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VirnetX targets Skype, Lync in new patent attack on Microsoft

Claims 2010's $200M settlement and licensing deal doesn't cover multi-platform Skype

With Japan Prize, it’s wait ’til next year for computer/networking innovators

Those in "Materials and Production" and "Biological Production and Biological Environment" recognized this time around

Senate committee limits government electronic surveillance

The committee votes to require search warrants for electronic records stored for more than 180 days

How big data will save your life

ValueAct’s $2 billion bet on Microsoft could mean big changes in Redmond

The activist hedge fund ValueAct has bought $2 billion of Microsoft stock and sees it as potentially the "largest cloud-computing company in the world," with ValueAct's help.

EU publishes Google antitrust remedy proposals

Google rivals to have their say on remedial measures

3D-printed gun may be unveiled soon

Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, may soon disrupt the nationwide gun control debate with a 3D-printed gun.

Nintendo President: Lack of games hurting Wii U, but more titles coming

The company promised more titles in the second half of 2013, a day after saying the console had not met sales targets

US lawmakers plan sweeping review of copyright

The House Judiciary Committee will launch a broad review in the coming months

WikiLeaks donations by Visa ruled OK in Iceland

The verdict marks 'a victory for free speech,' the whistle-blowing site says