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Titanic Items to be Sold A Century After the Disaster

Who is not fascinated by the story of Titanic, the ship that sank on 15 April 1912? The tragic incident that claimed more than 1500 lives has fascinated every generation, from the time it occurred. For those who want to get a closer peek into history, here is your chance.

Digital Music Service Grooveshark Sued by EMI

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Grooveshark has been sued by the large record company EMI Group Ltd, which accused the popular digital music service of paying no royalties since entering a licensing agreement to stream music nearly three years ago.
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GoDaddy No Longer Supporting SOPA Legislation

GoDaddy, a giant domain name registrar, has announced that it is no longer supporting the Stop Online Piracy Act otherwise known as SOPA, which is now making its way through U.S. Congress.
GoDaddy received a considerable amount of backlash after it announced its support of the 2012 SOPA bill. Once a campaign began to boycott the company's services, GoDaddy reversed its position.

SOPA Bill 2012: GoDaddy Reveals Support

Web hosting company GoDaddy voiced its support for the SOPA Bill 2012, which would effectively let the U.S. government shut down any websites it feels are in violation of copyright.
A Qualcomm sign is seen at one of Qualcomm's numerous buildings located on its San Diego Campus

China tops U.S, Japan to become top patent filer

China became the world's top patent filer in 2011, surpassing the United States and Japan as it steps up innovation to improve its intellectual property rights track record, a Thomson Reuters research report showed on Wednesday.
Research In Motion Co-CEOs Balsillie and Lazaridis talk during the annual general meeting of shareholders in Waterloo

RIM Shares Set Another Low After Dismal Outlook

Shares of BlackBerry developer Research in Motion set a 52-week low of $12.73 Tuesday, continuing their plunge following its report of lower third quarter results and a disappointing fourth quarter forecast.
Even though Facebook and Twitter have spoken out against SOPA and PIPA before, they refused to participate in a blackout protest on Jan. 18 when other Internet companies like Wikipedia and Reddit did.

How Internet Porn Put SOPA Supporters in an Awkward Situation

Even as the controversy surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) continues, the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers were put in an awkward situation when they were forced to vote for protecting online pornographic material, in order to prevent a legal loophole in the anti-piracy act.
A shop attendant arranges HTC phones in a mobile phone store in Taipei

Apple Wins Partial Victory over HTC in U.S. Patent Fight

Apple Inc scored a narrow victory against Taiwan's HTC Corp in their smartphone patent battle after the International Trade Commission ruled HTC infringed on only one of four patents at the center of the case brought by Apple.

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