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At the 2013 Intel Solutions Summit in March, top executives at the world's largest chip maker took the stage in Los Angeles to give their best Mark Twain impression.

Examining Attorney Alice Benmaman issued a Section 2 refusal of the mark PADPIVOT , deeming it merely descriptive of a "[s]tand specially adapted for holding tablet computers, PC tablets, pad computers, digital book readers and electronic book readers." She relied on dictionary definitions of "pad" and "pivot," and on a photograph of Applicant's ... (more)

TDS Telecom said it has upgraded its Microsoft Mediaroom platform to version 2.3 as a way to make the customer's viewing experience "more intuitive and easy-to-use." With this upgrade complete, TV service customers now have various new features and service enhancements, including: a customizable local weather application; enhanced menus with ... (more)

Hewlett-Packard's latest quarterly results will show how badly the deteriorating personal computer market damaged the company while CEO Meg Whitman tries to expand into more profitable areas of technology.

While many of us are content with traditional desktop tower PCs, there are those who have been pushing for a more compact and quieter alternative.

One reader asks if it's possible for an onboard computer to be hacked by a phone.

Dell says it needs more information about billionaire Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management's alternative buyout offer before it could possibly give two of its biggest shareholders more information about the PC maker.

In 1978, the year that I graduated from high school, in Palo Alto, the name Silicon Valley was not in use beyond a small group of tech cognoscenti.

Apple-co-founder Steve Wozniak sent UC Berkeley graduates into the world Saturday with a freewheeling and informal commencement speech -- and two mathematical formulas a fifth-grader could understand: "I said this once at my high school, and the kids started laughing," he added.

PROS AND CONS: At times, information-sharing systems have been used to engage in illegal activities such as copyright infringement, child exploitation and obscenity, and computer hacking Peer-to-peer networks allow internet users to link their computers with other computers around the world.

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It's just about that time of the year again when, as Alice Cooper would say, "school's out for summer." But for some students, "school's out forever." What does that mean? It means it's time for a graduation gift! Whether they're graduating high school or college, just about every grad needs some kind of tech gadget to prepare them for the next ... (more)

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Two operators of alleged tech support scams have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission complaints and give up their ill-gotten gains.

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Intel Corp's new CEO Brian Krzanich said on Thursday that under his leadership the top chipmaker will be more responsive to customers in an intensified focus on the fast-growing smartphone and tablet market where it lags its rivals.