Kat Hannaford
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Apple And RIM Buy Nortel’s 4G, LTE And Wireless Patents
After furious bidding that saw Google and Intel’s hopes crushed–Apple, RIM, Microsoft, Sony, EMC and Ericsson scooped up Nortel’s patents for $US4.5 billion. The 6,000 patents span wireless, data networking, 4G and internet, and while we don’t know what they all plan to do with them, it’s notable that Google got excluded. [Reuters]
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Finally Learn How To Use The Manual Settings On Your Camera
There have been a million-and-one cheat sheets to photography published, but if you’ve been looking for something stylish that you can eat up in five minutes, look no further.
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The Silver Conductive Pen: Poindexter’s Gonna Need A Bigger Pocket Protector
A warning to the nerd who dares mix his ballpoints with this pen! It’s a dangerous life for a nerdlinger, now the University of Illinois has introduced a pen that writes electrical circuits in real silver.
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Welcome To A Year Ago, Microsoft
While the rest of you heistate over which Turntable.fm room to join, Microsoft’s VP/Director of WP7 Joe Belfiore is just super-stoked he can now fling birds at pigs. I hear he was equally excited when he got Solitaire, too. [@JoeBelfiore]