Appeals court opinion provides bump in Apple v. Samsung case
A federal appeals court opinion issued Friday could change the schedule in the patent infringement trial between Apple and Samsung. The trial entered its final stretch Friday as testimony wrapped up in the lawsuit in which Apple is demanding more than $2 billion in damages from Samsung. Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday morning, but the ruling issued Friday morning in a separate case involves one of the patents at the center of Apple v. Samsung.
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4 no-bull facts you need to know about the FCC's Net neutrality proposal
No, the FCC's newly proposed rules for Net neutrality don't spell the end of the Internet as we know i
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Apple shows off '103-degree data center'
Apple is using solar arrays, including a 100-acre solar energy farm in Maiden, N.C., to help power a data center there. Apple allowed NBC's Today show inside the facility this week, and during the tour, a reporter asked what the temperature was there. "It's about 103 degrees in here," said Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of environmental initiatives and a former Obama administration EPA chief.
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With Gundotra out, changes likely for Google+
Now that Google's Vic Gundotra, a senior vice president and the head of Google+, is leaving the company, changes are likely afoot at the social network he championed since its inception, industry analysts said.
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Microsoft completes $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia
Microsoft today officially closed its $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's handset business, welcoming approximately 30,000 new employees to its rolls. As expected, the new unit has been named "Microsoft Mobile Oy," and will act as a subsidiary. "Oy" is the Finnish equivalent to "Ltd." or "LLC," a limited liability company in the U.K. and the U.S., and to "GmbH" in Germany.
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Mozilla to strengthen SSL certificate verification in Firefox
Mozilla plans to more strictly enforce industry best practices for SSL certificates in future versions of Firefox with a new certificate verification system. The new system will be implemented as a library called "mozilla::pkix" and will start being used by Firefox 31, which is expected to be released in July.
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Front-end ops gaining prominence in Web development
Front-end operations is attracting more attention these days as a mechanism for getting Web applications built quicker and running faster. The concept is an emerging discipline in Web application development and engineering.
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Exclusive: Google mulling Wi-Fi for cities with Google Fiber
Google is considering deploying Wi-Fi networks in towns and cities covered by its Google Fiber high-speed Internet service. The disclosure is made in a document Google is circulating to 34 cities that are the next candidates to receive Google Fiber in 2015.[ Cut to the key news for technology development and IT management with the InfoWorld Daily newsletter, our summary of the top tech happenings. ]
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Apple put users at risk with 3-week delay between OS X and iOS patches, researchers say
Apple exposed iOS users to security threats by taking three weeks longer to patch the same vulnerabilities in the mobile OS that it previously fixed in Safari on OS X, a former Apple security engineer said. Security researcher Kristin Paget, who left Apple at the end of January for a position at Tesla Motors, strongly criticized her former employer's software patching practices in a blog post Wednesday.
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Microsoft profit drops but devices, consumer products help results
Microsoft's profit dropped and its revenue was almost flat in its third fiscal quarter, during which the company replaced Steve Ballmer with Satya Nadella as CEO. Revenue came in at $20.40 billion, down slightly from $20.49 billion in the same quarter last year. Net income was $5.7 billion, or $0.68 per share, down from $6.1 billion, or $0.72 per share.
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Nginx's new versions: More speed, less Heartbleed
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Don't like Windows now? Wait a few months for the upgrade
If rumors can be believed -- and absent clear communications out of Redmond, rumors will be parsed and passed on at a feverish rate -- Microsoft is serious about stepping up the pace of Windows development.
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US tech spending to see 'solid, steady growth' this year and next, Forrester says
Combined U.S. business and consumer spending on technology will rise 5.3 percent this year to $1.315 trillion and 6.0 percent to $1.4 trillion in 2015, thanks to an improving economy and an acceleration in purchases by businesses and government agencies, according to Forrester Research.
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