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California court rules Samsung infringed Apple patent ahead of trial

A Samsung patent was also declared invalid

Report: Amazon considering live TV streaming service

The service would compete with cable and satellite pay TV services if it goes ahead

PS4 and Xbox help AMD to a profit, but outlook disappoints

AMD's business has been improving thanks to the use of its technology in the Xbox One and PS4

Hardware torpedoes IBM’s Q4 revenue

Sluggish sales of IBM mainframes and other hardware put a damper on the company's latest quarterly earnings report

Tablet trends for 2014: More Windows tablets, 3G/4G and phablets

IDC sees big businesses adopting more tablets, too

Backblaze lists most reliable hard drives based on its massive cloud study

iPad sales skew even more toward Mini

But analyst argues that the average selling price will climb for Q4 2013 when Apple announces earnings next week

3D graphene-like material could lead to super electronics

The material offers vastly higher electron transfer rates, promising better-performing electronics

Syrian Electronic Army hacks Microsoft’s Office Blogs site

Syrian Electronic Army claim they got access to the blogs.office.com admin panel

iPhone 6 to feature 4.7-inch display; 5.7-inch model also in the works says analyst

Joining a growing number of analysts, if not the public sentiment at large, Chinese analyst Sun Changxu recently said that she anticipates the iPhone 6 will feature a 4.7-inch display