Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday a Texas federal jury ordered the company to pay Canadian software firm i4i Ltd $200 million in damages for infringing a patent. The world's largest software company, which is involved in a number of legal battles over patents, said the award was unsupported, and plans to appeal. Toronto-based i4i, a
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, eager to show himself as a man of the people, has revamped his Facebook networking page with home videos of him flirting and discussing world politics with his wife, Carla. Sarkozy's love of sunglasses and big watches earned him the nickname "President Bling-Bling" early on in his presidency, and his marriage
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Acer Inc, the world's third-largest PC brand, plans to introduce a phone model running on Google's Android software this year, the head of its phone unit said on Wednesday. The company plans to sell this year around 10 models, with all but one using Microsoft's Windows Mobile software. Aymar de Lencquesaing told the Reuters Global
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Euro zone and U.S. business surveys are expected to confirm on Thursday that the world's worst recession in six decades is easing, but that it will take some time before the global economy will start growing again. The latest reminder that the path to a recovery will be long and rough came from the U.S.
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The dollar hit its lowest in almost five months and Asian stocks slipped on Thursday after news that the Federal Reserve lowered its forecasts for U.S. economic growth for the next three years. Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.9 percent as the stronger yen weighed on exporters including Honda Motor Co, with technology shares down after
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"Five-dimensional" discs with a capacity 10,000 times greater than current DVDs could be on the market within 10 years, researchers reported on Wednesday. A team from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia said that by harnessing nanoparticles and a "polarization" dimension to existing technology, storage can be massively boosted without changing the size of a
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President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat will meet on Thursday morning in the framework of direct negotiations which began last September with a view to reach a solution in Cyprus and reunify the island. UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, will be attending
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Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou pointed out on Wednesday that ''the solution of the Cyprus problem can constitute a win-win situation for all parties involved'' and that ''Turkey can promote her European aspirations through a solution of the Cyprus problem.'' Speaking at the 25th Annual Cyprus and Hellenic Leadership Conference in Washington, hosted by the International
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Oil prices briefly pushed above $62 a barrel on Wednesday to touch a new six-month high on bullish inventory data and a spate of refinery accidents in the United States, in spite of weak market fundamentals. U.S. crude oil and gasoline stockpiles fell sharply last week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday, with
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MSCI's main world stock index hit a new high for the year on Wednesday, taking it to levels last seen in November 2008. The all-country world index reached 245.32, gaining around 1.75 percent on the day. The index was last at this level on November 5 last year. The index — which is a global
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