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Qualcomm Patent Decision Stands

The Bush administration has let stand a decision that means Qualcomm will have to pay a licensing fee of $6 per phone to its competitor, Broadcom, to use power management technology

Social Networking Made Easy

So what exactly is social networking? It means more than you might think, we help you figure it out.

Facebook Adds Garage Sale

Buy.com has developed an application called Garage Sale that allows Facebook users to buy and sell items directly from their pages.

YouTube Hit With Another Suit

The National Music Publishers’ Association has joined the list of people suing YouTube over copyright issues.

Universal To Go DRM Free

Universal will offer much of its catalogue without copyright protection for the next several months.

Veoh Files Pre-Emptive Suit

Video-sharing site Veoh has filed suit against UMG to stop it from filing a copyright infringement suit.

House Of Lords Calls Internet “Wild West”

A new report from the British House of Lords has lambasted the current state of Internet security.

Spellbinder Sends Invisible Art

You send Spellbinder a picture of your location in Edinburgh and it replies adding a piece of invisible art.

New Process For Pristine Pics

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an algorithm that will allow users to remove unwanted images and replace the background in an undetectable way.

The Shadow Webcam Projector

Japanese researchers have come up with the perfect bad hair webcam answer – project your image as a shadow on a lamp.

Massive Pump And Dump Scheme

Security group Sophos detected a massive spike in spam on Tuesday connected to a pump and dump stock scam.

British Government Pulls Facebook Ads

The British government has joined six companies in pulling its advertising from Facebook in a row over where the ads appear.

Hackers Hit UN Site

A group of hackers, claiming to be Turkish, have attacked the U.N. website with anti-U.S. and Israeli statements.

UK ISPs Predict Video Problems

UK ISPs are concerned that increased demand for video content could lead to congested networks, with upgrades paid for by higher consumer prices.

New Rules Gag British Forces

The British Ministry of Defence has quietly passed new rules that appear to stop all critical comment by service personnel.

EA To Digitize Classic Board Games

Electronic Arts and Hasbro have struck a deal that will see EA making digital versions of perennial board game favorites, including Monopoly.

Timex Markets iPod Controller Watch

Timex has rolled out the Ironman iController, which controls an iPod via a radio receiver.

Second Life Avatar Sued

A Second Life avatar has been sued in Florida for violating copyright and selling a product called SexGen Platinum.

VMware IPO A Huge Success

The first day of trading for VMware shares saw the price soar from $29 to $51, the largest IPO for a tech stock since Google.

Google vs. Microsoft With Google Pack?

With the addition of Star Office to Google Pack, the search engine appears to be ready to go head to head with Microsoft on productivity applications.

Microsoft Closes $6 Bln aQuantive Deal

Microsoft has spent a record $6 billion to acquire online ad company aQuantive, and immediately formed a new unit to encompass it.

Microsoft Has Big Patch Tuesday

Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday, to fix vulnerabilities in its software, saw the second-biggest number of fixes this year.

Introducing The Paper Battery

Researchers at the Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a battery that’s as thin and flexible as a piece of paper.

Nintendo Dominates UK Games Sales

Showing again that it’s the champion, eight of the top ten games in Britain are exclusives for either Nintendo’s Wii or DS games consoles.

Travelocity Fined For Cuba Trips

Online travel company Travelocity.con has been fined $182,750 for booking trips between the U.S. and Cuba in violation of a 45-year-old ban.

New Bluetooth App For Facebook

Researchers have created a Bluetooth application for Facebook that will allow users to build networks.

Yahoo Webcam Security Problem

A webcam invite flaw in the newest version of Yahoo Messenger could leave users vulnerable to hacker attacks.

Russian Judge Throws Out Allofmp3.com Case

A Russian judge has dismissed a royalty case by Western music companies against the discount download service Allofmp3.com.

Load Up Your iPod At The CD Store

Ripfactory has created a device that lets you transfer the contents of your new CD or DVD to a portable device in the store.

British Radio Figures Up

The number of people listening to radio in the UK is rising – they’re just doing it in new ways.

TSF Sets Up Telecoms In Disaster Areas

You might not have heard of the charity Telecoms Sans Frontieres, but right now they’re helping people communicate in earthquake-torn Peru.

Dare To Be Digital Game Winner

The annual student gaming contest have been won by Ragnarawk, a guitar controller game.

The Anniversary Of The CD

As the CD turns 25, it’s worth remembering that it came about because of collaboration, not competition.

Bebo Adopts Windows Live Messenger

Social network site Bebo has teamed with Microsoft to let its members import and export Windows Live Messenger contact lists.