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• 24 February 2010

• News: EU begins Google antitrust investigation

  The European Commission has begun an antitrust investigation into search giant Google.

• News: Xerox sues Google & Yahoo over search tech

  Xerox has filed a lawsuit against Yahoo, Google and YouTube alleging infringement of Xerox patents on search and integration technology.

• News: Speed and fun key to successful web apps

  To be successful, a Web application must be fast, instantly useful, playful and search-engine friendly with a clean user interface, according to venture capitalist Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures.

• 23 February 2010

• News: Microsoft & Amazon in patent cross-licensing deal

  Amazon.com has agreed to pay Microsoft an undisclosed sum as part of a patent cross-licensing deal between the companies announced on Monday

• 22 February 2010

• News: Google buys online video firm On2

  Google has finished its acquisition of video-compression-technology vendor On2 Technologies, boosting its efforts in online video.

• 20 February 2010

• How-Tos: How to utilise user reviews and grab a bargain

  User reviews can offer valuable insight into a product's real value after the sale. But many review sites also contain write-ups by fanboys, axe-grinders, and even a few shills. How do you know which reviews to trust?

• News: 15 Consumer Electronics Design Mistakes

  Let us count the ways these 15 modern marvels of technology drive us bonkers, day after day.

• 19 February 2010

• News: Publishers call for BBC iPhone apps to be blocked

  The Newspaper Publishers Association is calling for the BBC Trust to stop the BBC launching a number of mobile phone apps.

• News: Google gets go-ahead to buy and sell electricity

  Google has received federal approval to buy and sell energy on the open market, giving it more options for the way it powers its data centers and opening the door to a potential move into the energy-trading business.

• News: Microsoft-Yahoo search deal cleared by EC & DOJ

  Microsoft and Yahoo's planned search deal has been approved by the US Department of Justice and the European Commission.

• 18 February 2010

• News: Top Microsoft security exec leaves for Amazon

  The Microsoft executive who managed the company's Trustworthy Computing security program has left for a new role at Amazon.

• 17 February 2010

• News: BlackBerry beats iPhone for speed and cool

  The BlackBerry is beating the Apple iPhone and Google Android to the cool kids and remains "the only device to work in a crisis" because of its efficiency, claims RIM founder.

• News: Mobile shopping reaches critical mass

  In 2015 shoppers around the world will spend about $119 billion on goods and services purchased via mobile phones. That's about 8 percent of the total e-commerce market.

• 15 February 2010

• News: Powermat embeds itself in smartphones

  Powermat, a company that specialises in wirelessly charging gadgets such as BlackBerry smartphones and iPhones, is to start marketing wireless battery packs. This will enable handsets to be recharged without the need for an accessory device to pick up the charge.

• News: ARM demos smartbooks and DIY smartphones

  ARM has been showing off reference designs for smartbooks and Android-based mobile phones based around its low-power processors. Dual-core Android smartphones are set to launch by the end of this year

• News: EU approves HP's $2.7bn 3Com acquisition

  The European Commission has approved Hewlett-Packard's US$2.7 billion takeover of 3Com without attaching conditions, the Commission announced on Friday.

• 13 February 2010

• News: Is augmented reality the next big thing in smartphones?

  Augmented reality in smartphones is set to become the next big thing. We look at what the concept is, what it'll be used for and whether current smartphones can handle the technology.

• 12 February 2010

• News: Analysts: expansion could harm Google

  If Google continues to diversify, it is in danger of losing focus on what made it such a profitable company, say analysts.

• News: Motorola to split into two companies next year

  Motorola will be split into two publicly traded companies in the first quarter of next year, with one focusing on handsets and home entertainment devices and the other on making enterprise communications gear, the company said Thursday.

• 11 February 2010

• News: Civil Liberties group objects to Google/NSA link

  The American Civil Liberties Union is asking its members to contact Google executives and ask them not to work with the U.S. National Security Agency to investigate cyberattacks allegedly coming from China.

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