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  Google enters into licensing agreement with MPEG LA to protect the WebM video format

  By Bryan Bishop on March 7, 2013 03:33 pm + 131 comments

  When the WebM project was announced back in 2010, one its selling points was that it was open and Continue reading…

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  Office 2013 now transferable to new PCs every 90 days after uproar over license restrictions

  By Tom Warren on March 6, 2013 09:59 am + 49 comments

  Microsoft may be pushing Office users to its $99 / year subscription model, but it does still offer Continue reading…

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  Thunderbolt's slow start and high prices may be due to Intel 'working closely' with select vendors

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 15, 2013 05:23 pm + 71 comments

  Thunderbolt is a little more than a month from its two-year anniversary, and it's hard to say that Continue reading…

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  Qualcomm gets some competition as Broadcom enters mobile processor market

  By Dan Seifert on January 8, 2013 05:15 pm + 10 comments

  Broadcom, a manufacturer of baseband modules (the chips that let devices communicate with mobile Continue reading…

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  Inmarsat announces prepaid voice service for US satellite phones

  By Louis Goddard on August 21, 2012 10:36 am + 2 comments

  British firm Inmarsat has announced a new prepaid voice service for satellite phones in the US, Continue reading…

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  Everything Everywhere earns Ofcom approval for early LTE in UK, Vodafone left 'shocked'

  By Vlad Savov on August 21, 2012 03:29 am + 92 comments

  UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has granted final approval for Everything Everywhere's proposed plan to r Continue reading…

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  Apple and Microsoft cross-license deal includes 'anti-cloning' protections going back to 1997

  By Matt Macari on August 13, 2012 02:11 pm + 279 comments

  Apple's broad cross-licensing agreement with Microsoft has been common knowledge for over a decade, Continue reading…

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  Apple asked Samsung to pay as much as $30 per Android phone, $40 per tablet for patent licenses

  By Chris Ziegler on August 10, 2012 09:41 pm + 221 comments

  As Apple v. Samsung progresses, it's been known for some time that it didn't have to come to this: A Continue reading…

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  Apple's warning to Samsung: 'Android is designed to lead companies to imitate the iPhone'

  By Bryan Bishop on August 10, 2012 09:22 pm + 417 comments

  We first heard about a presentation Apple made to Samsung about copying its devices in today's Continue reading…

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  Sharp agrees to license Microsoft file system patent for Android phones

  By Louis Goddard on August 7, 2012 01:20 pm + 57 comments

  Japanese manufacturer Sharp has agreed to license an important file system patent from Microsoft for Continue reading…