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• 10 January 2012

• News: French antitrust regulator rejects HP's demand that Oracle continue Itanium support

  France's antitrust regulator has declined Hewlett Packard's request for an injunction ordering Oracle to continue supporting its database on HP's Itanium server platform. HP's request that Oracle be ordered to align pricing for its database on Itanium servers with that of versions for other server architectures was similarly rejected by the Autorité de la Concurrence.

• Video: Video: CES 2012: Microsoft recaps 15 years in two minutes, autotunes Bill Gates

  During its last CES keynote Microsoft recapped 15 years of presentations by setting Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer to music.

• Video: Video: CES 2012: Samsung intros gesture, voice controlled TV

  Samsung laid out its television strategy at its press conference on the eve of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. It has added motion control, voice control and face recognition to its Smart TVs.

• Video: Video: CES: Sharp's mobile TV's, meeting solution large-scale plans for 2012

  Sharp marked it’s 100th year of business at CES by showing off a newly designed portable TV, the Aquos freestyle, a TV with handles that can be carried, lifted and re-located easily within a home or out to the patio.

• Video: Video: CES: LG unveils new TV, smart home technology

  LG unveiled a big TV with big features at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday—an up to 84 inch TV with voice and 3D gesture controls, sure to be a hit with gamers.

• Video: Video: CES: Intel touts touchscreens, voice recognition on future Ultrabooks

  Intel showed off voice recognition, touchscreen controls and advanced graphics on Ultrabooks during its CES press conference on Monday.

• Video: Video: CES 2012: Ultra Slim wall charger powers up gadgets, fits in pocket

  Taiwan's Powertech debuted the Ultra Slim wall charger that plugs into a standard outlet and can charge two AC and two USB devices.

• Video: Video: CES 2012: IDG Daily, Jan. 9

  IDG kicks off its coverage of the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show. We're looking to hear from all the major CE players on press day here in Las Vegas. Microsoft will make its final keynote, but will we see Bill Gates?

• News: Pirate Bay block prompts Anonymous to launch DDOS attack

  Anonymous has struck the websites of two anti-piracy organizations, a day after Finnish ISP Elisa blocked access to The Pirate Bay search engine in response to an injunction requested by one of the organizations.

• News: Microsoft sues Chinese electronics firms for software piracy

  Microsoft has filed lawsuits against two Chinese electronics retail chains for allegedly allowing computers installed with pirated Windows and Office products to be sold at their stores.

• News: Chinese writers sue Apple for allegedly hosting pirated e-books

  A group of Chinese writers has filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the company's App Store sells pirated versions of the authors' works.

• News: Remains of the Day: Crash course

  Acer takes a page from Apple's playbook--well, more like a slide or two from its presentation deck--while Microsoft's hyperbole engines are still firing on all cylinders. And CES becomes the place to launch your products off a short pier. The remainders for Monday, January 9, 2012 have their ups and downs--but mostly downs.

• News: Juniper warns on Q4 due to soft carrier router sales

  Juniper Networks said its fourth quarter 2011 results will be a little light due to softness in carrier routers.

• 09 January 2012

• News: Company says carriers, phone makers infringe patent

  Little-known company Globaltel was awarded a patent last year that it claims Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Nokia, most phone makers, and every carrier in the world infringes.

• News: Gen Y Traits in the Workplace Unveiled

  A study of 4 million Gen Y Facebook users provides insight on the 20-something generation, which will account for three-quarters of the workforce by 2025.

• News: Do you know your cyberthreats?

  The watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office this week issued a report that takes a look at what information, or guidance as they call it, is available to help government agencies and public sector companies bulk up their cybersecurity efforts.

• News: Feds Seize $179M in Counterfeit Goods in 2011

  Counterfeit goods worth $178.9 million were seized in fiscal year 2011 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a report [PDF] released Monday by the agency.

• Opinion: 2012 tech predictions: From IDG's editors worldwide

  Consumerization of IT is the consensus choice of the new year's major technology force, one that will manifest itself in several forms.

• Video: Video: Surfers remember surfline.com founder Sean Collins

  While more traditional surfers may grumble that surfline has changed the culture of surfing, that’s exactly why others love it. Being able to know in advance which days will have good surfing on a favorite beach means people can plan ahead, take time off of work, and drive out to the beach.

• Video: Video: Spock meets Steve Wozniak

  Actor Leonard Nimoy, famed for playing Spock on the original "Star Trek" TV show and films, sat down briefly with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak at the Demo Enterprise event on Thursday night in San Francisco. Wozniak wowed him with the progress of machine translation technology.

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