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Facebook ups IPO again -- this time with more shares

Don Reisinger — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:15:27 PDT

The company says it will now offer as many as 484.4 million shares of common stock in the offering, up from the 388 million shares it had initially planned to bring to the market.

Originally posted at News - Internet & Media

EU regulators: We'll scrutinize Windows RT browser behavior

Stephen Shankland — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:22:10 PDT

The European Commission's competition overseers "will remain vigilant" that Microsoft abides by an antitrust settlement involving Windows and browsers, but leave themselves plenty of wiggle room.

Windows RT devices will see limited release initially

Brooke Crothers — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:19:43 PDT

The first wave of Windows RT products will be little more than a ripple.

Nvidia accelerates gaming in the cloud

Brooke Crothers — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:34:55 PDT

The GPU company is putting some serious horsepower in the data center to power gaming on the go.

Oracle could end up with nothing in its Java suit, judge warns

Rachel King — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:32:13 PDT

Oracle makes a last-stand effort on trying for infringer's profits, but possibly reopens the door for accepting statutory damages.

Google sums up: No 'shred of evidence' for patent claim

Rachel King — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:27:42 PDT

Google followed up with its closing arguments in phase two of the Oracle suit over Java, reiterating that it had no knowledge of Sun's patent portfolio.

Big data is worth nothing without big science

Alex Yoder — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:43:00 PDT

As with gold or oil, data has no intrinsic value, writes Webtrends CEO Alex Yoder. Big science, which bridges the gap between knowledge and insight, is where the real value is.

Oracle sums up: Google chose "reckless" infringement

Rachel King — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:25:06 PDT

Oracle argues that just because Google says the Android team didn't know about Sun's patents didn't mean they didn't have access to them.

Chrome now syncs tabs to Android

Seth Rosenblatt — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:05:04 PDT

The latest major update to Google Chrome brings tab syncing to multiple devices, including Chrome for Android.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Native Android Firefox finally beta-ready

Seth Rosenblatt — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:00:00 PDT

After months of development, the overhauled Firefox for Android and its new native Android interface graduate to beta.

Originally posted at The Download Blog