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Google asks U.S. Patent Office to re-examine Lodsys patents

August 13, 2011

The search and software giant has asked the United States Patent and Trademark office to re-examine the patents of Lodsys, a firm that’s gone after developers of applications for both Android and Apple’s iOS. View full post on CNET News.com

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Dazzling audio designs from Europe and the U.S.

July 10, 2011

The best of today’s high-end audio not only has to sound great, it has to look the part. View full post on CNET News.com

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Report: U.S. investors can’t share in Facebook offering

January 17, 2011

Goldman Sachs says private offering of Facebook shares, which has created a frenzy of interest, will be available only to non-U.S. clients, according to a report. View full post on CNET News.com

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WikiLeaks files detail U.S. electronic surveillance

November 28, 2010

Included in today’s leak of more than 250,000 diplomatic cables: U.S. ordered surveillance of U.N. leaders, and China’s Politburo ordered penetration of Google’s network. View full post on CNET News.com

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Chinese take out U.S. in supercomputer ranking

November 14, 2010

The Tianhe-1A supercomputer bests the Jaguar system in the biannual Top 500 list, but the U.S. high-performance computing community doesn’t need to hang its head in shame just yet. View full post on CNET News.com

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Researcher detained at U.S. border, questioned about Wikileaks

August 1, 2010

Jacob Appelbaum, who volunteers with Wikileaks, is questioned for three hours and has mobile phones confiscated on his way back to the U.S. for hacker show. View full post on CNET News.com

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U.S. could fall behind China in clean energy: Locke

May 23, 2010

“There’s too much capital sitting on the sidelines for lack of an energy policy,” Locke says of United States during trade mission to Asia. View full post on CNET News.com

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Gold medal run for U.S. bobsled (photos)

February 28, 2010

The USA-1 team celebrates an victory in the four-man competition, garnering the first bobsled gold for the U.S. since 1948. View full post on CNET News.com

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