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The lawyer for a Chinese company suing Apple Inc. in China over its use of the iPad trademark indicated Tuesday that his client would be willing to discuss a settlement. Xie Xianghui, lawyer for Shenzhen Proview Technology, said that since no final decisions have been reached in various legal disputes over the issue, both sides are “still able to sit together and reach an out-of-court settlement.” Proview claims ownership over the iPad name.

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Company Suing Apple Over iPad Name Open to Talks

A promotional video for TurboTax’s iPad mobile app suggests that users can do their taxes while reclining on the floor, sitting in the lotus position or relaxing in a hammock. But given the complexity of the tax code, is this really a task you want to undertake from a prone position? And is it prudent to type sensitive financial information into a device that you might leave in the back of a cab

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Do Tax Apps on Mobile Devices Work Well?

It’s beginning to feel a lot like 1999 again in the technology business.

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Technology Soars Again as Economic Driver

Sony named its new handheld game system the PlayStation Vita because “vita” means “life” in Italian. But can a dedicated portable game system live la dolce vita in a world full of people playing with smartphones and tablets? Despite some evidence to the contrary, Sony foresees a successful life of five to eight years for the Vita, out Wednesday ($250 and up).

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What’s PlayStation Vita Got that My Smartphone Doesn’t?

Alibaba.com’s parent company wants to take the Chinese e-commerce company private for $2.5 billion, the firms said Tuesday, part of a shift in business strategy that also includes plans to buy back a stake from Yahoo Inc.

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China E-Commerce Firm Alibaba in Privatization Bid

Chinese officials face a choice in Apple’s dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark — side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in China. Experts say that means Beijing’s political priorities rather than the courts will settle the dispute if it escalates.

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China Faces Conflict of Law, Business in iPad Row

Google is prepping a workaround for the Android mobile platform to replace the technology at the heart of an Apple lawsuit against Motorola Mobility in Germany. A court in Munich ruled Thursday that Motorola’s current handset unlocking technology infringed on an Apple patent governing the unlocking of a device by performing gestures on an unlock image.

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Apple’s Patent Win over Motorola Spurs Quick Android Fix

A bill to auction off pieces of the public airwaves currently used for broadcast television so that they can be freed up for wireless Internet is making its way to President Obama’s desk. Members of Congress are promoting it, in part, as a jobs bill. “With 13 million Americans still seeking employment, job creation is a driving force behind efforts to expand wireless broadband,” wrote U.S

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Airwaves to Be Freed Up for Faster, Better Wireless

Authorities have seized iPads from more Chinese retailers in an escalating trademark dispute between Apple Inc. and a struggling local company that could disrupt global sales of the popular tablet computer. Shenzhen Proview Technology claims it owns the iPad name in China, and a court ruled in its favor last year.

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More Chinese Cities Seize iPads Over Trademark

They won’t be there in person, but singer Whitney Houston’s millions of fans worldwide will be able to share in her homecoming service Saturday as they watch her private funeral on the Internet. It will provide a much-needed connection for fans who have lacked a formal place to eulogize Houston, one of the world’s best-selling artists who died in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday at the age of 48.

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Whitney Houston Fans To Follow Funeral on Internet