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Developments in Google's bid for Motorola Mobility

2/22/2012 12:01 PM   

Here are some key developments in Google's Inc.'s planned acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.: Aug. 15, 2011: Google announces plans to spend $12.5 billion to buy Motorola Mobility. Google would get Motorola's lineup of cellphones, tablet ...

Apple defends use of iPad name in Chinese court

2/22/2012 12:01 PM   

SHANGHAI -- Apple defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China in a heated court hearing Wednesday that pitted the electronics giant against a struggling company that denies it sold the mainland China rights to the tablet's name. Shenzhen Pr ...

USC Aiken reveals convenient smart phone app

2/21/2012 10:28 AM   

Students, faculty, staff and the community at large now have a new tool to keep them informed about the USC Aiken – a free smartphone app that was recently unveiled and features everything from news, events, a campus tour, polls and even emerge ...

Sony makes mobile gaming push with handheld Vita

2/20/2012 12:58 PM   

NEW YORK -- Sony is intensifying its push in handheld gaming with a gadget aimed at hardcore players looking for something with a bit more punch than "Angry Birds," "Words With Friends" and other smartphone pastimes. The PlayStation Vita, already ava ...

YouTube enlists big-name help to redefine channels

2/20/2012 11:58 AM   

CULVER CITY, Calif. -- YouTube is enlisting Hollywood's help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes. The online video giant is aiming to create 25 hours of programming per day with the help of some of the top ...

More Chinese cities seize iPads over trademark

2/16/2012 11:44 AM   

BEIJING -- Authorities have seized iPads from more Chinese retailers in an escalating trademark dispute between Apple Inc. and a struggling local company that could disrupt global sales of the popular tablet computer. Shenzhen Proview Technology clai ...

Swiss craft janitor satellites to grab space junk

2/15/2012 1:19 PM   

GENEVA — The tidy Swiss want to clean up space. Swiss scientists said today they plan to launch a "janitor satellite" specially designed to get rid of space junk, the orbiting debris that can do serious and costly damage to valuable satellites ...

AT&T customers surprised by 'unlimited data' limit

2/13/2012 12:04 PM   

NEW YORK -- Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games. But in the past few weeks, there has been none of that, be ...

Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames

2/9/2012 11:17 AM   

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, marking the end of an era for the company that brought photography to the masses more than a century ago. Fo ...

Looking for work? There may be an app for that

2/7/2012 11:44 AM   

SAN FRANCISCO -- Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps -- the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network. The demand for applic ...

Google, Facebook remove content on India's order

2/6/2012 11:52 AM   

NEW DELHI -- Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy, media reported Monday. The action follows weeks ...

Microsoft slams Google user data policy in new ads

2/2/2012 12:33 AM   

LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft Corp. slammed search rival Google Inc. with full-page ads Wednesday, saying that recent changes at Google that allow it to internally merge the data it collects on user activity across services such as YouTube and Gmail are m ...

Surgical robot unveiled in Oxford

2/1/2012 12:39 PM   

OXFORD, Miss — Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi has given the public a look at a new surgery robotic system. The machine is called the "Da Vinci." It allows doctors to perform surgery without major incisions. The Oxford Eagle reports ...

Officials investigating Illinois reactor shutdown

1/31/2012 9:40 AM   

CHICAGO -- Officials are investigating the events surrounding a power failure at a nuclear reactor in northern Illinois, but believe they may have traced the cause to a piece of equipment at a switchyard. After the shutdown Monday morning at Exelon N ...

Thailand welcomes Twitter's new censorship policy

1/30/2012 11:57 AM   

BANGKOK -- Thailand is welcoming Twitter's new policy to censor tweets in specific nations where the content might break laws. Technology minister Anudith Nakornthap said Monday the new policy was a "constructive" development. The Southeast Asian cou ...

Tech companies team up to combat email scams

1/30/2012 11:51 AM   

NEW YORK -- Google, Microsoft and other companies are working together to combat email "phishing" scams. They've formed an organization to design a system to authenticate emails from legitimate senders and weed out scams. Phishing scams try to trick ...