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U.S. commission says Xbox infringes Motorola patents
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a preliminary ruling that Microsoft infringed on Motorola Mobility patents in its hit Xbox 360 videogame consoles. Administrative law judge David Shaw on Monday backed four out of five Motorola claims that the company’s intellectual property was usurped in Xbox software for tasks such as efficiently moving video files or connecting wirelessly to the…
Scientists in quest to find elusive white orca
A team of Russian scientists say they will embark on a quest next week to observe the only all-white, adult killer whale ever spotted — a majestic and elusive bull they have named Iceberg. The researchers from the universities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg first spotted the orca’s towering, two-metre dorsal finbreak the surface…
Facebook beefs up patent arsenal ahead of IPO
Facebook struck a $550 million deal to get its hands on hundreds of AOL patents from Microsoft as the social network hardened its defenses before it goes public on the Nasdaq. Facebook will pick up around 650 of the 925 patents Microsoftbought earlier this month in an auction from AOL in a nearly $1.1…
Sarkozy, Hollande step up battle for far-right votes
Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist rival Francois Hollande stepped up their battle on Tuesday for the six million votes that went to the far-right in the first round of France’s presidential election. “It’s up to me to convince the National Front (FN) voters,” Hollandetold Liberation newspaper, arguing that many of them were in fact left-wing and their support…
Ukraine’s former female PM on ‘hunger strike’
Ukraine’s jailed opposition leader and former premier Yulia Tymoshenko has been on a hunger strike since Friday to protest her treatment by prison wardens and doctors, her lawyer said. “Yulia Tymoshenko has declared a hunger strike,” Interfax quotedSerhiy Vlasenko as saying outside her prison in the eastern city of Kharkiv where Tymoshenko has been jailed since last year on…
James Murdoch faces UK press inquiry grilling
Former News International executive chairman James Murdochbegan giving testimony under oath Tuesday at the British inquiry into press standards set up after the tabloid phone-hacking row. In the day-long session at the Leveson Inquiry, Murdoch was being quizzed about his stewardship of News International, which published the now-defunct News of the World. The tabloid was…
California to vote on ending the death penalty
LOS ANGELES — Voters in California will have the chance to cast ballots on a referendum on ending the death penalty in November, according to state electoral officials. The “Savings, Accountability and Full Enforcement for California Act,” or SAFE California Act, garnered enough support signatures. It will be considered on…
Panetta dismisses Iran claims on copying U.S. drone
BOGOTA — US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday dismissed claims by Iran that it had gleaned data from a downed US drone and was now building a copy of the robotic spycraft. “I can tell you from my experience that I would seriously question their ability to do what…
Pentagon offers budget compromise to placate states
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has offered to fund more C-130 aircraft for the Air National Guard to placate state governors complaining about proposed budget cuts that scale back fleet and personnel, officials said Monday. Facing growing political pressure in an election year from governors and lawmakers in Congress, Defense Secretary…
Karzai blocks Rep. Rohrabacher from Afghan visit: aide
WASHINGTON — A US lawmaker critical of President Hamid Karzai was barred entry to Afghanistan as part of a congressional delegation meeting with Afghan opposition groups, his office said Monday. Republican Dana Rohrabacher’s office said he was a “last-minute” addition to the delegation when one of the members canceled days…
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