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Samsung looks to ban Apple products in the US

Samsung's ongoing feud with Apple took another turn this week as the South Korean firm asked the US International Trade Commission to ban Apple from importing the latest iPhone and iPad devices. The complaint was filed Wednesday amid a growing patent dispute.

First man on the moon lands in Australia

Neil Armstrong, the United States Naval Aviator who set foot on the Moon on July 21, 1969 as part of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, is set to have a rare visit in Australia.

'Life or Death' GPS interference issue only affects 200k devices, says LightSquared

LightSquared, the Virginia-based company building a wholesale LTE/Satellite mobile broadband network, submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) its three-part solution for resolving GPS interference issues revealed in recent tests by the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Systems Engineering Forum (NPEF).
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Nokia to phase out Symbian OS in 2 years

Nokia has signalled its intent to catch up with the exploding smartphone industry and in achieving that, the giant phone maker tapped Microsoft Corporation to provide the Windows Phone 7 OS to the new breed of handsets that the company will start issuing next year.

Justin Timberlake dips finger on $35 million sale of MySpace

From the more than half-a-billion money it poured in 2005 to snatch the then hotshot social networking site MySpace, Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp. has decided to jettison the website from its portfolio and sell the company to advertising firm Specific Media for a measly $35 million.

Samsung accuses Apple of stealing anew

The legal war between American giant tech firm Apple and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics reached another level as Samsung filed a patents infringement suit against its competitor and business partner on Thursday.

Windows Phone devs get access to 'Mango' today, beta 2 of SDK

Windows Phone 7 is about to receive its first major update with "Mango," also known as Windows Phone OS 7.1. In anticipation of the release of Mango, Microsoft has rolled out Beta 2 of the Windows Phone developer toolkit which takes advantage of the new features included in the soon-to-be-released Windows Phone 7.1.

Yahoo Messenger 11 smiley friends Facebook

Yahoo Messenger 11 has finally left beta after seven months and been given a final release by Yahoo. Version 11 sees a number of new features, including support for Facebook, Twitter and other social media networks.

Specific Media acquires MySpace for $35 million

A day after rumors surfaced about News Corp's attempts to quickly sell off MySpace, a deal has been struck to let the site go for an rumored $35 million. Ad firm Specific Media announced the purchase on Wednesday, of which News Corp would retain a five percent stake.

Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2 is to die for

Internet Explorer has never been renowned for its standards support, and with good reason -- the browser has always trailed far behind the competition. Today's release of IE10 Platform Preview 2, though, showed that maybe, just maybe, things are beginning to change.

Google+ is much more than a Facebook killer

Google on Tuesday unveiled a large-scale social sharing project it's calling Google+. Not to be confused with the +1 button it introduced in March, Google+ is a five-pronged, post-Facebook approach to social networking and collaboration.

Telstra loses CFO as John Stanhope reveals retirement

Speculations of his imminent departure from the giant telco proved true today as Telstra Corporation chief financial officer, John Stanhope, revealed on Wednesday that he is retiring after more than four decades of service to the company.

Facebook hires Sony and iPhone crack genius

Gadget tinkering can easily land you a high-profile job like in the case of the iPhone and Sony PlayStation 3 hacker, who was reportedly hired by social media giant Facebook to re-focus his energy in developing the company’s upcoming application for iPad.

Zynga to Launch $1B IPO Tomorrow

As world-wide fans give much regard to their virtual farms, pets, mafia gangs, game creator Zynga has deemed it necessary to cast $1 billion international public offering (IPO) tomorrow, 30 June.

Opera 11.50 released -- get it now!

Opera has released the final version of its popular alternative web browser for Windows, Mac and Linux, Opera 11.50. Codenamed "Swordfish", this latest release actually debuted yesterday as Release Candidate 5, but was quickly updated to become a final release.

Social media, blogging rules set for athletes at London Olympics

The International Olympic Committee has encouraged athletes and other participants at the 2012 London Games to post comments on social media platforms or websites and tweet during the Olympics, but noted that athletes may be sanctioned or barred from competing if guidelines are not followed.

Maybe the Web isn't making us stupider: TED talks hit 500 million views

Nonprofit organization TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) is famous for the annual conferences it has held for over 20 years, which concentrate on promoting and sharing interesting ideas in the arts and sciences. For the last five years, the group has been posting videos of its famous "TEDTalks" freely on its site, to help spread its ideas even further.

Thunderbird 5 is live -- grab it now!

Mozilla has placed the final code for Thunderbird 5.0 on its download servers. Version 5.0 represents the first major upgrade of Thunderbird for 18 months, although the number of headline features is relatively small: an improved email account wizard, better and more versatile tab handling, and a brand new Add-ons Manager and extensions management API.

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