Facebook, small firm square off over patent claims (Reuters)
Reuters - Facebook Inc on Monday began its defense against claims that the most basic functions of its hugely popular website infringe a patent held by a little-known company. Full text
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HP sues ex-CEO Hurd over new job at rival Oracle (AP)AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing the chief executive it ousted last month, Mark Hurd, to stop him from taking a top job at rival Oracle Corp. Full text |
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FX's "Damages" moving to DirecTV (Reuters)
Reuters - The ratings-challenged FX drama "Damages" has been rescued by DirecTV. Full text
IBM lifts 2010 forecast but economic worries loom (AP)
AP - Uncertainty about the stability of world markets is clouding encouraging signs about the health of the technology sector. Full text
Google Launches Buzz Firehose (Mashable)
Mashable - Today, Google has announced the launch of the Google Buzz firehose, which will give developers access to all public activity published on Buzz via a single feed with real-time PubSubHubBub syndication. Full text
IBM ups 2010 forecast, but 2Q rev falls short (AP)
AP - IBM Corp. jacked up its 2010 guidance Monday on the technology company's belief that it can wring more profit from its workhorse services and software divisions. Full text
Netflix to launch streaming video service in Canada (Reuters)
Reuters - Netflix Inc said on Monday it will bring its streaming video subscription service to Canada this fall, competing against a growing crop of Canadian video services and retailers like Blockbuster Inc. Full text
Businesses Failing at Social Networking, Study Says (PC World)
PC World - Companies are doing a poor job of using social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, to engage their customers and employees. In fact, 70 percent of consumers want to interact with businesses via social media, but only 30 percent of companies are equipped to handle it. The grim news comes from a study by research firm Yankee Group, commissioned by Siemens Enterprise Communications. Full text
Moody's gives Motorola positive outlook after Nokia deal (AFP)
AFP - US credit ratings agency Moody's lifted the outlook for Motorola from negative to positive on Monday after the US mobile phone maker sold most of its networks infrastructure division to Nokia Siemens Networks. Full text
Windows Phone 7 takes clean approach to touch UI (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - With its upcoming reboot of the old Windows Mobile OS, Microsoft has wisely swept up the thicket of menus, checkboxes and other teeny, tiny interface elements that cluttered its outdated mobile platform and chucked them into the trash bin. Full text
Incipio launches Apple Bumper trade-in program (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Steve Jobs repeatedly professed Apple???s love for its customers during the company???s short-notice iPhone 4 press conference last Friday. This love is why Apple will soon offer free iPhone 4 Bumpers to appease early adopters who are upset over the handset???s antenna design. Incipio, a third-party accessory maker, says it loves its customers too???and the company wants to prove it by capitalizing on the free Bumper bandwagon. Full text
