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• 22 July 2011

• Video: Watch space shuttle Atlantis touch down for the final time

  Plus the rest of this week's technology news: Lenovo intorduces new tablets, space shuttle Atlantis touches down for the final time, Apple released Lion and more.

• Video: Toyota system detects pedestrians, avoids collisions

  Toyota has developed a safety system that can automatically stop a car in the moments before a collision with a pedestrian. The system uses a millimeter wave radar and stereo camera to constantly monitor what's in front of the vehicle.

• News: Microsoft profits hit $5.87bn

  Microsoft has revealed its profits for the last quarter hit $5.87bn, that's 30 percent up on last year.

• News: Oracle may depose Google's Larry Page, orders magistrate

  Oracle may depose Google CEO Larry Page and two others in connection with its lawsuit accusing Google of patent infringement in its Android operating system, a magistrate in California ordered on Thursday.

• News: Google: Sun offered to license Java for $100 million

  Sun Microsystems offered to license its Java technology to Google for US$100 million, a Google attorney said Thursday, attempting to show that Oracle is out of touch as it seeks billions from Google for patent infringement.

• News: Remains of the Day: Patent-troll hunter

  I don't know if patent-troll hunting is a job, but if it is, well, let's just say I may consider a change in careers. Emboldened by a previous victory, one of these pesky firms is suing Apple a second time; elsewhere, the new MacBook Air falls to pieces, Apple sets its sights on box eradication, and Samsung backtracks on a poor decision. The remainders for Thursday, July 21, 2011 are locked and loaded.

• 21 July 2011

• News: Rethinking How We Learn at Work

  I was recently at the MIT Center for Information Systems Research for a few of their summer briefings.

• News: QR Code Festival broadens reach of Korean films

  Korean film makers have come up with a novel use of technology to widen the availability of their films: they are posting links to them as QR codes on the film festival website. The Korean QR Code Film Festival runs until the end of July. QR Code apps are available for Google Android 2.3 smartphones, among others

• News: AT&T revenue up on mobile data growth

  AT&T adds 5.6 million smartphones and a record number of other data devices to its mobile network during the second quarter.

• News: Nokia makes loss as smartphone sales drop by a third

  Nokia made a net loss in the second quarter following a dramatic decline in smartphone sales, it reported Thursday.

• News: Acer to buy US cloud technology provider iGware

  Acer plans to acquire iGware, a US cloud technology company, for US$320 million, as part of a plan to allow users to more easily share content across the PC maker's products.

• News: Apple's iPad eating into the PC market

  Apple's iPad is eating away at the traditional PC market, with its share rising from seven percent in January to 11 percent now, according to a report.

• 20 July 2011

• News: Report: Google considers InterDigital buy

  InterDigital on Tuesday said it was considering selling the company, and now the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, said Google is interested in scooping up the mobile chip technology developer.

• News: US gov't to push e-recycling, energy-efficient electronics

  The U.S. government will buy energy efficient electronics and will promote e-recycling under a new strategy.

• News: Counterfeit Apple Stores surface in China - report

  We've heard plenty of stories about counterfeit Apple products surfacing in China and the Far East before, but new evidence suggests this copying has moved to the next level.

• News: Microsoft ratchets up pressure on Rustock operators

  The company has put a $250,000 bounty up for grabs, hoping to get leads as to the whereabouts of the botnet operators behind Rustock.

• News: Oracle makes Fusion Applications 'available'

  Oracle has quietly made its Fusion Applications generally available, albeit with a caveat, but it seems that any serious fanfare over the long-awaited software may be reserved until the company's annual OpenWorld conference in October.

• News: EMC revenue grows on strength of big data, VMware

  Increasing customer demand for big data technologies and cloud computing brought record financial results at EMC in the second quarter, the company reported Wednesday.

• News: Cisco says layoffs, cost-cutting won't derail SecureX

  Despite cutting 6,500 jobs and reducing operating expenses by about $1 billion, Cisco has affirmed that it has no intention of pulling back from its commitment to its new security architecture known as SecureX.

• News: Dell takes deeper dive into networking, buys Force10

  Dell this week said it will acquire switch maker Force10 Networks for an undisclosed sum.

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