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CEO sketches out new Yahoo, vows business refocus

Thompson said the company would be organised along three core divisions, effective 1 May.

AOL to sell over 800 patents to Microsoft for over a billion

The agreement also grants Microsoft non-exclusive use of 300 patents that are being retained by AOL.

In Bangalore, a remake to avoid being 'Bangalored'

"In the West, they would have slept in their office for a week together. Here at 5 o'clock in the evening they start getting phone calls. I am not saying this is right or wrong. That is the way this society is. India is not a country for innovation any time soon."

US court to hear Apple request to pull Samsung devices

In a high-stakes patent dispute, the court heard arguments about whether a federal trial judge acted correctly in December when she ruled that Apple failed to provide enough evidence to support an injunction of Samsung's Galaxy pro duct line.

US court sides with Apple on tech terms in case vs Samsung

Apple sued Samsung in the United States last year, saying the South Korean company's Galaxy line of mobile phones and tablets "slavishly" copies the iPhone and iPad. Samsung then countersued Apple.

Now an app to protect endangered right whales

The Whale Alert app, available for free download, uses global positioning system and other technology to send the latest data about right whale detections, overlaid on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) digital charts, to the user's device

Now, access Facebook from your mobile in eight languages

Social networking website Facebook today announced a facility for its users to access the site in eight Indian languages from mobile phones.

May to see launch of modified Aakash tablet

A faster and enhanced version of low-cost tablet PC, Aakash, would be launched on trial basis in May, Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal said today.

'Indestructible' Titanic sank due to weak rivets: Study

Poor quality of rivets holding the Titanic's hull together may have come loose after colliding with an iceberg, sinking the ship a century ago, a study says.

Amazon CEO wants to raise sunken Apollo 11 engines

For more than four decades, the powerful engines that helped boost the Apollo 11 mission to the moon have rested in the Atlantic. Now Internet billionaire and space enthusiast Jeff Bezos wants to raise at least one of them to the surface.

No tweeting during proceedings, says US court

A US court stopped a counsel member from live tweeting a court case on Obama's healthcare law.

Dark Magic: Amazon's buy buttons disappear for hours

On the same day that Amazon started selling Harry Potter e-books in a landmark deal, buy buttons on the company's dominant Kindle e-book store disappeared for several hours.

Forty-year-old Soviet satellite to fall into Indian Ocean

The spacecraft is expected to begin falling at 3:13 a.m. Moscow time on 27 March

Russia launches US satellite

A Russian rocket carrying a US telecommunications satellite blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan Sunday.

Rovio to get Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone: CEO

Rovio's games are topping sales charts on all key platforms and reports that the gaming company was shying away from the Windows Phone was seen as a major blow to Nokia's strategy to shift to use it in all its smartphones.

Out of the world: Mars travel possible by 2022!

The first commercial round-trips to Mars will blast off within 10 years, says a rocket entrepreneur.

Stop wasting helium on party balloons, say scientists

Scientists have warned their experiments are at risk from a shortage of Helium because the gas is being wasted on party balloons.

Zynga acquires OMGPOP games company

Zynga Inc is buying OMGPOP, maker of the popular game "Draw Something" for an undisclosed sum, as the company moves to expand its games lineup on mobile devices and Facebook.

Company hosting Megaupload data complains of high cost

The company hosting the frozen data of millions of users of the file sharing site Megaupload says somebody needs to pay the company's bill or it should be allowed to delete the data.

HP combines printer, PC units in turnaround effort

Hewlett-Packard Co is combining its printer and PC divisions as it tries to overcome dragging profits, growing competition and the lack of clear identity.

'US military rapidly boosting cyber abilities'

Pentagon cyber experts said that after releasing a new cyber strategy last year the Defense Department had been moving on several fronts to bolster defenses, secure critical networks and improve cyber warfare capabilities.

Microsoft says no plans for new Xbox anytime soon

Microsoft says it's not coming out with a new Xbox gaming console anytime soon.

Sharp to ship high-definition, iPad panel in March

Sharp Corp wants to begin in March shipments of small to medium sized high definition liquid crystal displays of the type used in Apple Inc's latest iPad.

Chinese writers say Apple is online book pirate

A group of prominent Chinese writers have demanded compensation from technology giant Apple Inc for allegedly selling unlicensed versions of their books in its online store.

App for leaving your virtual mark at physical places

A new app called Wallit combines augmented reality, a virtual view of the real world that can be extended with graphics and other content, with a social experience.

$25 million for internet freedom in the Middle East

Noting that countering increasingly active internet surveillance and censorship efforts aimed at suppressing individuals' exercise of their human rights requires a diverse portfolio of tools and training, the State Department said.

China's Twitter, Weibo implements real-identity rules

New real-identity rules to be imposed on China's Weibo are likely to make the country's most popular microblogging platform more alluring to advertisers, as Sina Corp seeks to start generating revenue from its product.

Apple vs Proview: iPad trademark demands unfair, says tech giant

Financially ailing Proview and Apple are sparring in courts in China and the US over the issue.