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China court orders Samsung units to pay $11.6 million to Huawei over patent case A Chinese court has ordered Samsung Electronics's (005930.KS) mainland subsidiaries to pay 80 million yuan ($11.60 million) to Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] for patent infringement, the China firm's first victory against Samsung on its legal challenges over intellectual property. Three units of Samsung have

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China’s push to become a tech superpower triggers alarms abroad As Beijing pushes to be self-sufficient, rivals see security and competition threats Tim Byrnes is an unlikely symbol of China’s bid to become the world’s high-tech superpower. For a start he is Australian. Yet the 39-year-old quantum physicist’s decision to swap a research post in New York for Shanghai goes some way to

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Thousands of people oppose the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), including the Obama Administration and Anonymous. The bill, which was recently passed by the United States House of Representatives, looks to give businesses and the federal government legal protection to share cyber threats with one another in an effort to prevent online attacks. Internet privacy

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As Microsoft brings its Metro style from the mobile world back to the desktop in Windows 8, it's also focusing on keeping the smooth animated transitions users have gotten used to on certain mobile platforms intact. A new post on the Windows 8 app developer blog breaks down exactly what devs can do to achieve a consistent and fluid style in their apps even when they're using the new look.

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Do you love Instagram and love to travel? Win a Social Media Week contest and youll go on a trip across the world if you can capture the best shot of your city.Social Media Week is looking for the 14 best shots of this years 14 host cities Barcelona, Berlin, Bogota, Chicago, Doha, Glasgow, Hong Kong, Jeddah, London, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Torino and Vancouver taken with smartphones.!

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Fitting a truly quick solid-state drive into a small space isn't easy, and for that reason RunCore's new Mini DOM (Disk On Module) stands out from the crowd. It's billed as the first single-chip SSD to use a SATA interface (SATA II, to be exact), giving it that much more bandwidth than the pokey IDE and PATA DOMs of old while remaining under half the size of a regular mSATA drive. RunCore's own

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Don't feel like having media purchased through Google Play billed directly to your credit card? Well, now you can have those charges simply added to your monthly phone bill, provided you're on T-Mobile here in the US, or NTT Docomo, KDDI, or Softbank in Japan. According to Google's posting about the move, Sprint will soon be offering the option to pay for movies, books and movies purchased

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No surprise here, but T-Mobile has been prepping a low-end Android phone called the Prism for quite some time now, and it's finally time for the little guy to make its official debut. With a 3.5-inch HVGA display, 3.2MP fixed-focus camera and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), it won't be the stuff dreams are made of. The CPU is also unspecified, which leads us to believe that T-Mo is leaving it out of

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Since 2010, Target has happily hawked Amazon's e-reading wares. The retailer even carved out a branded corner of its online shop just for the Kindle. Now though, that store within a store is empty and conspicuously missing from Target's virtual shelves is Amazon's entire Kindle line. Sure, a few accessories remain, but the readers themselves are gone. What's more, according to an internal memo

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So, you're tapping your manifesto into a Macbook, but twitter, RSS and email alerts keep clamoring in your face. How to finish that latest screed with such distractions? In the "where has this been all my life?" category, a new update to OS X Mountain Lion Preview 3 has a Do Not Disturb option, which stonewalls all notifications and banners. The feature, which could be useful on plenty of other

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Nokia has just announced that it is commencing patent litigation against HTC, Research in Motion and ViewSonic in the US and Germany. It's claiming that 45 of its standard-essential patents are being infringed and has registered complaints with the ITC and courts in Delaware, Dusseldorf, Munich and Mannheim. Espoo's legal chief Louise Pentland has said that the company currently licenses its

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Most Engadget readers will have grown up with GPS, but the UK's Newcastle University has realized that many in the older generation might be first-timers and unfamiliar with all those keep-lefts and turn-rights. Development is underway at the school for a new satellite navigation system that would be easier and more intuitive for your grandfolks, with features that include calling out

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The Peel Sessions -- those are three blissful words to any music enthusiast. John Peel's BBC radio show was the stuff of legends. It launched entire careers and created a legacy of eclectic and intimate musical snapshots by our favorite artists. Can you imagine exploring his record collection? Well, now you can. The Space has created a wonderful site that lets you browse the late DJ's record

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Not willing to let the new Alienware lineup have all the fun with Intel's Ivy Bridge rollout, Dell has seen fit to trot out a pair of new desktop systems using the new 22-nanometer chips. The XPS 8500 is arguably the center of attention here and comes with your pick of the third-generation, quad-core i5 or i7 processors, along with a new choice for a 32GB or 256GB solid-state drive to cut down

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Star Wars: The Old Republic, the latest MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Game) from BioWare & Electronic Arts, already has a million registered users, and momentum seems to be picking up a week after the games launch. True, the million users figure was published on December 23, just three days after launch, and it includes users who have pre-ordered the game. Now, however,

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China is a remarkable place, where else would we find a choir of old folk serenading their kids with a Lady Gaga rendition?Thankfully, the video strangeness doesnt end there, asAdvertising @ China Smack has a round-up of the top ten weird and wonderful offerings from Chinas world of advertising in 2011. If you have a penchant for the brilliant and quirky, you should go over and take a look

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Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has spoken about how he believes technology can change the world by bringing greater information, transparency and values to Internet users across the planet.Speaking at The Economic Club event in Washington, broadcast by C-Span, Schmidt opened by stating that technology, and the Internet in particular, is an enabler that can help people push themselves

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Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo is planning to make a move into mobile chipsets, with the carrier said to be close to sealing a joint venture with Samsung, Panasonic, Fujitsu and NEC, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.Rumours originally arosein September but, this time around, sources have provided more specific details. Talks between partners are said to be close to completion,

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Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, has made it clear that Nintendo will never develop games for third-party platforms, including iOS and Android.This was announced after investors called for Nintendo torelease titles like Mario on mobile phones.Nintendo is betting on a handheld gaming system,while mobile gaming continues to move to the phone.Expanding original games to popular platforms makes

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The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.Name: Never Liked it AnywayQuick Pitch: A marketplace for unwanted items left over after a relationship break up.Genius Idea: Connecting the sentimental with the practicalWeve all experienced it

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The fifth installment in the annual United State of Pop mashup series from Jordan Roseman a laptop-based DJ better known as DJ Earworm just popped up on YouTube. The mashup, World Go Boom, combines 25 of the years most-successful pop songs from artists such as Adele, Britney Spears, Foster the People, Lady Gaga, LMFAO, Maroon 5, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. Roseman used music software Ableton Live

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Acer will continue to launch new tablets in 2012 despite slow sales of the companys current tablet models.Commenting on rumors that Acer might slow its tablet efforts in 2012 or even exit the emerging market completely, company founder Stan Shih stated that Acer would not be giving up on tablets just yet. He added that the company will continue to buildsmartphones as well, and that there are

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Youve probably heard a lot about Pinterest over the last few months. Not only has the company received $27 million in venture funds, but the sites popularity has exploded from 1.2 million users in August to over 4 million today. SEE ALSO: Study Shows Pinterest Will Compete with Top 10 Social Networks [VIDEO]But like any new social site, theres always the question, How does it work? Have no

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Noah Kravitz left his former employer PhoneDog in October 2010 on good terms. Now the company is suing him for $340,000 for the 17,000 followers he kept after he left the the position, valuing each follower at $2.50 per month over a period of eight months. Kravitz told the New York Times that PhoneDog told him he could keep his followers, as long as he continued to Tweet about the company

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Its impossible to look back on 2011 in the Middle East without discussing the unbelievable amount ofupheavalsthe region has seen. Protests have swept across from Morocco and Tunisia, making their way all the way up to the Gulf region, into Bahrain and beyond.It has also become impossible to discuss those protests without mention of social media in some form or other. The grassroots movements

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