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Microsoft complains to the EU about Motorola Mobility

Microsoft's allegations that Motorola is abusing its position with regard to essential patents come a week after similar complaints from Apple

More Facebook users are hiding their friends to protect themselves

Far fewer Facebook users are making their Friends lists public, which reduces how much third parties can learn about them

Apple threatens to sue Chinese firm for defamation in iPad trademark dispute

Apple and Chinese firm Proview are locked in a legal battle over the iPad trademark in China

Android 4: Now you see it, now you don't

Google's unified mobile OS was announced in October but good luck finding it. At this point, can anyone count on it?

ITC rules in Apple's favor in HTC mobile patent dispute

Case is part of the overall intellectual-property war between Apple and Android device makers

Oracle drops one of its patent claims against Google

The US Patent and Trademark Office had already rejected the claim

Apple faced exploitation in iPad trademark dispute, Hong Kong court ruled

Chinese company had asked Apple to pay $10 million for the iPad trademark

Apple could face U.S. lawsuit related to iPad trademark dispute in China

Chinese company Proview threatens to sue Apple in the U.S., says it started developing its own 'iPAD' product in 1998

Oracle and SAP given June court date for TomorrowNow retrial

Oracle and SAP will go back to court to determine the damages SAP must pay

Rackspace buys Sharepoint consultancy

Acquisition will enable Rackspace to offer a wider variety of SharePoint services and help the company compete with Microsoft and other SharePoint providers

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America's wireless broadband problem just got a lot worse

Blog by Bill Snyder

FCC veto of LightSquared's plans for massive wireless network may have also put the brakes on widespread 4G deployment