Novell auction could be patent troll bonanza
By putting itself on the auction block, Novell has opened bidding on a valuable patent portfolio, one that could fall into the wrong hands.
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Wave-powered desalination pump permitted in Gulf
The Seadog water pump, which captures the energy of waves to turn a generator, will be used on an offshore platform in Texas to test using ocean power to desalinate water.
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Mozilla prepares coders for Firefox 4 features
Web developers, brace yourselves for Firefox 4 features. One in particular, IndexedDB, gives Web applications new data storage abilities.
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Nokia, Opera side with Adobe on Flash
The companies offer two more votes of support for Adobe in its public battle with Apple over Adobe's Flash multimedia software.
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In the Gulf, struggling with the oil disaster (photos)
BP and government agencies have been laboring for weeks to contain and clean up what the oil giant's CEO now calls an "environmental crisis and catastrophe." And it's far from over yet.
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Kindle, Kobo apps follow iPad international launch
With the release of the iPad worldwide, Amazon's Kindle and Kobo e-readers have gone international too.
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Morning Edition: One tablet per kiddo
Yahoo Mail gets Facebook feed integration, Roku adds local radio stations, and the One Laptop Per Child program turns into One Tablet Per Child.
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Box gets HTML5-powered drag-and-drop uploads
Storage service Box.net is now using HTML5 to bring drag-and-drop upload functionality to its users.
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Opera pokes fun at Chrome speed-test video
Jabbing at Google's elaborate Chrome speed test, Opera counters with low-tech browser video involving potatoes and kinetic energy.
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What makes a tablet a tablet? (FAQ)
Devices between the traditional smartphone and notebook PC categories occupy a gray area. We break down the differences between several self-proclaimed tablets.
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Google Reader ditches support for past browsers
Another Google property will no longer work with Internet Explorer 6. But the 2001-era browser isn't the only one whose support is ending.
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Time Warner, Universal push back at iPad
The media giants say they won't spend the time and money to rework their Flash-friendly video libraries to make them compatible with the iPad, according to a news report.
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iPad lands big in Japan, other foreign markets
In Japan, the world's second largest economy, the gadget launches with the kind of fanfare typically reserved for a new Nintendo game machine.
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Sony launching its e-reader around the world
Sony is eyeing a surge of worldwide launches for its e-book reader, with plans to introduce the device in Japan, China, Australia, Italy, and Spain.
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LimeWire scrambles to avoid annihilation
File-sharing service asks court to reconsider decision and seeks negotiation with the labels. Is this a case of too little, too late?
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Lenovo back in the black
Boosted by healthy consumer and corporate demand for its PCs, Lenovo enjoys a return to profitability and 56 percent sales growth for its fourth quarter.
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4 out of 10 iPhones sold to business users
Evidently, Apple has succeeded in overcoming enterprise's early misgivings about the iPhone's security and business-readiness.
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Willow Garage rolls out PR2 robots
Willow Garage hosted an open house Wednesday evening to introduce the first round of PR2 robots being made available to researcher and developers. With a mission to accelerate the advancement of open-source robotics software and development, the Menlo Park, Calif., company has now awarded 11 institutions a chance to see what they can do with the PR2 robots.
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HP takes top server spot from IBM
First-quarter figures from Gartner see HP take more server revenue than IBM worldwide as businesses start spending again after the economic downturn.
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Privacy groups assail Facebook changes
Longtime critics say changes are unacceptable because the standard is still "opt-in," and more government regulation is necessary.
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