Oracle-Google: Prospect of a partial verdict or mistrial looms
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(ZDNET) SAN FRANCISCO - "Hope for the best, plan for the worst." That's where Judge William Alsup says we are while we wait for a verdict on the copyrights segment of Oracle v. Google at the U.S. District Court this morning.
Yesterday afternoon, the jury returned with the eighth note issued during the deliberation period, which asked, "What happens if we can't reach a unanimous decision and people are not budging?"
Continue »Mother's Day 2012: Tech gifts for mom
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We've rounded up some tech gifts that are useful, fun and beautiful. See below for our Mother's Day 2012 gift guide.
Yahoo board to review CEO's resume "error"
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(Credit: PayPal)(CNET) Yahoo's board of directors announced today it plans to "review" allegations that its chief executive officer, Scott Thompson, inflated his educational achievements and said it will make an "appropriate" report on its findings.
Continue »Microsoft may offer Xbox 360 bundle for $99
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(CBS News) Microsoft may be shifting pricing strategy for its Xbox 360. Rumors that the software giant will subsidize the popular video game console in exchange for a two-year Xbox Live Gold subscription are circulating.
Continue »Facebook IPO, shares range from $28 to $35
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(CBS News) Facebook updated its S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday - this time revealing the price for a share of the world's largest social network.
Facebook stock will range from $28 to $35 per share. The company's valuation will be from $85 billion to $95 billion.
Evernote raises $70 million, $1 billion valuation
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New iPhone rumors: thinner, taller, metal
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(CBS News) Apple recently announced its 2012 Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC), so it's only natural that a new round of iPhone rumors will crop up.
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Cheaper iPhone "nano" rumored to launch this year
According to the blog iLounge, the new iPhone will be longer and thinner than previous iPhone models.
"Approximate measurements are 125 mm by 58.5 mm by 7.4 mm - a 10 mm jump in height, nearly 2 mm reduction in thickness, and virtually identical width," an unnamed source told iLounge.
Continue »Jobs' 300+ patents to be featured in Smithsonian
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(Credit: Apple)WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian Institution is preparing an exhibit featuring Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs' more than 300 technology patents on the National Mall with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The exhibit opening May 11, entitled "The Patents and Trademarks of Steve Jobs: Art and Technology that Changed the World," will be on view through July 13 at the Smithsonian's Ripley Center.
Continue »Liquidmetal in an Apple product? Don't hold your breath
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(CNET) One of the researchers behind Liquidmetal, a super-special "metallic glass" long expected to play a starring role in some upcoming iPhone, says Apple will likely wait to use it in a "breakthrough product made only possible by Liquidmetal technology."
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Continue »Harvard, MIT to offer free online classes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University enter a joint partnership called edX, to provide free classes online.
(Credit: CBS/Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)(CBS News) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University are teaming up to bring education to anyone who has an Internet connection.
The prestigeous universities will launch a $60 million initiative called edX that will offer course material from Harvard and MIT. Courses will consist of "video lesson segments, embedded quizzes, immediate feedback, student-ranked questions and answers, online laboratories and student-paced learning."
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