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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

Copyright holders dealt blow in E.U. social networking case

European Court of Justice rules that social networking sites cannot be forced to install filters to prevent illegal file-sharing

America's wireless broadband problem just got a lot worse

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

Cisco to appeal Microsoft-Skype deal in European court

Cisco says Microsoft should be forced to support industry standards to communicate with other collaboration platforms

Apple's iPad 3 could face customs ban in China

Proview, the company claiming rights to the iPad trademark, has asked Chinese customs to ban the import and export of Apple's tablet

China may widen investigation of Apple iPad trademark dispute

Authorites in one Chinese city reportedly seized 45 iPad tablets in response to a trademark dispute

DOJ approves Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility

The agency also approves patent purchase deals by Apple, Microsoft, and RIM

E.U. gives Google-Motorola deal the green light

The acquisition has been approved without conditions, but the European Commission warns it will not tolerate essential patent misuse

Ex-TechCrunchers decry TechCrunch-like practices

Ex-TechCrunch editors scold tech bloggers for pageview plays, sensationalism, and shoddy standards. Sound familiar?

Update: Apple files complaint against Motorola in the U.S. to prevent iPhone 4S litigation

Apple asked a federal court to rule that Motorola Mobility's patent claims relating to Qualcomm components are exhausted

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America's wireless broadband problem just got a lot worse
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America's wireless broadband problem just got a lot worse

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