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Google, Cisco, and others band together against patent trolls
CNET News - The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Ericsson, Verizon, and others are joining together to buy up patents to prevent the patents being used against them by patent trolls. IT giants stage IP protection whip-round Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the pass |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple’s iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.
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As the United States markets edge toward bear territory, losing nearly 20 percent of their value from last fall?s peak, investors might wonder where they can turn for relief.
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Supply concerns and a fragile global economy, as well as tensions in the Middle East, continued to drive the price of oil to new highs, while gasoline prices also hit a record in the United States.
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Rhapsody Runs Hard Just to Stay In Place
New York Times - By Saul Hansell When Rob Williams, the senior vice president for music at Real Networks, came by last week to talk about a bunch of announcements by Rhapsody, the music service jointly owned by Real and Viacom, I have to confess that I felt a bit sorry … Get a free MP3 album from Rhapsody Rhapsody takes on iTunes |
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AP - A helicopter ferrying a patient with a medical emergency from the Grand Canyon collided into another chopper carrying a patient near a northern Arizona hospital, leaving six people dead and critically injuring a nurse.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have linked 32 genetic variations to Crohn’s disease, a bowel disorder, highlighting the complexity of many common diseases and the difficulties facing researchers seeking treatments.
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InfoWorld - Last Friday, we FedEx’d the Save Windows XP petition to Steve Ballmer.
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Army investigating pregnant soldier's death
WRAL.com - Fayetteville, NC - The US Army is now investigating the death of a pregnant Fort Bragg servicewoman. The woman’s body has been sent to Washington for a second autopsy. Letter, soldier probed in pregnant GI's death Police: Pregnant soldier's death a homicide |
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The number of new mortgages being approved fell to a record low in May, Bank of England figures show.
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