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Microsoft targets Motorola Mobility, claims patent abuse

Microsoft targets Motorola Mobility, claims patent abuse

Software giant says the company is trying to use essential patents "to kill video on the Web." Microsoft also takes a swipe at Google, which is acquiring the Motorola company.
Microsoft ad goes for Google's jugular

Apple vs. Facebook: Why users are the losers

Apple vs. Facebook: Why users are the losers

When big companies fight, it's rarely the big companies themselves that take the biggest hit. Ben Parr digs into a clash of tech titans.
Microsoft Office for the iPad: To be or not to be

Under the hood: HTML5 or native? A guide

Under the hood: HTML5 or native? A guide

Taking your site mobile is a technology minefield. Here's how we're doing it at CBS Interactive.

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  1. Watchdog group: Foxconn hid young workers before inspection

    One of the organization's employees also says Foxconn banned 16- and 17-year-old workers from overtime while inspections are ongoing.

  2. Verizon customers hit by another 4G LTE outage

    Verizon users across various states are reporting another outage of 4G LTE services, though 3G users may also be affected.

  3. iPad and Kindle Fire: The top 5 technical annoyances

    Trouble with Wi-Fi connections proves among the top issues confronting users of both tablets, in a study by tech support Q&A site FixYa.
    Smaller iPad in 'testing stage,' says research firm

  4. Social messaging cost carriers $14B in SMS revenue, says firm

    Cell phone owners are turning to other services to chat with friends, according to Ovum. It also says carriers lost $8.7 billion in SMS revenue in 2010 because of social messaging.

  5. Microsoft Office for the iPad: To be or not to be

    The Daily stands by its report that Microsoft has created an iPad version of Office, though the folks in Redmond label the story inaccurate.

  1. Photos claim to expose inside, outside of iPad 3

    Are we peering inside the iPad 3, while seeing design tweaks to the outside too?

  2. Sorry, PlayBook 2.0 still isn't worth your money

    Yes, the updated software now gives you access to e-mail, but tablets should do a whole lot more. Does the PlayBook offer anything the iPad or an Android tablet doesn't? Not really.

  3. Two Android tablets take on Apple: One is up to the task

    Can Android tablets match the iPad in usability? Yes, if they apply an important lesson from Apple.

  4. The least sexy iPad 3 part emerges...maybe

    The glass front that will grace the front of Apple's next iPad has possibly turned up, providing a few clues about design changes in store.

  5. BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 arrives, built-in e-mail and all

    If at first you don't succeed, they say. Still, although PlayBook owners will now have much of what they were hoping for in the first version, they're not getting everything.

  1. Five things to know about the new Facebook

    Facebook is getting major changes within the next few weeks that will alter the way you socialize online with friends. Here's what the new Facebook interface will look like.

  2. Darth Vader's personal Lego spaceship flies Sept. 1

    The popular toy maker says that on September 1 it will start selling an all-new set, Darth Vader's personal spacecraft, the Super Star Destroyer Executor. The set will cost $400.

  3. What Facebook announced at F8 today

    At its annual developers conference, the world's largest social network unveils Timeline and a new Open Graph, two major features that seem likely to change the way people interact with the service.

  4. How bad is the Mac malware scare? (FAQ)

    Windows users are familiar with the fake anti-malware ruse, but this is the first time it's been targeted at the smaller Mac market. CNET tells you what MacDefender is and what it means for Macintosh users.

  5. Scrambling to undo Facebook's changes as they roll out

    Browser extension that hides Facebook's new features and more rushes to keep up as more announcements come out of f8.

  1. Sorry, PlayBook 2.0 still isn't worth your money

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    Yes, the updated software now gives you access to e-mail, but tablets should do a whole lot more. Does the PlayBook offer anything the iPad or an Android tablet doesn't? Not really.

  2. Microsoft: Google bypassed IE privacy settings too

    129 comments

    Discovery comes just days after Web giant was found to be sidestepping the user privacy preferences in Apple's Safari.

  3. Scared of Anonymous? NSA chief says you should be

    94 comments

    The director of the National Security Agency says the hacktivist group is growing more powerful and could eventually attack our power grid. So beware.

  4. Finally, a cost estimate for building a real Death Star

    93 comments

    The Empire's crown jewel would take more than 800,000 years and many thousand times the world's GDP to build.

  5. BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 arrives, built-in e-mail and all

    68 comments

    If at first you don't succeed, they say. Still, although PlayBook owners will now have much of what they were hoping for in the first version, they're not getting everything.

  1. Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's End

    Google is currently making a pair of glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer's eyes in real time. According to several Google employees familiar with the project, the glasses will go on sale to the public by the end of the year.

    from Bits

  2. Comcast to Launch a Netflix Rival

    Comcast is taking aim at Netflix, unveiling an Internet streaming-video service that will give existing Comcast video customers a selection of old TV shows and movies.

    from The Wall Street Journal.

  3. Robert McDowell: The U.N. Threat to Internet Freedom

    Top-down, international regulation is antithetical to the Net, which has flourished under its current governance model.

    from The Wall Street Journal.

  4. Disk-Drive Woes Weigh on Dell

    Dell said its fourth-quarter earnings fell 18%, as supply constraints for disk drives and weak demand from public-sector customers more than offset the computer maker's shift to more-profitable products.

    from The Wall Street Journal.

  5. Alibaba Takes Web Unit Private

    Alibaba Group, which is partly owned by Yahoo, plans to take private its Hong Kong-listed e-commerce portal Alibaba.com in a $2.3 billion deal.

    from The Wall Street Journal.

  1. The Simpsons: Tapped Out freemium iOS game by EA (images)
  2. Android features that may elicit envy from iPhone owners (photos)
  3. Web privacy: In search of the holy grail
  4. John Glenn and Friendship 7, we have 50 years (photos)
  5. Star Wars, Lazer Tag, and more: Hasbro at Toy Fair 2012 (photos)
  6. Google's Street View tours Japanese cave, mine (images)
  7. Supermassive black hole at Milky Way's core gives up a secret (images)
  8. Samsung Galaxy Note (AT&T)

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