Apple sues HTC for iPhone patent infringement
WASHINGTON, US – Apple filed suit on Tuesday against HTC, maker of the Nexus One smartphone from Google, accusing the Taiwan company of infringing on 20 iPhone patents.

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Taiwan’s HTC denies infringing iPhone patents
Taiwan’s leading smartphone maker High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) on Wednesday denied infringing iPhone patents held by Apple after the US technology giant filed a lawsuit in the United States.

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Chip Sales Ticked Up in January, SIA Reports
Thanks in large part to a brisk business in the Asia/Pacific region, January saw a modest rise in global semiconductor sales, according to a report from an industry association.

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Asheville March 2 snow blog
Basketball update – 2 p.m. The UNC Asheville men’s basketball quarterfinals game against High Point, scheduled for tonight at 7, is still on, said Mike Gore, associate athletics director for external affairs. The pre-game show starts at 6:30 in the Justice Center.

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Planet 51 (Blu-ray)
Rent It [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] It’s supposed to be one of mankind’s greatest achievements. Sure, maybe the rocky planet that astronaut Charles T. Baker ( The Rock Dwayne Johnson) has trotted off to isn’t the… Read the entire review

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Boycott Ubisoft
This week, Ubisoft Entertainment has once again decided to spit in the face of every PC gamer in the world. They have announced that, in order to play their games, you will be required to be connected to the Internet. Should a connection be dropped for any reason, your progress in the game will be [...]

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Microchip Announces Higher Memory, Higher Pin Count Expansion of Enhanced 8-bit PIC® Microcontrollers (MCUs)
CHANDLER, Ariz.—-Microchip Technology Inc. , a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the expansion of its Enhanced 8-bit Mid-range core microcontroller portfolio, with higher memory and pincount devices featuring nanoWatt XLP technology and industry-leading active power consumption.

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Symantec to play host to health care companies
Symantec Health offers online storage and archiving for hospitals and health care providers to better help them retain and share medical records.

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Dubai Internet City Announces Closing Date for DemoCamp Dubai 2010 Entries
Dubai: 02 March, 2010 – Dubai Internet City, the region’s largest managed ICT cluster and a member of TECOM Investments, today announced the closing date for submitting entries to the DemoCamp Dubai has now closed.

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Who you gonna call? Tripp Lite fights ‘phantom’ energy with new surge protectors
Tripp Lite has updated its line of power protection technology with two new intelligent ECO-Surge surpressors that turn off peripherals when the computer with which they are associated is turned off. The devices come with either 12 or 8 outlets, which are divided between Master and Power Save status. The products are designed so that if a computer connected to a Master outlet is turned off, it …

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