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Google Buys IBM Patents

Google Inc. said Friday that it has purchased technology patents from International Business Machines Corp. as the Web-search giant stocks up on intellectual property to defend itself against lawsuits.

AT amp;T to Cut Data Speeds for Top Heavy Users

By IB Times Staff Reporter | July 30, 2011 6:27 AM EDT AT amp;T Inc. (NYSE: T) said it will reduce the data browsing speeds for the top five percent of its heaviest users on unlimited wireless data plans from October 1, in response to the explosive data ...

Apple Dislodges Nokia as Worlds Biggest Smartphone Producer With IPhones

Apples iPhone 3G and Samsung Electronics Galaxy S mobile phone. Photographer: Park Ji-Hwan/AFP/Getty Images July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lawrence Haverty, portfolio manager at Gamco Investors ...

World Population to Top 9 Billion by 2050, 49% Growth from Africa

The global population is expected to top seven billion in 2011. By 2050, its expected to exceed nine billion. By 2100, its expected to rise to 10 billion.

Modern Human Invasion Caused Neanderthals Extinction

By IB Times Staff Reporter | July 30, 2011 3:02 AM EDT Scientists have long debated what caused the Neanderthals to die off. A new study has suggested that a flood of prehistoric humans pouring into Europe inundated our ancient rivals and overwhelmed ...

Prep work to put Atlantis on display begins

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With space shuttle Atlantis back home at the Kennedy Space Center, work begins to prepare the orbiter for its starring role as the centerpiece of a massive new exhibit at the adjacent visitor ...

US to Cut Carbon Emissions With New Fuel Ecomony Standards

President Obama, with the support of top automakers, announced Friday a new plan that will increase fuel economy standards to 54.5 miles per gallon by the year 2025.

Dell Streak 10 Pro Spotted In The Wild

Googles Honeycomb operating system is yet to make an impression in the tablet market with manufacturers reporting fewer sales than expected.

Google Page Speed Service Raises Eyebrows

Googles Page Speed Service works like a Web hosting service, fetching content from publishers servers, tweaking the pages and serving the content from its own servers.

SpaceX readies November launch to International Space Station

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), run by Tesla Motors chief executive and PayPal mafioso Elon Musk, is looking at a November launch for its second private space flight to the International Space Station.

Hands-On With Motorolas Big, Bright and Beautiful Photon 4G

The Photon 4G is capable of connecting to a desktop dock, which lets users display content on other connected devices. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.

With Sales Plummeting, Nintendo Pares Outlook And Cuts a Retail Price

TOKYO - In a striking reversal of fortune for the worlds largest video game maker, Nintendo drastically cut its annual profit outlook on Thursday and said it would deeply discount its new 3DS hand-held device as it struggles to stem ...

Junos Jupiter mission may yield clues to Earths origins

Starting Aug. 5, NASA will enter the launch period for the spacecraft Juno, which will begin an unprecedented exploration of Jupiters secrets.

iPhone 5 Sighting: Apple Employee Caught Testing It

A tipster sent pictures to tech website 9to5 Mac yesterday claiming to be photos of an Apple employee using the iPhone 5. A commuter manages to snap a sneaky shot of another passenger seemingly playing ...

Microsofts Web map exposes phone, PC locations

caption: Examples of HTC device locations that CNET extracted from Microsofts Live.com location database. Microsoft has collected the locations of millions of laptops, cell phones, and other Wi-Fi devices around the world and makes ...

Camera Catches Giant Black Hole Devouring Gas [VIDEO, PHOTOS]

By IBTimes Staff Reporter | July 29, 2011 9:31 AM EDT Seen clearly via X-ray for the first time, a massive black hole has been pictured devouring hot gas in its vicinity.

+1tastic

When Google unveiled its new social networking venture a month ago, the first hurdle for early adopters was understanding the name: Google+.

Feds may be muzzling scientist over Arctic research

By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY - Last summers Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico clearly showed the conflict between science, energy policy and politics, and the looming battle over drilling in Arctic waters will be no ...

Anonymous Claims Network Breach of FBI Security Contractor ManTech

Anonymous continued with its string of attacks designed to embarrass the FBI, this time claiming to have breached the network of ManTech International, the FBIs cyber-security contractor.

Are Internet Explorer users dumb?

A survey used tests offered through Web searches or in online ads to measure the IQ of browser users. (CNN) -- Are users of other Web browsers smarter than the people who use Microsofts Internet Explorer?
 
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