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Samsung files counter claim in Australia against AppleSamsung Electronics Co has filed a counter claim in an Australian court, accusing Apple of infringing its wireless patents related to the U.S. firm's iPhone and iPad products.The move comes after Samsung last month delayed the launch of its latest Galaxy tablet computer in Australia over a global patent dispute with Apple.Samsung filed the claim with the Federal Court of Australia, New South Wales Registery, ..

Intel aims to lower PC power consumption by 300 times in 10 yrs The world’s largest chip-maker Intel Corporation on Friday said it is working on a host of futuristic technologies that would improve the power efficiency of personal computers (PC) 300-fold in .. Google‘s Eric Schmidt preparing for US Senate hearing Google's Eric Schmidt, the online search giant's point man for all things Washington, goes before a Senate panel this week to argue the company is not a rival-abusing bully, but in fact is struggling .. Cloud computing is unreliable in a storm: Former I-T commissioner In a video gone viral on the internet, Vishwa Bandhu Gupta, a former additional commissioner of income-tax, makes it clear that he thinks cloud computing is about real clouds and how data ca.. Time For Windows XP To Go, says Microsoft Exec Microsoft spent most of this week talking up its new tablet-friendly Windows 8 operating system, but the fact is the majority of enterprises haven't even moved to Windows 7 yet. They may want to get m.. Netflix Apologizes to Customers & Rebrands Its DVD Service Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has announced that Netflix will be splitting its DVD and streaming video businesses and rebranding the DVD division to win back the trust of its customers. “We re.. Tea Party Domain Name Could Fetch $1 Million If the Tea Party wants its own dot-com domain name, it might have to pony up $1 million or more. That’s because the domain name TeaParty.com now belongs to The Tea Party, a Canadian band that&rs.. Mitsubishi Heavy website hacked Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd'scomputer network was hacked at factories that build submarines and missiles and make components for nuclear power plants in the first such attack t.. Govt tapped 8,736 phone calls, emails in July 8,736 phones and e-mail accounts were under lawful surveillance of various security agencies and state police in July. Maximum interceptions were carried by the Intelligence Bureau.. AT&T‘s 4G LTE network officially launches in its first five markets today AT&T is set to officially launch its 4G LTE network in five markets today (though the service has been soft launched in certain markets for nearly a month now). If you’re lucky eno.. What to expect from Apple’s iOS5 Apple's newest mobile operating system is just round the corner and it now incorporates features that have been demanded by users for a long time. ET takes a look at some of the biggest improvements t.. Finally! Bitcasa CEO Explains How The Encryption Works TechCrunch Disrupt finalist Bitcasa, a new cloud storage provider, was met with a healthy dose of skepticism last week when it claimed to be able to provide 'infinite storage.' How doe..