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Google-Motorola Deal: Implications for Apple, RIM, Microsoft

Google Inc. has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash, valuing each essential patent at about $20 million, to defend its Android ecosystem. RBC Capital Markets said the deal value of $12.5 billion equates to 0.7 times trailing twelve months (TTM) of equity value-to-sales.
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German Court Sets Samsung, Apple Hearing

Korean company Samsung Electronics will go to a German court on August 25 to try to overturn a ban on it selling flagship Galaxy tablets in most of the European Union.
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Patent War: Apple Delivers Solid Blow to Samsung, Android

It seems everything going Apple's way. A day after the consumer technology giant briefly surpassed Exxon Mobil to become the world's largest public company by market capitalization, it won a legal battle against Samsung in Europe.
Cyber Attacks: New Battle Front

Cyberattacks on UN, Others Traced to China

Over 72 organizations - including the United Nations, the Olympic committees and the U.S. government - have been hacked by China-based hackers for a half decade, according two security companies based in the United States.
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Samsung Eyeing InterDigital Bid for Patents to Hammer Apple: Report

Samsung may be eyeing InterDigital bid to challenge AppleSamsung Electronics, the No. 2 mobile phone maker, could be eyeing a bid for InterDigital?s 8,800 patents, Bloomberg reported. Rivals including Apple and Google had previously been reported as prospective bidders.Bloomberg said the South Korean electronics giant had been approached by investment bankers for InterDigital, which hired Evercore Partners and Barclays Capital last month to explore a sale. The King of Prussia, Pennsylvania...
Cyber attacks on the rise globally

China Implicated in Massive Five-Year Long Cyberattack

A top cybersecurity firm released a report detailing a sweeping, five year long cyberattack that struck more than 70 government agencies and corporations and likely originated in China, according to experts familiar with the analysis.

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