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Article | 13/03/2013 Google acquires Toronto University startup focused on neural networks

Google has acquired a startup from the computer science department of the University of Toronto to get key researchers in the area of deep neural netw...

Article | 12/03/2013 HP's Autonomy acquisition under investigation in the UK

Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Autonomy is under investigation by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office, the company said in a regulatory filing ahead of its a...

Article | 11/03/2013 Amazon's applications for book industry top-level domains opposed

Amazon.com's application for top-level domain strings, including for ".book" and ".read," has come under attack from publishing industry groups and co...

Article | 11/03/2013 Second Apple-Samsung lawsuit in California to go ahead

A judge in California has ruled that a patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung Electronics will continue, after indicating earlier that ...

Article | 8/03/2013 Google will cut 1200 more jobs at Motorola Mobility

Motorola Mobility is cutting 1200 staff, in addition to a reduction of 4,000 staff it announced in August, to focus on high-end devices.

Article | 8/03/2013 Megaupload shutdown boosted movie sales, says study

The shutdown of Megaupload caused an increase in digital sales and rentals of movies, according to a study by two researchers, which is likely to give...

Article | 8/03/2013 Google, MPEG LA resolve dispute over VP8 video format

Patents management company MPEG LA announced agreements with Google, granting the Internet giant a license to techniques that may be essential to the ...

Article | 7/03/2013 General Motors to hire 1,000 in Arizona as it moves IT jobs in-house

General Motors is hiring 1,000 IT staff for a center in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona as part of its strategy to move more high-value IT work in-house.

Article | 7/03/2013 US Attorney General defends handling of Aaron Swartz case

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has defended the role of the prosecution in the case of the late Internet activist and innovator Aaron Swartz, stati...

Article | 6/03/2013 U.S. lawmaker introduces bill to legalize cellphone unlocking

A U.S. senator has proposed a bill that will allow consumers to unlock cellphones for use in other networks, after the administration of President Bar...

Article | 5/03/2013 Pew: Twitter not an accurate measure of public opinion

Opinions expressed on Twitter differ from public opinion measured by surveys on key political events and policy issues, reflecting that users of the I...

Article | 5/03/2013 Microsoft acquires cloud monitoring startup MetricsHub

Microsoft has acquired MetricsHub, a startup focused on technology for automating cloud performance management.

Article | 1/03/2013 UK court orders block of three torrent sites

A court in the U.K. has ordered key Internet service providers in the country to block three torrent sites on a complaint from music labels including ...

Article | 28/02/2013 PayPal accepts coins and paper currency at Coinstar kiosks

A PayPal alliance with Coinstar is being expanded to some parts of the U.S., allowing customers to deposit, withdraw and transfer funds to PayPal acco...

Article | 27/02/2013 Tata agrees to pay $30 million to settle employees' lawsuit in the US

Indian outsourcer Tata Consultancy Services has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit by paying US$30 million to employees deputed for work in the U...