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Article | 25/03/2013 Nokia uses its patents to block Google's VP8 video codec

Nokia said on Monday it is not prepared to license any of its patented technologies that might be essential to the VP8 video codec that is backed by G...

Article | 25/03/2013 Apple acquires mapping apps startup WiFiSlam

Apple has acquired mapping startup WiFiSlam, which is developing an indoor location service for smartphones, Apple said Monday.

Article | 22/03/2013 German copyright bill adopted by Bundesrat still excludes news snippets

The German Bundesrat has adopted an online copyright bill that will give publishers the exclusive right to make commercial use of their publications o...

Article | 21/03/2013 EC pressed to charge Google in antitrust case

Eleven complainants sent an open letter to European Union's Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia urging him to formally charge Google with breachi...

Article | 20/03/2013 Swiss supercomputer aims to predict mountain weather with help of GPUs

The Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) is going to upgrade its supercomputer with Nvidia GPUs to more accurately predict the weather in the s...

Article | 20/03/2013 Open-Xchange to launch open-source, browser-based office suite

Collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange plans to launch an open-source, browser-based productivity suite called OX Documents.

Article | 19/03/2013 Nokia wins German patent injunction against HTC over power-saving technology

Nokia has won an injunction against the sale in Germany of some HTC handsets that infringe on a power-saving technology for mobile phones.

Article | 18/03/2013 Huawei wins German sales ban on 4G ZTE base stations

Networking and telecom equipment vendor Huawei has won a provisional injunction against sales of 4G base stations by competitor ZTE in Germany.

Article | 15/03/2013 Hackers can cause traffic jams by manipulating real-time traffic data, researcher says

Hackers can influence real-time traffic-flow-analysis systems to make people drive into traffic jams or to keep roads clear in areas where a lot of pe...

Article | 14/03/2013 Mobile enterprise management tools are targeted by spyphones, researchers warn

Enterprises that use mobile device management (MDM) systems to protect their corporate data on employees' mobile phones are not safe from attacks from...

Article | 13/03/2013 Google wants companies to cross-license patents

Google has created a new website describing four types of patent cross-licensing agreements and is inviting other companies to vote on which one it sh...

Article | 13/03/2013 Pirate Bay conviction for assisted copyright infringement was justified, EU human rights court rules

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected an appeal from two founders of The Pirate Bay, saying that a Swedish court was right to put copyright ...

Article | 12/03/2013 African domain-name registrars have mixed reaction to ICANN push

African domain-name registrars responded with mixed reactions to details of ICANN's initiative on the continent, saying that while they should now hav...

Article | 8/03/2013 Android does not infringe on Nokia patent, German court rules

The Android operating system has been cleared of patent infringement in a case brought by Nokia against Android smartphone maker HTC.

Article | 7/03/2013 UK court invalidates three Samsung 3G patents

A U.K. court has invalidated three Samsung patents that cover 3G technology in two rulings in cases between Samsung and Apple, according to court fili...