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Does Google have a patent problem?
L.A. Times Tech BlogGoogle said Monday it is bidding $900 million on the patent portfolio of Nortel, the bankrupt communications technology company. The Internet search giant couched its bid as a preemptive strike to defend against patent litigation. It has often railed... -
HP sues former executive for alleged theft before he jumped to Oracle
L.A. Times Tech BlogHewlett-Packard is suing a former executive for allegedly stealing trade secrets before he took a job with HP rival Oracle. Filed Wednesday in Santa Clara County Superior Court, the lawsuit alleged that Adrian Jones, a former HP senior vice president........ -
Facebook moving headquarters from Palo Alto to former Sun Microsystems campus in Menlo Park
L.A. Times Tech BlogFacebook's headquarters are moving from Palo Alto to nearby Menlo Park's former home of Sun Microsystems. David Ebersman, Facebook's chief financial officer, formally announced the move on Tuesday morning in a news event at the 57-acre Menlo Park... -
New media company preaches tech's role in solving world's problems
L.A. Times Tech BlogSilicon Valley often views itself through the prism of the world-changing technology it creates. Last month, for example, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told an audience of software developers at the website's Chirp conference in San Francisco that... -
Facebook truly respects its users' privacy. For now, at least.
Opinion L.A.My colleague Patt Morrison's recent post about Facebook reminded me of the famously cynical remark that former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy made in 1999: "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it." As a user of the World's Most Ginormous Social... -
Disney buys Tapulous, maker of iPhone games
Company TownDisney taps into Tapulous' success with iPhone games, buys Palo Alto, Calif., startup for undisclosed sum.... -
Consumer Confidential: Retail sales, Android lawsuit, naked vacations
Money & CompanyHere's your friend-me Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: -- The latest view from the trenches: Retail sales were up slightly last month but consumers remain wary of opening their wallets too much. Sales rose 0.4% in...... -
It's 'Goliath versus Goliath' as Oracle files patent lawsuit against Google [Updated]
L.A. Times Tech BlogOracle Corp. dropped a major bombshell on Google Inc. late Thursday, kicking off what could be an epic clash of Silicon Valley titans. Oracle filed a patent and copyright infringement lawsuit against Google over its Android software that uses technology... -
Oracle president admits to affair exposed by giant billboards
L.A. Times Tech BlogOracle president Charles E. Phillips admits affair after his spurned mistress plastered three cities with billboards exposing it... -
The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Earnings: Altera Corp.; American Express Co.; Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Avaya Inc.; BellSouth Corp.; Centex Corp.; Kraft Foods Inc.; Pactiv Corp.; Quest Diagnostics Inc.; SanDisk Corp.; Texas Instruments Inc. Tuesday: -- July consumer...Tags: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Texas Instruments Incorporated, Altera Corporation, Boston Scientific Corporation, Air Transportation Industry
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Indian Americans come out
MANJEET KRIPALANI, the Edward R. Murrow Press fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, is writing a book on the effect of India on globalization and globalization on India.THE 2.2 MILLION Indian Americans in the U.S. constitute a model minority, highly educated and well paid. And now, following in the footsteps of earlier immigrant groups such as the Irish, the Jews and the Cubans, Indian Americans are emerging as an...Tags: Tennessee, Boeing Co., Politics, Lobbying, Nevada
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Suburbia's not dead yet
While millions of American families struggle with falling house prices, soaring gasoline costs and tightening credit, some environmentalists, urban planners and urban real estate speculators are welcoming the bad news as signaling what they have long...Tags: Commuting, Career and Workplace, AT&T Corp., Commodity Markets, Public Transportation
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