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DOJ Likely to Clear Rockstar Bidco’s Nortel Patent Purchase

Looks like the Justice Department plans to approve the $4.5 billion sale of Nortel’s wireless technology patents to a consortium led by Microsoft and Apple. Sources familiar with the matter say the DOJ has addressed concerns that the consortium might use the patents to unfairly hamstring competitors. It’s not clear when the DOJ will issue its approval, but when it does some 6,000 wireless patents will be transferred over to Rockstar Bidco, an alliance that also includes Research In Motion, Sony, Ericsson AB and EMC.

Windows on ARM, Complete With Next Version of Office, to Arrive With Rest of Windows 8

In an interview, Windows unit head Steven Sinofsky explains some of the key things that will — and won’t — be part of the Windows 8 version that runs on ARM-based machines.
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Spotify Dollars Boost Warner Music, but Not as Much as iTunes

Streaming music services are growing quickly. But, for big music, digital still means downloads.
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PayPal Wants You to Shop While Straphanging In Singapore

PayPal and others are looking to make mobile payments even more mobile.
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Apple to Announce iPad 3 First Week in March

Gee, I wonder what 2012 will be the year of …
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Talking Windows 8, Sprint’s iPhone and Much More on Tech News Today

Ina visits Tech News Today to recap several recent stories, including layoffs at Nokia, the coming preview version of Windows 8, and the impact of the iPhone’s arrival on Sprint’s bottom line.
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PaperKarma’s Mobile App Tries to Eliminate Junk From Your Mailbox

PaperKarma is a new app that helps you reduce the amount of unwanted coupons, catalogs and postcards that clog your mailbox.
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For iPad and Mobile Devices, a ‘Port’ out of the Norm

Walt reviews a special flash drive that can transfer and stream files to popular mobile devices without standard USB ports.
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Google: That 2.25 Percent MoMo Patent Royalty Sounds About Right to Us

Motorola Mobility’s demand that Apple pay it patent royalties of 2.25 percent on sales of some iPhones and iPads raised a lot of eyebrows. But not at Google.
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Justice Department Poised to Clear Google-Motorola Deal

The U.S. Justice Department is poised to clear Google Inc.’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter, giving Google a powerful armory of technology patents to deploy in the smartphone wars.

Nokia: And Plan C Is We End Up Like RIM

Klout Acquires Local App Blockboard