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Today the American consumer watchdog Consumer Reports told the World that it had completed a number of tests on the iPhone 4, confirming that there is in fact a major issue with reception. The report stated that: The tests, conducted in labs using controlled signals, confirm growing anecdotal indications that the iPhone 4′s problems are [...]

Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerburg have been given 30 days to respond to a law suit filed against them by web designer Paul Ceglia, who claims that a contract he has, signed by Zuckerburg in April 2003 entitles him to a colossal 84% stake in Facebook. Not only do Facebook have to respond to the [...]

In an earlier post I discussed the situation with Google in China, after the decision on whether or not to renew the search giant’s Chinese license was pushed back by authorities in China. This was the latest in a long-running dispute between China and Google, which has included the search engine refusing to filter Chinese [...]

It’s been an interesting few months for Google; they’re moving into new areas (potentially including an iTunes-esque music service and a social media platform to rival Facebook), have updated their search algorithm and indexing technique and have won several court cases against them (including a recent victory over Viacom regarding copyrighted material hosted on YouTube). [...]