Apple to pay Taiwanese firm $5 million in patent settlement

Apple will pay $5 million to settle a patent lawsuit with the Taiwan-based firm Elan, a report said Thursday. According to its website, Elan focuses on the research and development of integrated circuits and touchpad module solutions. Concluding an ongoing spat, the two companies have now agreed on a patent sharing relationship, according to Reuters. Elan originally filed a suit against Apple in 2009 alleging that Apple was infringing on two patents related to multitouch technology. Apple countersued in the United States and a judge eventually ruled last year that Apple was not in violation of Elan?s patents, Reuters?explained. However, CNET said Elan continued its patent battle with Apple in a California court case that was expected to kick off in February.?Apple is currently locked in a number of patent suits around the globe with several firms, including Samsung, and most recently tried to ban Samsung?s tweaked Galaxy Tab 10.1N in Germany.

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'Hobbit' Takes 'An Unexpected Journey' To MTV Movie Brawl 2012!

Day two of MTV Movie Brawl 2012 is upon us, and an already intense competition is heating up further with the announcement of our Wild Card round -- an opportunity for you to get five new movies into the tournament's first round. But before we worry about new competitors, let's focus on the movies that [...]

Source: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/01/04/hobbit-preview-2012-movie-brawl/

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Oil & Gas - Ecuador - Ruling won't affect Chevron's credit profile, says Fitch

The ruling by a provincial appeals court in Ecuador upholding an US$18bn judgment against oil major Chevron (NYSE: CVX) creates headline risk but is n...

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EU officials try to agree on Iran oil embargo (AP)

BRUSSELS ? Officials from the 27 countries that make up the European Union are beginning Thursday the process of trying to thrash out an agreement on banning the purchase of Iranian oil in the hope of choking off funding for the country's nuclear program.

Iranian officials maintain the program is meant solely for peaceful purposes. But the international consensus is that it is aimed at building nuclear weapons.

On Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said there was "no doubt" Iran was moving toward a nuclear weapon. Juppe said new sanctions on Iran could include targeting its Central Bank and imposing an Iranian oil embargo.

EU foreign ministers agreed in December to work toward a ban on importing Iranian oil. An EU official said Thursday that significant issues remain and no agreement is expected before the end of January. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss confidential information.

The official said that among the unresolved issues is how long existing contracts for the purchase of Iranian oil would remain exempt from the ban. If they were exempted for long periods of time, that would significantly weaken any proposed embargo.

But some EU members, notably Greece, are heavily reliant on Iranian oil.

Officials from EU countries are meeting in Brussels to discuss the issues but are not expected to reach an agreement Thursday.

Juppe was quoted by Radio France late Thursday as saying he hoped an embargo could be adopted when EU foreign ministers meet again in Brussels on Jan. 30. However, that meeting may well be postponed, because a summit of EU heads of government has now been called for that same day.

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AAA Texas job fair at Irving headquarters

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Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:32 AM

IRVING - AAA Texas is hiring. Bring your resume to a job fair today. They are looking for customer service representatives.

It's happening from 3 p.m.? to 6 p.m. at the AAA Irving headquarters on State Highway 161.

Customer service representatives process insurance sales, automotive and travel requests and help members with their road side assistance.

Source: http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/AAA-136587618.html

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MetroPCS hooks up with the Mobile Content Venture for live TV on the go

The wireless-for-all carrier's been agreeing to all sorts of partnerships of late in an effort to keep its users content, the latest one being the tie-up with Mobile Content Venture that'll bring local broadcast TV live to your MetroPCS handset. The service, which is said to be coming later in the year, will be offered via a Dyle Mobile TV app, and the companies are guaranteeing that you'll be able to watch the content "right out of the box." There's 15 total broadcasters named in the deal, some of which are: FOX, ION Television, NBC, Telemundo and Univision (for all your novela needs). We've seen a plethora of mobile devices come and go since we first heard of the Mobile DTV promise, but they did say 2012 would be the year, and, well, here we are. A peek at the PR below tells us we'll see this in action next week at CES, so we'll let you know if it's as marvelous as it sounds.

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Houston Baptist (SID): Basketball Shot Down by Red-Hot New Mexico

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Source: www.bbstate.com --- Tuesday, January 03, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico came out gunning, shooting 73 percent and hitting five 3-pointe... ...

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