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  • Judges uphold Word patent-infringement ruling
    A US Court of Appeals panel has upheld a judgement that Microsoft infringed on another company's patent with its custom XML tags in Word 2003 and Word 2007. by David Meyer ZDNet UK...
  • Target offers mobile coupons
    Mobile coupons are coming to mega-retailer Target, which will allow shoppers all over the U.S. to use their mobile handset to get discounts on all kinds of products. by Marguerite Reardon CNET News...
  • Browser choice not coming to Asia
    Microsoft rivals have indicated that they will not be pushing for a similar action in the Asia-Pacific region. by Liau Yun Qing ZDNet Asia...
  • Twitter aims to filter out malicious links
    Twitter is launching a new service designed to stop users of the social-media site from getting duped by phishing links that steal their login credentials and other attacks. by Elinor Mills CNET News...
  • Potential console killer OnLive to go live June 17
    OnLive, a streaming video game service that, if properly implemented, could threaten traditional console makers. by Daniel Terdiman CNET News...

Wired

  • Classmates.com's Facebook Mimicking Prompts Privacy Suit
    Angry users sue Classmates.com after it decides to make previously private data public, just as Facebook did in December. Will its defense be, "I learned it from watching you, Zuck?" ...
  • Google Launches Web Store for Cloud-Based Apps
    App stores aren't just for mobile phones anymore. Google has launched a store that lets Google Apps customers add third-party browser-based apps to their existing stack of Google's productivity tools....
  • Amazon Is Building a Better Browser for Kindle
    Browsing the web on one of Amazon?s Kindle e-readers is like taking a step backwards in time. It?s clunky and has only limited support for web standards, and bare-bones JavaScript capabilities. But no...
  • Meet the Winners of Webmonkey's Google I/O Giveaway
    We're sending two talented monkeys to the Google I/O developer conference in May. We asked our readers to submit their web creations, and we picked the winners from the best of the submissions. ...
  • Download Mosaic and Browse 1993's Web
    A few adventurous hackers have posted source code for NCSA Mosaic 2.7 on the web. If you're running a modern Linux distro, you can download the web's first proper browser and go back to the days befor...

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Apple Hot News

  • iPad Available in US on April 3
    Apple today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPa...
  • Apple World?s Most Admired Company
    For the third year in a row Apple has been named the World?s Most Admired Company by Fortune Magazine ? this year by the widest margin ever. What makes Apple so admired? Fortune explains: ?Product, pr...
  • 10 Billionth Download for iTunes
    The New York Times caught up with 10 billion song download winner Louie Sulcer and asked him about his prize, a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Says the 71-year-old Sulcer,?I don?t think I?ll have to worry ...
  • iTunes Store Tops 10 Billion Songs Sold
    Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over 10 billion songs from the iTunes Store, the world?s most popular online music, TV, and movie store....
  • Introducing Aperture 3
    Apple today introduced Aperture 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software. Aperture 3 offers more than 200 new features including Faces, Places, and Brushes. A 30...