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Eight Questions About Apple's Suit Against HTC

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Eight Questions About Apple's Suit Against HTC Lawsuit over smartphone-related patents could be bad for consumers, bad for smartphone makers, and even bad for Apple, too.
Topeka: That's Google, Kansas To You In what may be one of the silliest moves ever made by an elected official, the mayor of Topeka has unofficially changed his city's name to Google. Yes, seriously.
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It's Conclusive, Claims Professor, Violent Video Games Make Us Aggressive An Iowa State psychology professor claims his latest study offers conclusive evidence that violent video games increase aggressive behavior in players, but a Texas A&M psychology professor says the study gets it wrong.
Netflix on the iPhone: It's Time Now that Netflix has nailed television ubiquity, a company survey hints that the service may show up as a streaming app on Apple's iPhone.
Sexy App Escapes Ban, Earns $10,000 in a Week Sexy app Tubes briefly avoided Apple's App Store porn purge and made big bucks for its developer.
Tivo's New Set-top Box Unites TV, Internet Programming Tivo introduced a new set-top box that unites programming from TV broadcasts and the Internet.
Apple Suit Against HTC Highlights Patent Issues Apple is engaged in lawsuit battles with both HTC and Nokia, highlighting the growing issues with technology patents that ultimately cost the customers.
TiVo Premiere: A Solid Second Act for DVR Pioneer Tivo artfully melds the TV world with the realm of Internet video with its latest update to its DVR
Opera 10.5 Browser Delivers a Speed Boost The company claims its newest browser version is the fastest ever for Windows computers.
Spanish Police Take Down Massive Mariposa Botnet Spanish authorities have arrested three men in an operation that has crushed a major botnet network of infected computers, called Mariposa.
7 Firefox Add-Ons That Will Change Your Life These heavy-hitting browser add-ons act like applications that could easily replace their desktop counterparts.
Researchers Develop 3D Graphics Capability for Firefox A group of researchers plan to soon release a version of the Firefox browser that integrates the ability to view 3D graphics.
Microsoft Warns of F1 Site Attack A site that prompts you to hit the F1 key may be attempting to attack your computer.
Western Digital to Sell Consumer SSD New drive underscores the growing role of solid-state storage alongside magnetic hard disks.
CeBIT: ASUS Joins the E-Reader Party Company's first e-reader will feature a 9-inch display, lightweight design, and wireless connectivity.
Fanboys: A Field Guide Weve identified eight species of fanboys--people who revere one tech platform above all others. Heres what makes them tick.
Google, PayPal and Equifax Offer Logins for US Gov't Systems Google, PayPal and Equifax are the first identity providers to offer access to government Web sites via a new trust framework operated by Open Identity Exchange
Nokia's Smartphones Get Skype Client Skype and Nokia have announced a new client Skype for Symbian, which will initially work with about 20 phones from the Finnish phone maker.
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