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Microsoft patents 'page up' and 'page down'

September 2, 2008 — 4:57am ET | By Paul Mah

Microsoft was granted a patent on the ‘page up' and ‘page down' keystroke just a couple of weeks ago. As noted by ZDNet, Read more...

Top vendors form WiMAX patent alliance

June 10, 2008 — 2:19am ET | By Paul Mah

A group of six major vendors have announced the creation of a patent alliance to ensure that companies are able to access WiMAX technologies at predictable costs. Called the Open Patent... Read more...

Barracuda wants to buy Sourcefire

May 30, 2008 — 7:21am ET | By Paul Mah

Antispam appliance vendor Barracuda has revealed that it has made a US$186 million cash offer for Sourcefire. This is 13 percent more than the company's current's current stock price, though half

Laptop batteries that won't die

January 3, 2008 — 7:59am ET

Laptop batteries were never meant to die. But plenty of CIOs have a different kind of experience. Even when fully charged, a laptop battery might last for half the trip across the country, not even... Read more...

Apple tablet confirmed by Asus?

November 6, 2007 — 7:59am ET

Seems like we've been hearing rumors of a Multitouch-capable Mac since the day that the iPhone was... Read more...

iPhone clones: Let the games begin

Hard drive shortage on the horizon?

Judge orders Vonage to pay $69.5 million

September 26, 2007 — 6:59am ET

There hasn't been too much news on the Vonage Deathwatch front lately but when it comes to... Read more...

Rumor: MacBook Thin coming in October

September 21, 2007 — 6:59am ET

In the long, storied history of Apple rumors, Read more...