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Apple
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few weeks of debut in Europe have been a bit rockier than in U.S., with
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Warning that the Internet "aids" in promoting extremism and
radicalization, the House voted to create a commission to prepare a
classified report on the topic. This may not turn out well. (From
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OpenCourseWare expands for high school students
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is taking on the issue of
inadequate education for youth by extending its OpenCourseWare (OCW)
program to include secondary level students.
Judge
orders administration to turn over spying documents
Feds had claimed documents related to giving telecom companies
retroactive immunity from spying-related lawsuits couldn't be ready
until December 31, but a judge disagreed. (From News.com's The
Iconoclast blog.)
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MIT
launches contest to fire up energy entrepreneurs
Need $200,000 or so to launch your clean-energy business? MIT, the
Department of Energy, and a utility company are waiting to hear from
you. (From News.com's Green Tech blog.)
Feds
lose bid for Amazon.com customer records
Federal prosecutors had sought the purchase records of thousands of
customers from the Net retailer, which fought the demand in court.
(From News.com's The Iconoclast blog.)
Brightcove.tv
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businesses.
FCC
backs away from cable regulation plan
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subscribership levels had risen enough to justify broad regulation of
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There are some familiar tech names on Fortune's
list of powerful business people--and one tech titan falls a little
lower on the list than some might expect.
Opening
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company's move to open its network to outside devices and apps is the
latest step in the dismantling of the traditional wireless industry.
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panel of venture capitalists and a Microsoft dealmaker chat about how
Redmond picks the two dozen or so companies it buys each year.
Google
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initiative aims to underwrite efforts to produce a gigawatt of
electricity from renewable sources, and do it quickly.
Net
neutrality to get new life in Congress
Next month, Democrat Edward Markey plans to reintroduce bill that would
punish network operators that discriminate against Internet content.
Action is expected next year.
Yahoo's
Cyber Monday mess finally fixed
Company takes all day to fix outage that left customers unable to make
purchases from online merchants on one of the biggest Net sales days.
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and print raw images from the latest camera models.
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Going
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of a
growing list of sites encouraging people to swap rather than ditch
their old stuff. Find more stories in: Web
sites
Schwarzenegger:
Free market best solution for broadband
There are two general ways that governments can promote broadband:
raise taxes and increase regulation of telecommunications companies, or
the opposite. (From News.com's The Iconoclast blog.)
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When
tech tunes your guitar
For electric-guitar players, there now are two systems designed to set
the instrument accurately and automatically to standard and alternate
tunings.
MoveOn
to Facebook: We caught you red-handed The activist group heats up its feud with the social network
by
alleging that it had once planned to make its controversial "Beacon"
advertising more privacy-friendly, but then decided not to. (From
News.com's The Social blog.)
Town
bans Net harassment following MySpace hoax
A year after 13-year-old victim of adult-created online hoax
commits
suicide, her suburban St. Louis town passes a law banning such
harassment. (From News.com's Beyond Binary blog.)
Fuzzy
picture for Apple TV
he Internet still isn't the delivery vehicle for TV shows and movies,
and that doesn't bode well for a box that Steve Jobs has called a
"hobby." (From News.com's One More Thing blog.)
Apple
settles patent suit with Burst.com
Apple is getting a license to Burst.com's portfolio of video-related
technology and the end of the litigation between the two companies for
$10 million. (From News.com's One More Thing blog.)
Apple
QuickTime exploit published
Exploit code that takes advantage of a security flaw in an Apple
QuickTime protocol has been published, putting QuickTime users and
installations of iTunes at risk, say security researchers.
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Web videos clicking with bands
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Friday showdown: Best Buy vs. Circuit City
It could be the LA locations I visited, but I found much longer lines
at Circuit City. That doesn't mean they were doing more business
though. Best Buy was much better organized. (From News.com's Beyond
Binary blog.)
Shoppers
hit stores as Black Friday kicks off
The 2007 holiday shopping season kicks with crowds of
discount-mad
shoppers, many braving the cold, snagging early bargains on one of the
busiest shopping days of the year. Find more stories in: Retail,
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Amazon's
Kindle device out of stock
Despite early skepticism on the part of observers about the looks and
marketability of the e-reader, consumers seem to be giving it the
thumbs up.
Rumor:
News Corp. in buyout talks with LinkedIn
TechCrunch UK is reporting an unconfirmed rumor that the LinkedIn
business social network is in talks with News Corp. about a possible
buyout.
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New
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bundled with a specific game.
Video:
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'round the clock at GeForce LAN 4 party.
Amazon's
Kindle device out of stock Despite early skepticism on the part of observers about the
looks
and marketability of the e-reader, consumers seem to be giving it the
thumbs up.
Rumor:
News Corp. in buyout talks with LinkedIn
TechCrunch UK is reporting an unconfirmed rumor that the LinkedIn
business social network is in talks with News Corp. about a possible
buyout.
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Black Friday deals
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shoppers don't have to wait until Friday to snag some of these deals.
Suit
against Microsoft over pen computing rejected
Appeals court says pen-computing pioneer Go Computer waited too long to
file its own antitrust lawsuit contending that it was squeezed out of
business.
Tomorrow
for TomorrowNow?
Third-party support and maintenance company's future raises questions
of whether a sale, or phaseout of the SAP subsidiary, is in store.
Suit
against Microsoft over pen computing rejected
Appeals court says pen-computing pioneer Go Computer waited too long to
file its own antitrust lawsuit contending that it was squeezed out of
business.
Tomorrow
for TomorrowNow?
Third-party support and maintenance company's future raises questions
of whether a sale, or phaseout of the SAP subsidiary, is in store.
Chilly
forecast for wireless HD video Electronics
makers used CES earlier this year to make bold promises about products
that combine high def with wireless. But don't count on seeing them
under the tree.
The
three 3D faces of 'Beowulf' The
English lit assignment for News.com's Stephen Shankland: compare and
contrast the digitally enhanced movie as viewed in Imax 3D, Real D, and
Dolby 3D.
Carbon
economics: Standard set for voluntary offsets
Carbon offsets are supposed to absolve the pollution guilt of
people
and companies. Now, a London-based organization introduces a standard.
(From News.com's Green Tech blog.)
OPEC
nations create $750 million clean tech fund
Oil exporters no doubt want to get some public relations mileage. Oil
companies, meanwhile, tend to be some of the biggest spenders when it
comes to high-tech R&D.
Mozilla
releases Firefox 3 beta 1
The widely used open-source Web browser is getting improvements in
security, bookmarking and history search, and color profiles. (From
News.com's Underexposed blog.)
On
the job, everywhere
Hotels and airports are gradually catching on to the fact
that
mobile workers need more help getting their jobs done on the road. (The New York Times) Find more stories in: Broadband,
Workplace
Affero:
A new GPL for software as a service
Free Software Foundation releases a variation of the GPL that brings
its reciprocity obligations to software running as an online service.
(From News.com's Underexposed blog.)
SAP
may sell TomorrowNow SAP announces it may put embattled third-party support and maintenance
company up for sale; subsidiary's founder and several executives have
resigned effective immediately.
Photos:
Comet outsizes sun The
sun is no longer the largest object in the solar system. Comet
17P/Holmes, which weeks ago was a spec on a telescope, has grown.
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SAP
may sell TomorrowNow
SAP announces it may put embattled third-party support and
maintenance company up for sale; subsidiary's founder and several
executives have resigned effective immediately.
Should
Lightroom 1.3 have been called 1.0?
The magnitude of the Lightroom 1.3 speedup and other changes shows that
Lightroom is work in progress, not a finished product. (From News.com's
Underexposed blog.)
Report:
PS3 price cut helping console recover
Lower prices and better games seem to be convincing observers that
Sony's oft-maligned PlayStation 3 has a brighter future. (From
News.com's Geek Gestalt blog.)
Microsoft
inches closer to XP update
Software maker releases test version of XP Service Pack 3 to
15,000
beta testers, with broader test version to be issued at "a later date."
(From News.com's Beyond Binary blog.)
Facebook
denies desires to buy Chinese social network
Company says "no acquisition of any company in China is being
considered by Facebook," countering a report in The Times
about a potential Zhanzuo buy. (From News.com's The Social blog.)
Parents
of MySpace hoax victim seek legal recourse
The parents of girl who committed suicide after a MySpace hoax said in
a Today Show
interview that they are still hoping some legal action can be taken
against the adults who taunted their daughter. (From News.com's Beyond
Binary blog.)
Ruling
may aid spy suits against AT&T, Verizon
Appeals court refuses to side with Bush administration and halt a suit
alleging illegal surveillance, which could help other suits against
AT&T, Verizon, and others. (From CNET News.com's The Iconoclast
blog.)
Macedonia
picks Ubuntu for 20,000 PCs
7,000 down, 13,000 to go: Macedonia receives first shipments of Ubuntu
Linux personal computers for use in schools.
Photos:
When roaches meet robots
Researchers set out to discover whether the icky brown bugs
will accept artificial cockroaches into their shadowy community.
AMD
just latest step in Abu Dhabi's tech plans
With an 8.1 percent stake in AMD, Abu Dhabi could make a good
return
on investment, but it will definitely try to learn about the chip
business.
Photos:
Full speed ahead at LA Auto Show
From the new Mustang Bullitt to a home hydrogen fueling
station, here
are some of the must-see items from the show, which runs through
November 25.
Don't
expect Google to take on AT&T
Google is gathering financing to bid in the upcoming FCC wireless
auction, but what will it do once it gets the spectrum?
Lightroom
SDK: Better ties with microstocks?
The software development kit for Adobe's Lightroom is limited in scope,
but it could still help stock photographers and Flickr users.
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Everybody's
gaming for the weekend
Nvidia throws a weekend-long LAN party to unleash EA's new first-person
shooter Crysis. Caffeine and air mattresses
provided. When
grown-ups become cyberbullies
A
taunt from a made-up boy on MySpace leads a teenage girl to take her
own life, raising legal, ethical, and journalistic questions and
offering a cautionary tale for parents.
Photos:
Comet outsizes sun The
sun is no longer the largest object in the solar system. Comet
17P/Holmes, which weeks ago was a spec on a telescope, has grown.
Video:
Spotlight on 'seam carving' Scientist discusses tech which lets an image be expanded or
shrunk without distorting the important parts.
Making
electricity from motion Battery company M2E Power gets $8 million in funding. Its
product could let you charge your iPod or cell phone while you walk.
Spy
bill: No immunity for phone companies
Drawing
veto threats from the White House, legislators OK a rewrite that scraps
lawsuit protection for those that aid government spying.
Led
by robots, roaches abandon instincts
Experiment in bug peer pressure combined entomology,
robotics, and
study of ways complex patterns can arise from simple behavior. (The New York Times) Find more stories in: Robots,
R&D,
Science
Photos:
Honoring the cult of Pez
Computer store turned Pez museum hosts samples of every Pez
dispenser ever made--with a few custom numbers to boot.
Are
Facebook's social ads kosher? With
new program, members' likenesses can be used in product endorsements. A
celebrity could easily stop that, but the law's not so clear for
regular people.
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On
the fringes of green technology Thanks to energy conservation and environmentalism, some of these
products and concepts emerging on the fringes of green tech may one day
be mainstream.
Pedal
to the metal for LA Auto Show CNET's
Car Tech crew is on location. Highlights so far: Scion xD gets the
claw, Chevy Beat goes on sale, Honda unveils FCX Clarity, and more.
IBM
floats Blue Cloud computing plan
Internet-scale "cloud computing" infrastructure draws on the
open-source grid, virtualization, and data center workload management
software.
Joost
launches commercial widgets. Coke, anyone?
Video start-up already has high-profile ad contracts; now, it's turning
them into widgets that aim to contribute to the interactive TV
experience and spread brand buzz. (From News.com's The Social blog.)
Apple
updates Tiger with Safari 3, security fixes
The latest release for Mac OS X, version 10.4.11, delivers the final
version of Safari 3 and could be the last one for Tiger as Apple
transitions over to Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5. (From News.com's One More
Thing blog.)
Cameras
that know who you photographed Face
recognition technology built into cameras could make it easier to
organize and find photos, once the computational challenges are solved.
Images:
Software tools for Android Google releases software development kit for its
mobile-software alliance. Here are some shots of what the tools look
like.
Video:
Intel chief on Web 2.0 Paul Otellini talks about how new collaborative
social-networking tools will fuel next wave of IT inside the
enterprise.
Facebook
application lets you apply to college You can do more with a Facebook application than throw sheep at your
friends; this one claims to actually help you research and apply to
universities. (From CNET News.com's The Social blog)
The
biofuel scam--and it's a 'beaut'
Few policy makers of any national significance are stepping forward to
question whether our national bet on biofuels makes good sense.
Environmental
study estimates North American carbon debt
Study quantifies the continent's net contribution of carbon to the
atmosphere, one of the first baseline reports comparing emissions to
carbon absorption through vegetation. (From News.com's Green Tech blog.)
Sirius,
XM shareholders give green light to merger
Sirius Satellite's $5 billion acquisition of XM Satellite
Radio
takes a step closer to conclusion. A bigger challenge will be winning
approval from the feds.
Chizen
steps aside as Adobe's chief President Shantanu Narayen to take over from a CEO who led as
Adobe broadened its focus from design niche to the Web at large.
Software
for rent
Salesforce.com wants to become a platform like Microsoft's
Windows
operating system, a product so popular that it is the foundation for a
veritable ecosystem of software developers. (The New York Times) Find more stories in: CRM,
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Microsoft
aims to quell Vista grumbles
The company said it will release three non-security updates this week
geared toward addressing key gripes with the nearly year-old operating
system. (From News.com's Beyond Binary blog.)
Prince
goes after The Pirate Bay
In what is likely the largest civil challenge yet to the BitTorrent
tracker, the pop star gets set to file three lawsuits over copyright.
Photos:
Tricked-out VW revs up for Baja 1000
A San Jose, Calif., team is updating a '69 Volkswagen with sat
phones
and GPS receivers to compete in the off-road race that kicks off this
weekend.
Microsoft
puts new Windows on old PCs
The move could save more PCs from the landfill, but also lets Redmond
sell a second copy of Windows for the same computer. (From News.com's
Beyond Binary blog.)
Photos:
Top 10 reviews of the week
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including
the Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000, the HP MediaSmart Server ex475, RIM's
BlackBerry Curve 8310, and more.
Photos:
Surface computer draws a crowd
Despite
a delay in its launch until spring, Microsoft is taking its tabletop
Surface computer on a promotion tour around the world.
Saturday, November 10
Colleges
must police copyright, or else
Top
congressional Democrats put pressure on colleges and universities to
stamp out peer-to-peer piracy or lose financial aid for all their
students.
Schooling
soldiers on Humvee rollovers Roadside bombs in Iraq take a toll on U.S. troops, but a
training system called HEAT can help them better cope with catastrophe.
Photos:
Awarding tech innovation Tech Museum of Innovation recognizes people who are helping
the environment and emerging nations.
Video:
'Internet van' hits 30 News.com's
Kara Tsuboi introduces the engineers behind a nondescript truck that
played a role in the first wireless Net connection.
Microsoft
puts new Windows on old PCs The move could save more PCs from the landfill, but also lets
Redmond sell a second copy of Windows for the same computer.
Photos:
BMW revs up Milan German automaker offers up new motorcycles and updates for the
adventurer, off-road racer, and highway master.
Video:
'Internet van' hits 30 News.com's
Kara Tsuboi introduces the engineers behind a nondescript truck that
played a role in the first wireless Net connection.
Photos:
Surface computer draws a crowd
Despite
a delay in its launch until spring, Microsoft is taking its tabletop
Surface computer on a promotion tour around the world.
Radiohead
calls ComScore report inaccurate
The band says there is no way for outsiders to judge the success of the
pay-what-you-want offer for In Rainbows, and
declines to disclose any sales figures.
Blogging
for bucks, one post at a time
Many BlogWorld attendees are trying to figure out how to profit from
small publishing ventures, whether the subject is politics, God, or
chickens.
Can
Google win support for Android? Google
hopes its open software platform will be just what mobile computing
needs, but it could fall flat without serious developer support.
Daimler,
Ford to partner on fuel cell company
Automakers say privately held automotive fuel cell company, built from
assets of Ballard Power Systems, will be catalyst for fuel cell cars,
global competition.
AMD
unveils powerful 'stream computing' chip
Company hopes the FireStream 9170 catches on with researchers who need
massive amounts of performance but don't want to buy fancy, expensive
supercomputers just to run a few applications.
Senators
want Justice Department to sue P2P pirates
A new proposal would let the DOJ file civil lawsuits against copyright
pirates on peer-to-peer networks, giving RIAA lawyers a powerful new
ally in court.
Intel
going mobile with Android? Chipmaker's
participation is another sign that it's looking for alternative
software to run on its Mobile Internet Device project.
Adobe's
face-lift for Photoshop A
pending makeover would use custom interfaces to cut the bloat out of
the image-editing software, with different looks for different
workloads.
Images:
NASA's Orion mock-up Full-scale model of an Orion manned spacecraft will help NASA
move a step closer to the moon.
Video:
Location software lives HP brings its technology, currently in beta, to life with an
urban adventure using handheld devices and actors.
Start-up
Novomer uses carbon dioxide to make bioplastics
Novomer, a Cornell University spin-off, has devised a method
for
making biodegradable plastics from common gases carbon dioxide and
carbon monoxide. (From News.com's Green Tech blog)
Microsoft
moving closer to Centro
The server software bundle for midsize businesses isn't due
until
second half of next year, but that hasn't stopped the company from
giving it a name. Find more stories in: Software
servers , Microsoft
Ex-worker
at AT&T fights immunity bill
A retired AT&T technician is fighting back against
the Bush
administration's plan to grant companies legal immunity for their
secret cooperation in eavesdropping programs. (The New York Times) Find more stories in: Lawsuits,
Telephony
, AT&T
New
advertising strategy is a big gamble for Facebook
While a viral phenomenon can reach soaring levels of popularity, it can
also become synonymous with in-your-face annoyance. (From News.com's
The Social blog.)
Mass
production kicks off for XO laptops--finally
After some delays, Taiwan's Quanta Computer starts producing the
much-anticipated computer for needy children, which could be in kids'
hands this month.
Photos:
Gadget-hungry Vietnam Vietnam's youthful population thrives on the
latest gadgets,
but a digital divide remains.
Video:
DARPA race heats up Eleven automated robot cars hit a 60-mile course
to see which
could complete their pre-programmed missions and outdo the rest.
live blog Congress
grills Yahoo execs over China policies Rep.
Tom Lantos gets
things rolling by asking Jerry Yang and Yahoo's general counsel to
account for "their company's spineless and irresponsible actions."
(From News.com's The Iconoclast blog.)
Images:
NASA builds Orion mock-up
It looks like a movie prop from the 1950s, but the
full-scale
model of
an Orion manned spacecraft will help NASA move a step closer to the
moon.
Making
music in a world of freeloaders
After years of complaining about rip-off prices of music
albums, says
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper, consumers are freeloading off
Radiohead's latest release.
Free
beats fee for Radiohead album Fans
were quick to take the rock band up on its offer to set their own price
for the new 'In Rainbows' album. The most popular price? On the house.
Photos:
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but a digital divide remains.
Video:
DARPA 2007: Competition heats up Eleven automated robot cars hit a 60-mile course to see which
could complete their pre-programmed missions and outdo the rest.
Windows
Home Server really available, sort of
Microsoft announces "general availability" for home server operating
system, but that's a bit of a stretch. HP's server won't be available
until later this month, with others not far behind. (From News.com's
Beyond Binary blog.)
Google
to unveil 'Android' phone software
Company expected to reveal plans for mobile phones, announce a
new
consortium of some 30 heavy hitters in the wireless industry, sources
tell CNET News.com.
When
bands leave music labels Services
such as Musicane will oversee digital music sales, marketing, and other
chores that have traditionally been handled by record labels. But do
they make sense for everyone?
news analysisNet
neutrality debate reignites Following claims of Comcast blocking file-sharing traffic, debate over
whether to create laws to keep the Internet open has resurfaced.
CMU
wins $2 million in urban robot race
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awards $1 million to
second-place Stanford and $500,000 to third-place Virginia Tech.
Photos:
Car geeks get their fix The
Legendary SEMA show for cool car accessories, modifications, and
electronics is as colorful as the city it's held in...Vegas.
PC industry veterans, tech enthusiasts, and even a few kids head to the
Computer History Museum to check out the annual Vintage Computer
Festival. Photos:
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Microsoft
in slip-up over Vista service pack
The software maker erroneously posts a note on its developer site
saying a "release candidate" version of the Vista service pack was
being made available. Microsoft does plan one eventually, but it's not
imminent. (From News.com's Beyond Binary blog.)
To
make money in biofuels boom, think plastics
Taking a cue from the oil business, BioEnergy International is
developing biorefinery processes to make fuels and specialty
biochemicals. (From News.com's Green Tech blog blog.)
Sun
opens 'Indiana' chapter of OpenSolaris Company
releases the first fruits of a new, more Linux-like tack at making
something useful from its open-source Solaris effort
CA
raises outlook after profit soars
The business software maker says its quarterly profit more
than doubled as orders soared 46 percent and it cut costs. Find more stories in: Earnings
, CA
Linux
CEO lashes out at Ballmer
After seeing Windows wedge its way into a Linux deal with Nigeria,
Mandriva's chief criticizes Microsoft's tactics.
(From News.com's Beyond Binary blog.)
Will
taxpayers pay for illegal spying? Rather than granting retroactive immunity to phone companies,
one lawmaker suggests forcing taxpayers to fund lawsuit damages.
At
Wal-Mart, Black Friday comes early
Retailer will again offer Black Friday-esque prices--in its stores
only--three weeks before the traditional start of the holiday shopping
season.
BusyBox
settles Monsoon GPL lawsuit
Maker of Linux-based digital TV devices agrees to abide by GPL
requirements for publishing source code--and is paying the BusyBox
programmers.
Make
Cisco $1 billion and win a job
The I-Prize competition aims to find a new IP-based
technology,
with the winners likely to be offered a position in the company. Find more stories in: Funding/IPO,
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