The Interior Department said Monday that no competitor had proposed a similar project, allowing Atlantic Wind Connection to move forward knowing it is likely to secure a federal right of way. Construction of the 380-mile line could begin as soon as 2014. When completed, the Atlantic Wind project could eventually provide power to about 2...Read More
Where does it live and what should it cost? Today, Google isn’t just thinking about the technology when it releases products, but also about things such as pricing and ensuring applications stick around. It’s also naturally limiting the products it rolls out, Rochelle said, always asking, even of cool technology, “Where does it live?†Someone...Read More
The Electronic Privacy Information Center, which focuses on privacy and civil liberties, sought communications between Google and the NSA, which conducts worldwide electronic surveillance and protects the U.S. government from such spying. But the NSA refused to confirm or deny whether it had any relationship with Google. The NSA argued that doing so could make...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO –  Microsoft’s Bing search engine is heading in a new direction as it drills deeper into Facebook’s social network and Twitter’s messaging service to showcase information unlikely to be found on Google. The changes, unveiled Thursday, will reshape how Bing displays its search results. It represents Microsoft’s most dramatic shift in Internet search...Read More
(click image for larger view and for slideshow) Google on Tuesday filed a motion asking the judge hearing Oracle’s copyright and patent lawsuit against Google to declare a mistrial. Google’s legal team on Monday indicated it would seek a new trial when the jury returned an incomplete verdict. The jury found that Google had infringed...Read More
Google’s autonomous vehicle cruises the Las Vegas Strip. (Image courtesy of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles)Google’s self-driving car is growing up right in front of our eyes: The fledgling autonomous vehicle program recently passed its driver’s license test in Nevada, the first license of its kind in the United States. Obtaining Nevada’s self-driving car...Read More
Click photo to enlarge SAN FRANCISCO — A federal jury on Monday found that Google’s (GOOG) popular Android mobile software infringes on copyrights held by tech rival Oracle (ORCL), but it deadlocked on the question of whether Google was excused under the legal concept of “fair use.” While rejecting some allegations brought by Oracle, the...Read More
Google is negotiating with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over how big a fine it will have to pay for its breach of Apple’s Safari internet browser, a person familiar with the matter said. The fine could amount to more than $US10 million, said the person, who declined to be identified because the talks...Read More
The jury has reached a partial verdict in the copyright phase of Oracle’s intellectual property dispute with Google, and the judge has given them more time to try to resolve the remaining issue. The jury foreman told the court on Friday that the 12-member panel had reached unanimous agreement on all but one of the...Read More
(click image for larger view and for slideshow) After deliberating for more than three days, the jury tasked with determining whether Google’s Android operating system infringes Oracle’s intellectual property rights in Java remained undecided about the copyright claim as noon, Pacific Time, approached on Friday. Oracle sued Google last year, alleging that Android infringed Oracle’s...Read More
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