Tuesday, August 21, 2012

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 21/08/2012





Doctor Where: Tardis discovered on Google Street View
Thanks to Google Street View, we can now pretend a little harder that the good Doctor is actually paying visits to modern-day England and parking his Tardis in some interesting locations.
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Judge: Google didn't comply with disclosure order in Oracle case
Federal judge overseeing the Oracle v. Google patent lawsuit says that search giant failed to comply with a request to document all payments to bloggers and writers covering the trial.
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Sony makes Xperia SL official
The Xperia SL makes minor processing improvements to the Xperia S.
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When is the right (and wrong) time to buy Apple stock?
Investing in Apple's stock one to two months prior to the launch of an iPhone or iPad can be fruitful, says Sanford C. Bernstein.
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Apple-Samsung jury: Verdict form may blow your minds
The nine-person jury in the trial between the two tech giants faces a wildly complex form to determine the winner.
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Leaked media kit points to 2004 ad sales pitch for 'TheFacebook'
The presentation was reportedly given by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin just months after the social network had launched.
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European ISPs defend U.N. Internet tax
Meanwhile, reps of Verizon and the U.S. government attack the proposal to give a U.N. agency more control over the Internet, which could include levying fees on content providers.
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Presumed Droid Razr HD videos appear before vanishing
A number of tutorial videos for the next-generation devices in the Motorola Droid Razr series surface online only to disappear soon after.
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How to get the classic Start menu back in Windows 8 RTM
Three free utilities can replicate the classic Start button and menu in the RTM (release-to-manufacturing) version of Windows 8.
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At $622B, Apple becomes all-time most valuable company
The iPhone maker sees its market cap hit $622 billion, beating the world record of $618.9 billion for a public company, set by Microsoft in 1999.
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