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- 18 January 2012
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News: Kodak says Samsung's Galaxy Tab infringes patents
Struggling Eastman Kodak Co. on Wednesday charged Samsung with infringing five of its patents in the Galaxy Tab.
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News: Microsoft, Alcatel-Lucent settle dispute
Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent have settled a patent dispute, following a jury verdict last year that would have had Microsoft pay US$70 million for infringement.
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News: Microsoft opposes SOPA, declines to join blackout strike
Microsoft today said it opposes a controversial anti-piracy bill in the U.S., but did not join the widespread "Internet strike" that sites like Google and Wikipedia were conducting.
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News: LightSquared claims GPS industry rigged tests
LightSquared's proposed mobile data network was set up to fail in tests of interference with GPS that were conducted last November under government auspices, the would-be cellular carrier charged on Wednesday.
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News: Enough defense: Is it time for an IT security offensive?
Frustrated with the seemingly impossible task of protecting their networks, more security pros are ready to take the fight to the attackers.
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News: Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout bypass trick roils backers
A security company's advice on how to circumvent today's anti-SOPA Wikipedia blackout has roiled some users.
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News: U.S. lawmakers flip their positions on SOPA, PIPA
As thousands of websites and blogs went dark Wednesday to voice their opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, some U.S. lawmakers have had a change of heart about the controversial copyright enforcement bills.
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News: Hackers Steal $6.7 Million in Cyber Bank Robbery
The first major cybercrime of 2012 has taken place in South Africa, with hackers made off with about $6.7 million from Postbank, which is state-owned and part of the South African post office.
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News: Romanian NASA hacker gets a three-year suspended prison sentence
Robert Butyka, a 26-year old Romanian man accused of hacking into multiple NASA servers, received a three-year suspended prison sentence on Tuesday after admitting his guilt.
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News: How to Access Wikipedia on SOPA Protest Day
Wikipedia may be blocking access to the English language version of its site for the next 24 hours to protest the Stop Online Piracy (SOPA) and Protect IP (PIPA) acts but there are still many ways people can get research done.
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News: Two SOPA Co-Sponsors Drop Support for Bill
As several prominent websites protest the Stop Online Piracy Act with blackouts, two co-sponsors of the bill have dropped their support.
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News: New Facebook attack targets e-cash users
Security firm Trusteer Wednesday said it's identified a new browser-based malware attack against Facebook users that's aimed at stealing money through e-cash payment system Ukash.
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News: Groups launch campaign against lawmakers supporting SOPA, PIPA
Two activist groups, one liberal and one conservative, have joined together in a campaign to defeat U.S. lawmakers supporting two controversial copyright enforcement bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act.
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News: Backers of SOPA and PIPA Hopeful Revised Bills Can Move
With controversial DNS blocking provisions gone and an equivocal statement from the Obama administration, content industry lobbies press for passage of anti-piracy legislation. However, thousands of destinations websites such as still Wikipedia plan to go dark in protest of the SOPA bill.
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News: SOPA and PIPA: Just the Facts
The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act are getting more negative attention, as major websites such as Wikipedia plan to protest the bills with blackouts on Wednesday. Even Google will join the action, with a link on its homepage explaining why the company opposes the legislation.
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News: PC Advisor Broadband Survey – last chance to vote
Since last summer, PC Advisor readers have been contributing to our annual Home Broadband Survey. The indepth questionnaire allows customers of broadband ISPs large and small to vent their spleen to express their admiration for their internet service provider. The survey closes at the end of this week
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News: Mozilla, Firefox join anti-SOPA strike
Mozilla, the open-source organization responsible for Firefox, joined other major technology companies today to protest anti-piracy legislation by blackening the browser's home page.
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News: TSMC's Q4 profit drops 22.5 percent, prompting lower growth estimate for 2012
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) saw fourth quarter net profit drop 22.5 percent year on year, continuing the previous quarter's decline as the chip maker's customers cleared out their inventories. TSMC, however, expects business to pick up this year due to anticipated growth in smartphone and tablet markets, it said Wednesday.
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News: Apple launches another attempt to ban Samsung devices in Germany
Apple has launched a new assault on Samsung and has filed a lawsuit in a bid to ban sales of the Korean giant's Galaxy S Plus and Galaxy S II smartphones in Germany.
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News: Google and Amazon UK's most-rated brands
Web-based firms Google and Amazon have topped a league table of the most highly-rated brands in the UK, says YouGov.
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