E Ink, maker of Kindle display, to offer color
Up until now, people who have bought e-readers have had to make a compromise: either read in color on a highly reflective screen, or read in shades of…
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Ellison: Oracle has $4 billion case against SAP
Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison turned up the pressure in an industrial espionage trial Monday by testifying that archenemy SAP AG should have paid $4 billion for licenses…
Web browser pioneer backs new way to surf internet
The web has changed a lot since Marc Andreessen revolutionized the internet with the introduction of his Netscape browser in the mid-1990s. That's why he's betting people are…
Lawyer in dispute with gay student back at U.Mich.
An assistant attorney general in Michigan who was accused of harassing a gay student assembly president at the University of Michigan has been allowed back on campus--with restrictions,…
UK: Google was in ‘significant breach’ of data law
Google violated Britain's data protection laws when its Street View mapping service recorded data from private wireless networks, the country's information commissioner said Wednesday. The American Internet search…
Court to decide university patent case
The Supreme Court will decide whether patents on inventions that arise from federally-funded research must go to the university where the inventor worked, reports the Associated Press.
Barnes & Noble unveils color Nook eReader
Barnes & Noble Inc. is introducing a new Nook eReader with a color touch screen for $249 as competition in the fast-growing industry heats up ahead of the…
MySpace, apps share user IDs with advertisers
MySpace has been sharing with its advertisers data that can be used to identify user profile pages, but the company doesn't consider that to be a problem, reports…
Facebook works to remove anti-gay hate speech
Facebook is working with a gay-advocacy group to reduce the amount of hate speech and bullying on the online social hub, reports the Associated Press.
US studying Australian internet security program
The government is reviewing an Australian program that will allow internet service providers to alert customers if their computers are taken over by hackers and could limit online…