Apple seeks ban on U.S. Nokia imports

The ongoing patent battle between Apple and Nokia escalated Friday, when Apple moved to block imports of Nokia cell phones to the U.S.

Apple made its request in a complaint filed with the International Trade Commission, an independent federal agency that examines issues including unfair trade practices involving patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.

Will Nokia devices be blocked from the U.S.?

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In December, Nokia filed its own complaint with the USITC in Washington.

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Google Threatens to Pull out of China, Citing Censorship and Cyberhacking

Recently, Google made a very bold and very public threat that they would pull out of China due to concerns over increased censorship and sophisticated hacker attacks that they have traced to China. If it happens, it will come as a shock to business analysts everywhere, since China is the #1 growing market for something Google covets – internet users.

There has always been friction both within and outside of Google concerning their operations there. Before building a complex there and establishing Google.cn, Google had to consent to a certain degree of self-censorship in order to be approved by the government, an idea they were never comfortable with. Read more…

3D Video Has Long Been Mainstream (NSFW)

Well thats just an assumption backed up by the following video, uploaded last July:

I mean, if porns been doing it, then it can be considered mainstream right?

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Governments of Canada and Manitoba Support UWin CREATE at the University of Winnipeg

Cisco Innovation Centre to foster increased research and collaboration

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January 15, 2010 – WINNIPEG, Manitoba – A joint federal-provincial investment, combined with an endowment from networking technology leader Cisco, will enable the University of Winnipeg’s environmental science program to increase research on “green” technology and expand its collaboration with industry, leading to more business opportunities.

Under the Canada-Manitoba Western Economic Partnership Agreement (WEPA), the Governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing a total of $7 million toward 34 leading-edge research and teaching labs as a core part of the new UWin CREATE (the University of Winnipeg Commercialization Research and Education Alliance for Science, Technology and the Environment).

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Asus Pondering Between Android And Chrome OS

Google’s Android has certainly gained a lot of ground in a short period of time, which is amazing, and we’ve seen Android popped into almost every device imaginable, including washing machines. Now the question that the folks at Asus are tackling is whether it should be using Android or Chrome OS for devices? Of course, it would depend on what you want from your device; whether you want it to be something like a media device, ebook or something you can do some simple work on like a netbook. Do you think that Google will be its own worst enemy when it comes to competition for Android and also Chrome OS? It

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