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  With AdMob, Google seeks mobile edge

  The most dominant online advertising company has long had its sights set on the mobile market, and its $750 million purchase of AdMob gives it a strong position.
  • Google to acquire AdMob

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  Ex-Palm trio loads up
  on Vitamin D

  Start-up Vitamin D is tapping AI to try to make sense of what's going on in digital videos. Its first target: the surveillance camera industry.

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• Initial Motorola Droid sales look good

  Analysts believe that sales of the new Motorola Droid on Verizon Wireless' network have been strong and steady through the first weekend the device was on sale.

  (Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

• Apple updates Mac OS X Snow Leopard

  Apple fixes a number of issues in Snow Leopard, including a bug that caused the loss of data when logged in as a guest.
  • Apple plugs holes for domain spoofing, other attacks

  (Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

• EC formally objects to Oracle buying Sun

  European regulators have formally objected to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Oracle vows to fight the conclusion.

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• More time needed for revised Google Books deal

  After a meeting late last week with the Justice Department, the parties realize they need more time. Monday was to be the deadline for a revised settlement.

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Judge bans Twitter from court

  Federal judge in Georgia says criminal procedure rule should be interpreted to ban Twitter updates during a trial.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Declan McCullagh)

• Report: Clearwire gets more cash from investors

  All of Clearwire's major investors, with the exception of Google, are pumping in more cash to the company to help it build its nationwide WiMax network.

  (Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

• Winner declared in space elevator race

  LaserMotive wins $900,000 in NASA's Space Elevator challenge, where teams compete to see who could drive their space elevator the fastest.

  (Posted in Cutting Edge by Lance Whitney)

• EA picks up Playfish for social gaming push

  Electronic Arts makes some serious waves in the social gaming by acquiring Playfish for $275 million in cash and $25 million in equity.

  (Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

• How your cell phone can diagnose disease

  An engineer at UCLA combines cell phones and $10 worth of hardware with software he developed to create next-gen microscopes that are affordable and portable.

  (Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)

• Closing chapter of Google Books saga near

  Monday's deadline to submit a revised settlement could mark the beginning of the end for the Google Books legal process, after a year of rancorous debate.

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• PC processor shipments break record

  Worldwide shipments of processors jump 23 percent over the second quarter, doubling typical sequential growth, says a new report from IDC.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Lance Whitney)

• After 5 years, Firefox faces new challenges

  Mozilla has helped reshape the Web since releasing Firefox 1.0 in 2004. Now it's got Google Chrome and a reawakened Microsoft to reckon with.
  • Images: Firefox through the ages
  • A visual history of Firefox

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• Compuware completes Gomez buyout

  Application and testing firm finalizes $295 million purchase of Web optimization firm. Compuware brings aboard all of Gomez's 272 employees.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Lance Whitney)
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