Angry Birds Head Off to Space

Angry Birds will be going gravity free on 22nd March when Rovio releases the new Angry Birds Space . A blog post on Rovio's Blog claims that it will be “the biggest game launch since the original Angry Birds”, and  that it is “a completely new game with innovative new gameplay, but with some of the ...

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The Pirate Bay May Be Blocked in UK In June

The notorious and hugely popular torrent file sharing site , The Pirate Bay , has inched towards a complete blockage in UK after High Court ruled today that it was involved in large scale copyright infringement. Music companies want the ISPs to block access to the site in UK . Record labels allege that the Pirate ...

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Fujitsu to Venture into Mobile Market of EU

Fujitsu , the largest IT manufacturer in Japan , has planned to enter the European Union mobile smartphones and tablet market , Financial Times has reported. Fujitsu is already a leading mobile phone and tablet maker in Japan and has about one fifth share of the market. It now plans to take on the dominance ...

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Copyright Offenders Face Court Cases In France

Copyright offenders in France will now face court cases as a result of the so called three-strikes law adopted two years ago. The three-strikes system works in three stages. Hadopi , the agency that administers the law first sent 822,000 email warnings to offenders . As a second step 68,000 repeat warnings were sent through ...

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HP Will Embed Search Software Into PCs And Printers

HP is coming into direct competition with Apple and Google with its plans to embed Autonomy's search software inside its printers and PCs , Financial Times has reported  . Autonomy , which HP acquired last year , is reputed for catching insider trading and monitoring call center phone calls . The power of Autonomy software will now ...

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Google’s Eric Schmidt To Sell $1.45 Billion Stock

Eric Schmidt , Google's executive chairman is set to sell $1.45 billion of stock in the company which will reduce his ownership in the search giant from 2.8 percent to 2.1 percent , Wall Street Journal has reported. A regulatory filing reveals that Schmidt has adopted this plan of stock trading in November last year ...

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British Student Jailed For Facebook Hacking

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A British student has been sentenced to eight months jail after it was proved that he hacked into Facebook network . Glenn Mangham , 26 , a student of software development , admitted during the trial that he hacked into Facebook network which triggered fears at the Facebook that it was being targeted with ...

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Apple Scores Win in German Patent Suit Against Motorola

Apple has scored a patent win against Motorola Mobility in a German law suit related to “slide-to-unlock”  feature. Foss Patents , blog of patent expert Florian Muerller , has reported that the German Court ruled that some of the Motorola's smartphones based on Google's Android OS , infringe on two patents of Apple which are related ...

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Apple Lodges Complaint With EU Over Motorola Patents

Apple has lodged a complaint with the EU in Brussels when US and EU anti trust regulating agencies have already expressed concerns over the possible use of patents in limiting competition in the smartphone industry . Apple has protested against Motorola's enforcement of standards-essential patents . If the patents are included in tech industry standards ...

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Foxconn Raises Workers’ Salaries Up to 25%

Foxconn , a supplier for Apple and many other leading companies and under scrutiny by Fair Labor Association over the working conditions at its plants after a series of reports in the media , has announced that it would increase the salaries of its employees from 16 to 25 percent at its Shenzhen facility ...

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