Micron CEO Killed in Plane Crash Steve Appleton, the CEO of the semoconductor maker Micron Technology, Inc., was killed in a small plane crash at the airport in Boise, Idaho today. He was 51.
  Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany
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AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies. Steve Jobs Spoofed in Tablet Ad Ad widely criticized on YouTube as tasteless; Apple has no comment.
  Group seeks to save data on Megaupload servers
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Reuters - The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Thursday asked federal prosecutors and lawyers for the Megaupload.com file-sharing service to allow users who uploaded material to retrieve it as long as it was not copyrighted material. HP awards new CEO Whitman with $16.5M pay package
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AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. ushered in Meg Whitman as its CEO with a $16.5 million compensation package that hinges on the one-time politician's ability to lift the stumbling technology company's stock price during the next two years. Photos: Best Picture Yet of Earth A star nursery, the aurora as seen from the International Space Station in orbit, a storm on Saturn as big as Earth, a spectacular solar flare, and images of the cosmos from the Hubble Space Telescope.
 
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