US Escalates Google Case by Hiring Noted Outside Lawyer - New York Times

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US Escalates Google Case by Hiring Noted Outside Lawyer New York Times Federal regulators escalated their antitrust investigation of Google on Thursday by hiring a prominent litigator, sending a strong signal that they are prepared to take the Internet giant to court. The Federal Trade Commission is examining Google's ... FTC Hires High-Profile Lawyer to Help Lead Google ProbeWall Street Journal FTC hires outside litigator in Google antitrust caseBoston Globe FTC taps outside counsel for Google antitrust probeReuters Los Angeles Times -Washington Post all 231 news articles »

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Samsung tops Apple in global mobile phone shipments - CNET

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Samsung tops Apple in global mobile phone shipments CNET Samsung is on a tear and dominating worldwide mobile phone shipments, according to two market research firms. by Brooke Crothers April 26, 2012 10:29 PM PDT Follow @mbrookec Samsung's smartphone shipments soared over the same period last to easily grab ... Samsung Overtakes Nokia, Becomes World's No.1 Handset Maker For First Time ...Wall Street Journal Seoul shares gain, Samsung Elec at record high on earningsReuters Smartphones fuel Samsung profit to recordAtlanta Journal Constitution all 735 news articles »

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Ex-Sun boss McNealy sides with Oracle in Google dispute - Computerworld

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Ex-Sun boss McNealy sides with Oracle in Google dispute Computerworld By James Niccolai IDG News Service - Former Sun boss Scott McNealy sided with Oracle on Thursday in its dispute with Google over Android, testifying in court that companies needed a license to use Sun's Java programming interfaces. Former Sun CEO says Google's Android didn't need license for Java APIsCNET Ex-Sun Boss Defends Google's Right To Java on AndroidWired News Ex-Sun leaders disagree about Google's use of JavaSan Francisco Chronicle Washington Post -Wall Street Journal all 393 news articles »

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Report: Amazon Now Has the Lead in Android Tablet Market - Tom's Guide

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Report: Amazon Now Has the Lead in Android Tablet Market Tom's Guide This is what happens when you offer a premium device for a discount price: you rule the world. Customers want a bargain. They want a quality product for mere pennies, and have proven so with the Kindle Fire. So far Amazon's new 7-inch tablet is Apple's ... Kindle Fire is dominating other Android tabletsVatorNews Amazon Q1 Revenue Rises, With Help From Cloud ServicesCRN Amazon's Earnings Decline 35% but Top ForecastsNew York Times Wall Street Journal -Forbes -San Francisco Chronicle all 502 news articles »

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House OKs cybersecurity bill despite veto threat - USA TODAY

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House OKs cybersecurity bill despite veto threat USA TODAY WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The House of Representatives ignored Obama administration objections Thursday and approved legislation aimed at helping stop electronic attacks on critical US infrastructure and private companies. By Jacquelyn Martin, AP House Speaker ... US House passes cyber bill despite veto threatReuters House OKs cybersecurity billSan Francisco Chronicle Cyber-security bill passes House but faces snagsLos Angeles Times Chicago Tribune -PC Magazine all 952 news articles »

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House OKs cybersecurity bill despite veto threat - USA TODAY

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House OKs cybersecurity bill despite veto threat USA TODAY WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The House of Representatives ignored Obama administration objections Thursday and approved legislation aimed at helping stop electronic attacks on critical US infrastructure and private companies. On a bipartisan vote of 248-168, ... US House passes cyber bill despite veto threatReuters Cyber-security bill passes House but faces snagsLos Angeles Times House Approves Controversial CISPA Cyber-Security BillPC Magazine Christian Science Monitor -PCWorld all 906 news articles »

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Amazon First-Quarter Revenue Tops Estimates on Kindle Sales - San Francisco Chronicle

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Amazon First-Quarter Revenue Tops Estimates on Kindle Sales San Francisco Chronicle (Updates with an analyst's comment in eighth paragraph.) April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest Internet retailer, beat analysts' first-quarter revenue and earnings estimates, led by demand for Kindle devices and e- commerce ... Amazon profits beat Wall Street forecastsBBC News Kindle Fire helps Amazon beat 1Q estimatesHouston Chronicle Amazon 1Q beats estimates, stock jumpsUSA TODAY Washington Post -Wall Street Journal all 468 news articles »

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Kindle Fire helps Amazon beat 1Q estimates - San Francisco Chronicle

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Kindle Fire helps Amazon beat 1Q estimates San Francisco Chronicle (04-26) 15:39 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. posted first quarter profits Thursday that blew by analysts' estimates and boosted the company's stock in extended trading. The online commerce giant said its Kindle Fire tablet computer was its ... Summary Box: Hot-selling Kindle Fire helps Amazon top 1st-quarter profit estimatesWashington Post Amazon Profit Slips 35% As Spending ContinuesWall Street Journal Amazon 1Q beats estimates, stock jumpsUSA TODAY Telegraph.co.uk all 442 news articles »

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Amazon 1Q beats estimates, stock jumps - USA TODAY

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Amazon 1Q beats estimates, stock jumps USA TODAY SEATTLE (AP) â€" Amazon.com Inc. posted first-quarter profits Thursday that blew by analysts' estimates and caused the company's stock to jump in extended trading. The company said its Kindle Fire tablet remains its best-selling item, but its outlook for ... Amazon's Profit Declines but Beats ExpectationsNew York Times Amazon First-Quarter Revenue Tops Estimates on Kindle SalesSan Francisco Chronicle Amazon quarter better than expected; is it the Kindle effect?CNET San Jose Mercury News -CNN -Los Angeles Times all 255 news articles »

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Twitter updates iPhone, Android apps - Computerworld

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Twitter updates iPhone, Android apps Computerworld By Sharon Gaudin Computerworld - Twitter released updated iPhone and Android apps Thursday that make it easier for users to search and find new information. With a growing number of people tweeting and checking tweets on the train, at the local coffee ... Updated Twitter apps add Activity feed, better searchCNET Twitter Update: Hands-on with push notifications galoreSlashGear Twitter app update brings improved discover, search and notifications to iOS ...Engadget Mashable -Android Community -Mobile Burn all 182 news articles »

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Amazon's Kindle Fire now owns over half of the Android tablet market - Mobile Burn

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Amazon's Kindle Fire now owns over half of the Android tablet market Mobile Burn comScore's latest report on the Android tablet market is sure to give many manufacturers pause, as it claims that Amazon's Kindle Fire captured over half of the market in a matter of just a few months. According to the report, the Kindle Fire holds ... Amazon fixed one of the most broken things about Kindle Fire, now it needs to ...BetaNews ComScore pegs Kindle Fire at more than 50 percent of the Android tablet marketEngadget Kindle Fire Claims More Than Half Android Tablet MarketMediaPost Communications GameZone -ZDNet (blog) -TPM all 82 news articles »

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Google Drive's Introduction Looks To Dropkick Dropbox - Forbes

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Google Drive's Introduction Looks To Dropkick Dropbox Forbes Google introduced its cloud storage offering Google Drive, which had reportedly been stuck in development limbo for years. Google Drive will compete with Dropbox, Microsoft's SkyDrive as well as Apple's iCloud, a cloud-based storage and sync service. Your Google Drive Files Can End Up in AdsWired News Who needs cloud computing?Los Angeles Times 5 Reasons Microsoft SkyDrive is Better Than Google DriveNetwork World Washington Post -The Associated Press -Geek all 1,859 news articles »

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Nintendo posts first annual loss in at least three decades - Los Angeles Times

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Nintendo posts first annual loss in at least three decades Los Angeles Times Nintendo on Thursday posted losses of more than $500 million for its fiscal year -- its first annual loss since the Japanese gaming company began publicly reporting its financial results in 1981. The maker of Mario and Zelda games in January ... Nintendo Hurt by New RivalsNew York Times Nintendo Sees Major Loss Thanks to Weak 3DS, Wii SalesPC Magazine Nintendo Records $531.1 Million Annual LossWall Street Journal Financial Times -Forbes -Telegraph.co.uk all 431 news articles »

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Your Google Drive Files Can End Up in Ads - Wired News

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Your Google Drive Files Can End Up in Ads Wired News By Casey Johnston The combination of Google's new storage service, Google Drive, and the company's recently unified terms of service and privacy policy, have riled the Internet into demanding to know why Google seemed to be claiming ownership of their ... Who needs cloud computing?Los Angeles Times You're already using Google DriveSlashGear Cloud wars: How Google Drive's privacy policy stacks up against its rivals'Washington Post Houston Chronicle -VentureBeat all 1,784 news articles »

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Hubbub over content rights greets Google Drive - The Associated Press

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Hubbub over content rights greets Google Drive The Associated Press By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer â€" 1 minute ago SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â€" Google is facing suspicion and confusion as it tries to persuade people to entrust personal documents, photos and other content to the company's new online storage service. Cloud wars: How Google Drive's privacy policy stack up against its rivals'Washington Post Cloud storage booming, but trouble brewingInfoWorld Cloud Storage Booming, But Trouble is on the HorizonPCWorld Wall Street Journal (blog) -Computerworld -USA TODAY all 1,740 news articles »

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Cloud wars: How Google Drive's privacy policy stack up against its rivals' - Washington Post

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Cloud wars: How Google Drive's privacy policy stack up against its rivals' Washington Post The Google Drive cloud storage service launched yesterday to much fanfare, but as with any new Google product, there are important questions about how the company will actually use personal data uploaded to the system. Google sells ads against your ... Cloud storage booming, but trouble brewingInfoWorld Hubbub over content rights greets Google DriveKPVI News 6 The G Drive TOS critics need to shut upZDNet (blog) Mobile & Apps -Computerworld all 1,745 news articles »

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Nintendouch: Nintendo Reports First Annual Loss - Forbes

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Nintendouch: Nintendo Reports First Annual Loss Forbes The problems of Nintendo and Sony, world-conquering Japanese brands of the 80s and 90s, have been reported widely â€" not only floods, earthquakes and exchange rates have battered these giants, but also changing market tastes and the rise of the ... Nintendo slides to massive loss as revenue falls off a cliffCNET Summary Box: Nintendo Sinks Into Loss, Weak SalesABC News Nintendo posts first loss in 30 yearsThe Guardian New York Times -CBS News all 319 news articles »

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Content rights confusion greets Google Drive - USA TODAY

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Content rights confusion greets Google Drive USA TODAY By Michael Liedtke, AP SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â€" Google is already facing spasms of suspicion and confusion as it tries to persuade people to entrust their personal documents, photos and other digital content to the company's new online storage service. 5 alternatives to Google DriveWashington Post Google Drive fights privacy paranoiaSlashGear Can Dropbox, other cloud providers survive Google Drive?Computerworld CIO all 1,694 news articles »

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Oracle loses bid to assert third patent in Google trial - InfoWorld

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Oracle loses bid to assert third patent in Google trial InfoWorld By James Niccolai | IDG News Service Oracle has lost its bid to assert a third patent in its trial against Google, with a favorable decision from the US Patent & Trademark Office coming "a few days too late," a judge ruled on Wednesday. Oracle v. Google: The Trial and the ErrorsTechNewsWorld Oracle Grills Google's Schmidt, RubinInformationWeek Google's first Android prototype smartphone was a Blackberry rip offInquirer SlashGear -Wired News -Wall Street Journal all 291 news articles »

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Google's first Android prototype smartphone was a Blackberry rip off - Inquirer

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Google's first Android prototype smartphone was a Blackberry rip off Inquirer By Carly Page THE ONGOING COURT BATTLE between Google and Oracle has unearthed another gem, as Google has revealed its first Android prototype smartphone from 2006. The phone pictured was a prototype for a "Google Mass Market Phone", and it shows that ... Google had plans to subsidize Android unlimited dataSlashGear Oracle Grills Google's Schmidt, RubinInformationWeek Google expects 35 pc of 2013 revenue to be non-searchIBNLive.com Wired News -Wall Street Journal -eWeek all 298 news articles »

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Can Dropbox, other cloud providers survive Google Drive? - Computerworld

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Can Dropbox, other cloud providers survive Google Drive? Computerworld By Lucas Mearian Computerworld - The 800-pound gorilla has landed and is leveraging its existing relationship with hundreds of millions of users to port them to their cloud storage and file sharing service Google Drive. Can smaller cloud storage ... Does Google Drive own your data? Policy actually no worse than rivalsFox News Google Drive terms of service: 'A toxic brew'CNET Baidu thrives as Google Drive is blocked in ChinaRegister InformationWeek -Boston.com -Washington Post all 1,075 news articles »

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Google says it won't own user data in cloud - Boston.com

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Google says it won't own user data in cloud Boston.com By Michael B. Farrell Soon after Google Inc. unveiled its new online storage service Tuesday, some technology bloggers and companies raised concerns over what kind of access Google would have to the digital files and photos that the Internet giant will ... Baidu thrives as Google Drive is blocked in ChinaRegister Does Google Drive own your data? Policy actually no worse than rivalsFox News Google Drive terms of service: 'A toxic brew'CNET InformationWeek -Washington Post -The Associated Press all 1,075 news articles »

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Nintendo posts annual loss: Blames bleeding 3DS - SlashGear

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Nintendo posts annual loss: Blames bleeding 3DS SlashGear Nintendo has reported its first ever annual loss, with full-year financial results to the end of March 31 2012 showing a loss of 37.3bn yen ($459.54m), though the company predicts a flip to profit in 2013. Selling the Nintendo 3DS at below cost price ... Price Cuts Hit NintendoWall Street Journal Nintendo Co. sinks into annual loss on weak Wii sales, strong yenWashington Post Nintendo sinks into loss on weak salesThe Seattle Times Reuters -VentureBeat all 176 news articles »

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Baidu thrives as Google Drive is blocked in China - Register

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Baidu thrives as Google Drive is blocked in China Register By Phil Muncaster • Get more from this author Google's chances of challenging old search foe Baidu in the Chinese market look even more remote, after the Chinese government blocked the Chocolate Factory's much-hyped Google Drive service. Hubbub Over Content Rights Greets Google DriveABC News Does Google Drive own your data? Policy actually no worse than rivalsFox News Google Drive terms of service: 'A toxic brew'CNET InformationWeek all 1,015 news articles »

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