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Microsoft Adds Second Lawsuit to Motorola Fall Reading List

in News on November 9, 2010 at 1:53 pm PT

A little over a month after suing Motorola for violating its mobile patents, Microsoft has slapped the company with another suit, this one over its Xbox 360. On Tuesday Microsoft sued Motorola, alleging it charged “excessive and discriminatory” royalties for some of the IP it licensed for use in the gaming console.

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One-Third of the World's Population Online by the End of 2010

in News on October 19, 2010 at 2:51 pm PT

This whole Internet thing is really catching on. The number of people online has doubled in the last five years to two billion, and will reach one-third of the world’s population by the end of 2010, according to statistics from the International Telecommunications Union. Connection in the developing world is growing at a faster clip, but only 21 percent of people in developing countries will be online, as opposed to 71 percent in developed countries.