman Friday and said CEO Charles Chao has taken on the additional role. Sina did not cite a reason for the resignation. It said Wang will lead efforts to establish a charity foundation...
More thermal examples
August 31, 2012 11:41 am | by Screaming Circuits | Blogs | CommentsSpeaking of thermal relief... Here's an interesting example I ran across the other day. Thermal relief can be a pain. If you've got a high current device, you may want more than just the thin little connections, one per side, that you get with thermals. You might feel the need for greater current capacity...
The Energy Savers Blog is Taking a Short Vacation!
August 31, 2012 11:25 am | by Energy Savers Blog | Blogs | CommentsFor the last few months, we've been posting about what you can do to save energy during these long summer days. Hopefully those posts have given you a few ideas! But now, in true summer fashion, the Energy Savers blog is going on a short summer vacation.
IAC picks up DateHookup.com
August 31, 2012 10:13 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsWho says money can't buy love? Match.com and OKCupid owner IAC/InterActiveCorp has picked up another dating website, DateHookup.com. The New York company did not say Friday how much it's paying for DateHookup.com. The website, founded in 2002, has more than 1 million unique visitors a month,...
'Nanoresonators' might improve cell phone performance
August 31, 2012 9:05 am | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsResearchers have learned how to mass produce tiny mechanical devices that could help cell phone users avoid the nuisance of dropped calls and slow downloads. The devices are designed to ease congestion over the airwaves to improve the performance of cell phones and other portable devices.
Exclusive: Amazon teams with Nokia, snubs Google for maps - sources
August 31, 2012 9:03 am | by Alistair Barr, Reuters | News | CommentsAmazon.com Inc's new Kindle Fire will have mapping services via a tie-up with Nokia Oyj, according to two people familiar with the situation, filling a gap in the tablet's capabilities while snubbing Google Inc's popular service.
From smart to genius: Will design define future gadgets?
August 31, 2012 9:01 am | by Jeremy Wagstaff, chief Asia technology correspondent, Reuters | News | CommentsIn a pre-iPhone age, mobile phones came in all shapes and sizes. Remember the clamshell, candy bar, swivel, backflip, slider, dual-slider, lipstick, and, of course, the taco? Nowadays, most phones have a touch screen, rows of icons and are rectangular.
Stuck bolt on space station stymies spacewalkers
August 31, 2012 9:00 am | by Irene Klotz, Reuters | News | CommentsNASA on Thursday halted attempts to replace a power distributor on the International Space Station after spacewalking astronauts were repeatedly stymied by a jammed bolt, officials said. NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, both station flight engineers
Digi develops M2M solution powering art…
August 31, 2012 8:00 am | by Digi International | News | CommentsDigi develops M2M solution powering art installation for London's Cultural Olympiad in less than two months...
Tokyo court: Samsung didn't infringe Apple patent
August 31, 2012 1:43 am | by YURI KAGEYAMA - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsA Tokyo court on Friday dismissed Apple Inc.'s claim that Samsung had infringed on its patent — the latest ruling in the global legal battle over smartphones that pits the two technology titans against each other. Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea, the world's largest maker of phones,...
PeopleSoft founder seeks windfall in Workday IPO
August 30, 2012 7:22 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe billionaire who founded business software maker PeopleSoft is looking to strike it rich again by taking his latest startup public. The startup, called Workday, is looking to raise $400 million in its initial public offering of stock. The figure listed in papers filed Thursday could change as...
