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Google and Oracle fail to reach Android settlement, will meet again on Wednesday
Even with their most senior executives attending face-to-face talks, Google and Oracle were unable to reach an agreement to settle a lawsuit which accuses the search giant of infringing on Oracle's Java patents with its Android mobile operating system.
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:45A
New guidance will help Estate Agents comply with the law
It follows the OFT's Home Buying and Selling study which found that many estate agents said the industry needed more guidance on the law. The guidance seeks to clarify how the regulations apply to estate agency work. It identifies examples of trading
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:44A
Suing Samsung may be a Sign of Apple Losing its Grip
The rumor mills say the issue of iPhone 5 prototype being lost in a bar and Apple's lawsuit against Samsung were a ploy to deflect the public curiosity from the company's actual troubles. Samsung is sailing high after the introduction of Galaxy S2
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:44A
Hitmen in two murder trials
Gugulethu couple Vuyisile and Yalezwa Ndzumeka are soon to hear the court's verdict on allegations that they hired Luvo Nketho to kill a 23-year-old man in order to benefit from a life insurance policy, and a Gugulethu school principal, who was probing
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:44A
Pretii Jaain allegation case reopens, Madhur Bhandarkar reacts
Pretti Jaain allegation of rape charges have resurfaced all over again, what with a metropolitan magistrate's court observing that a case was made against him. While the filmmaker may have to face the trial, the court has already issued summons to
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:44A
Clarksville looks to reopen road
Lammers@newsandtribune.com CLARKSVILLE — The town of Clarksville is trying to improve the flow of traffic passing through the town. During a Redevelopment Commission meeting, before the regularly scheduled Town Council meeting, the board approved a
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:43A
Lokayukta quits over land row
BANGALORE: Lokayukta Justice Shivaraj V Patil resigned from his post just one month and 14 days since he took charge following allegations of owning housing sites in violation of rules. In a 10-minute press meet at his office after submitting his
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:43A
Plea against Babu rejected in Emaar scam
HYDERABAD: The PIL bench of AP HC comprising chief justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru and justice Vilas Afzalpurkar on Monday dismissed at the admission stage a writ petition filed by a freedom fighter from Warangal wanting a direction to include Chandrababu's
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:43A
Bail denied for Vaishnavi murder accused
HYDERABAD: Justice Samudrala Govindarajulu of AP HC on Monday dismissed fifth bail petition filed by P Venkat Rao alias Krishna, prime accused in kidnap and murder of 10yrold Vaishnavi of Vijayawada. The kidnapping of Vaishnavi, her brother and car
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:43A
Drug addict ordered to pay compo to woman he tried to murder
Batchelor was sentenced to 13 years jail in March 2009, by the late Justice Petery Dutney, after pleading guilty to charges of attempted murder, burglary with violence while armed and stealing. Justice Lyons, in a just published seven-page decision,
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:40A