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Broadcom, CSR Settle Lawsuits

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The settlement puts to bed a lawsuit which has been ongoing since December of 2006, when SiRF sued Global Locate over GPS technology patents. Broadcom bought Global Locate in 2007; CSR acquired SiRF in February of 2009. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Leads In Green Businesses, Says Report

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Other findings in the report included a ranking of patent registrations in green technology, where California held the lead with more than 458 patents between 2007 and 2009, 150 more than second ranking New York, which ahd 307 patents registered.

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How Deka Sounds Is Using 3D Printing For Your Next Bluetooth Headset

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For fifteen years, I owned four dry cleaners in Irvine, and sold those in 2007. I took some time off with my family, and in 2009 and 2010 came up with this idea for the Bluetooth. I had done some modeling, I had done some acting, but when I saw what my boss was doing, I bought a dry cleaners. Why raise money on Indiegogo?

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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

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CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007.

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How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague

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Hardcore SEO Porn Harrys explicit SEO Dojo Peeping Geeking with Greg Bills search patent close-ups Tomorrows Free SEO Porn Edwards SEO TGP FAQ Sexy T-Shirts. Sebastians picked gems A new approach to China ( The Official Google Blog ) A new approach to China ( The Official Google Blog ) Evil Found in Google Sidewiki Patent ( !

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How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener

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Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener Posted on 30 December, 2009 This pamphlet is somewhat geeky. Hardcore SEO Porn Harrys explicit SEO Dojo Peeping Geeking with Greg Bills search patent close-ups Tomorrows Free SEO Porn Edwards SEO TGP FAQ Sexy T-Shirts. Posting tweet.

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Interview: Venture Capitalists On Pitching

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We're really excited about 2009. We are not looking to fund people in 2009, who are learning a new market, on our nickel. At GRP, we don't care about patents--they're nice to have, but not required--but we're looking for defensible IP in an area with an interesting, and big, idea. It's a great time to be investing.