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TFTS Stands Against SOPA & PIPA

TFTS Cannot Support Any Anti-Piracy Bill That Threatens Free Speech & Aims To Censor The Internet
By on Friday, 20. January 2012

When I sit down and think about my job, I realize that I am incredibly lucky. 20 years ago, job opportunities like this simply didn’t exist. If you wanted to write for a living, you either needed to have an incredibly wild imagination, or you had to be lucky enough [...]

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Yahoo! to Sell Yahoo! Japan to Help Simplify Acquisition Deals

Yahoo! Might Be Looking to Offload Stake in Japan Subsidiary to Focus on U.S. Assets
By on Friday, 7. October 2011

Yahoo! has been foundering amid difficulties in the search and portal markets. With the recent management difficulties and even infighting among the board of directors, news has it that Yahoo! is ripe for the picking for potential buyers. But with complications in its assets, will the company off-load some of [...]

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Microsoft to Pay $290 Million for Patent Infringement in Word

Supreme Court Upholds Decision to Fine Microsoft $290 in Damages for Using Patented XML Editing Technologies in Word
By on Sunday, 12. June 2011

Microsoft has been in a long-standing legal battle against technology company i4i for alleged patent infringement with Word 2007. With a latest supreme court decision, the order for Microsoft to pay $290 million in damages has been upheld.

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PlayStation Network Down Update: U.S. Congress to Investigate the PlayStation Hack; Homeland Security Also Interested in the PSN Outage

Sony’s PlayStation Network & Qriocity Troubles Are Far From Over As U.S. Government Takes an Interest in the Affair
By on Friday, 29. April 2011

The PlayStation Network outage continues and we’re yet to find out what really happened. Sony posted a second round of Q&As on its blog regarding the situation, but that won’t suffice when it comes to calming down the potentially affected users, not to mention the authorities. And it won’t settle [...]

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PlayStation Network Down Update: 2.2 Million PSN Accounts For Sale

New Report Suggests Hackers Have Your PSN Details & Will Sell Them for the Right Price; Sony Rumored to Have Refused Purchasing a 2.2 Million Database Batch
By on Thursday, 28. April 2011

Another day goes by, another day filled with PlayStation Network outage rumors and reports. And from the looks of it, the hackers that did attack Sony last week managed to sneak away with at least a few million accounts under their belt.

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Kevin Rose Leaves Digg

Digg is Said to be On the Decline, Which is More or Less Confirmed With Founder Kevin Rose Leaving the Company & Moving On to Other Ventures
By on Saturday, 19. March 2011

Digg is the poster-boy of Web 2.0. Before Facebook, before Twitter, there was Digg. But facing tough times, the company has since been on the decline. With co-founder Kevin Rose leaving Digg, this might be the final nail in the coffin.

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How Green is Nuclear Energy?

In Light of the Fukushima Nuclear Incident in Japan, Nations Are Rethinking Their Stand on Nuclear Energy
By on Tuesday, 15. March 2011

Advocates of nuclear energy have been highlighting the green benefits of nuclear power. Sure, there’s no carbon being burned, no fossil fuels being depleted, and it’s energy that lasts hundreds of years. But what if a catastrophe happens?

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Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief Fund Supported by Verizon & Apple

Help Japan Recover Faster With Verizon or iTunes Donations
By on Monday, 14. March 2011

Japan is going through some terrible times right now. Not only did a horrendous earthquake hit the country but an even worse tsunami wave and a nuclear plant explosion affected the lives of so many people in the course of just a few days. And the worst is not yet [...]

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ZTE Spending $3 Billion In Deal With Qualcomm, Other US Vendors

Chinese Tech Firm ZTE Announces $3 Billion Deal to Purchase American Semiconductor Parts]
By on Wednesday, 27. October 2010

One of China’s largest mobile communications company’s has been making quite a few headlines over the last few months. First a cell phone produced by ZTE was offered by Verizon, then ZTE launched an Android OS tablet and on the heels of that announced they would be offering up six [...]

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Google Acquires LabPixies Rumored For Up To $25 Million

Google Buys Israeli Widget Maker LabPixies In Its Latest String of Acquisitions
By on Tuesday, 27. April 2010

Google announced today that it has acquired Israeli mobile and widgets developer LabPixies. Financial details were not disclosed, but the deal is rumored to be worth anywhere between $15 million to up to $25 million. This is quite outstanding considering that the startup company only raised $1 million in its [...]

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