Posts Tagged ‘ internet ’

Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)

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AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.

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U.S. shuts 16 sports piracy websites pre-Super Bowl (Reuters)

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Reuters - Three days before Super Bowl XLVI, U.S. prosecutors said they seized 16 websites that illegally streamed live sports and pay-per-view events over the Internet, and charged a Michigan man with running nine of those websites.

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Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5B (AP)

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Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5B (AP)

AP - Facebook is friending Wall Street: The Internet social network is going public in a stock offering that could value it at up to $100 billion, eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard.

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AP Interview: Wikipedia founder hails role in US (AP)

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AP Interview: Wikipedia founder hails role in US (AP)

AP - The founder of Wikipedia hailed the online encyclopedia's role in helping halt U.S. legislation aimed at cracking down on Internet piracy, saying the proposed bills needed to be stopped because they were flawed.

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NZ court bails two associates of Megaupload founder (Reuters)

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Reuters - A New Zealand court granted bail on Thursday to two associates of the founder of online file-sharing website Megaupload, accused of being involved in a scheme that allegedly made more than $175 million from Internet piracy and illegal file sharing.

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