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iFive: Amazon's Cloud Music, Twitter's Spam Retweet, Facebook's Politicos, Beatles MP3 Fines, Nokia Sues Apple...Again

Our round-up of the early news helps you catch up on what's been happening in tech and innovation.READ»

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Europe Fines LCD Makers $800 Million for Price Fix Cartel

The European Commission has landed six LCD panel makers with a collective fine of over $800 million for a price-fixing cartel that operated between 2001 and 2006. Samsung, for ratting out its fellow fixers, had its fine nixed.READ»

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iFive: SAP's Billion Dollar Fine, Apple's Hot Sellers, Digital Health Data Sharing, HuffPo's Coupons, Kindle's Black Friday

Wednesday already--isn't this short week flying by? Doesn't mean there's no interesting innovation news to share, though:READ»

Microsoft's Lost Court Case: Change "Word" or Stop Selling It [Updated]

Boom! This is a broadside attack fired right into Microsoft's exposed flank: It's just lost a court case against Canadian firm i4i over patents. The penalty is a $290 million fine, and an order to fix MS Word's code, or stop selling ...READ»

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E.U. Slaps Intel With Record $1.45 Billion Antitrust Fine [Updated]

Intel has been found guilty of anti-competitive behavior by European lawmakers, as rumors earlier this week suggested. The size of the fine--$1.45 billion--is the most astonishing among the punishments meted out to the chip-maker ...READ»

Sony Stung With $1 Million Child Privacy Violation Fine

Sony BMG has been stung with a $1 million fine this week by the U.S government in a legal case centering on violations of federal rules protecting children online. Sony improperly allowed children under 13 to register on its ...READ»