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RIM Now Faces Legal Challenge on 'BBM' Trademark

Research In Motion, still smarting over having to change the name of its yet-to-come operating system, faces a similar trademark challenge to its popular instant-messaging service BlackBerry Messenger.

RIM now faces legal challenge on BBM trademark

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Research In Motion, still smarting over having to change the name of its yet-to-come operating system, faces a similar trademark challenge to its popular instant-messaging service BlackBerry Messenger.
Firefox Gets $900M from Google

Firefox, Google Agree to $900M Deal

Mozilla Firefox has earned about $900 million in a deal with Google. The agreement will ensure that Google remains the default search engine in the Mozilla Firefox web browser for three years.
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My latest app-arition: Too many ‘App’ Platforms, Few Will Succeed

I've tried my best to embrace Spotify. Ever since news broke of its collaboration with Facebook, I've done my best to remain an active user. That's what Mark Zuckerberg wants. He envisions a world of seamless sharing on the internet. I know this because he said so at his F8 presentation, the annual Facebook developers' conference. But of course, Zuckerberg just wants more users on his company's app platform.
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Review: Spielberg can't pull off mo-cap in Tintin

Netflix Instant can't wash your car. An IMAX sound system can't pilot an aircraft carrier. And motion-capture animation can't make non-creepy-looking human characters. All that may change one day, but the technology hasn't yet caught up.
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Mozilla Seals Search Deal With Google Until 2014

Mozilla has been a valuable partner to Google over the years and we look forward to continuing this great partnership in the years to come, said Alan Eustace, Google's Senior Vice President of Search.
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Layar rolls out consumer app for augmented reality

Layar, one of the pioneers of mobile augmented reality, rolled out on Tuesday Stiktu, an application allowing smartphone users to combine their digital postings with real images and share them with each other.
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Lady Gaga Twitter and Facebook Hacked, 'Free iPad 2' Scam Baits Thousands

Singer Lady Gaga has been the victim of a Facebook and Twitter hacking, with fake messages offering free iPad 2 tablets to her followers in what was likely a massive phishing scam. Gaga has since regained control of her accounts, but some disappointed fans were still wondering if Mama Monster simply rescinded the gift.
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Restaurant.com Crashes During $25 Gift Card for $1 Offer

The same day Restaurant.com promoted a $25 gift card for the price of $1 offer, the Web site crashed due to high traffic volume. According to the Restaurant.com Facebook page, $25 gift certificates were being sold for only $1 using the promo code Joy for this week only beginning Tuesday. However, some users experienced an error response when logging onto the Web site.
iPhone 3.1: Everything You Want to Know

Apple iPhone, iPod iOS 3.1.3 Users Can't Download, Update Apps

Impacted users haven't been able to update existing iPhone or iPod Touch apps or download new ones since a December 16 software update was issued by Apple. The problem is that Apple support has told users to update their operating system to iOS 4 or iOS 5.
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iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak: Pod2g Solves A5 Cache Problem

Keeping those watching closely and waiting for the release of a jailbreaksolution updated in his blog -- pod2g's iOS blog, a blog talking about iOS security research -- he posted Tuesday that A5 cache troubles have been solved.

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