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Samsung seeks cross-licensing deal as talks to end Apple ...

Samsung’s mobile boss JK Shin on Sunday confirmed to reporters that the South Korea-based consumer electronics giant is making new efforts to ...

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Over the past six years, BGR has grown into one of the most prominent destinations in the world for mobile and tech news. We have broken some of ...

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Some HTC phones released from Customs after Apple ...

HTC on Sunday announced that some of its smartphones have already been inspected by United States Customs and have been released to carriers.

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China approves Google’s Motorola buy, demands Android ...

The United States Department of Justice approved Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility this past February, but the massive deal ...

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SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second

A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second ...

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Amazon shops Kindle Fire home screen to advertisers

Amazon is reportedly meeting with advertisers to pitch the idea of welcome screen ads on its popular Kindle Fire tablet. The retail giant is asking ...

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Nokia sells New York headquarters

Nokia has sold its New York headquarters, located north of Manhattan in the industrial town of White Plains. Purchased six years ago for $30 million, ...

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European financial woes push markets lower
Concerns that Europe's debt crisis could drag down parts of the continent's banking system rattled global markets on Friday, while ...
UK minister describes 'incestuous' ties to media
Britain's politicians and its powerful media were uncomfortably close while Tony Blair ran the country, a former U.K. minister said Wednesday. Jack Straw, who held several key ...
Ex-tabloid editor decries hacking charges
Ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks says she is baffled by the decision to charge her in Britain's phone hacking scandal, calling the move a waste of public money.
Three-man Soyuz crew departs for space station
A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan Tuesday morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a four-and-half-month stay at the International ...

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French autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in ...
Issue of death row inmate's treatment spurs debate
A condemned killer's fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain has pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate over security and politics. Emails and memos ...
Britain bedeviled by binge drinking
The girls slumped in wheelchairs look barely conscious, their blond heads lolling above the plastic vomit bags tied like bibs around their necks. It's an hour to midnight on ...
French trial opens in diabetes-diet drug scandal
Lawyers for a French pharmaceutical group suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people argued Monday that a trial against their client should be halted as two separate cases ...

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Amazon’s 10-inch Kindle Fire tablet due in Q3, report claims
Amazon’s second Kindle Fire tablet, an updated model with a 10-inch display, will launch in the third quarter this year according ...
Microsoft offers free Xbox 360 to PC buyers
Microsoft is looking to bolster sales of Windows-powered computers this summer by offering students a free Xbox 360 video game console with a qualifying PC purchase.
Facebook hit with $15 billion privacy suit on IPO day
Facebook is officially a public company as of Friday morning shortly after 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and what better way to celebrate the milestone than with a fresh privacy ...
Microsoft Kinect transformed into surgical assistant
Microsoft’s Kinect motion and voice-based controller accessory was launched with gaming in mind, but researchers have taken the technology in a number of different directions.

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