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Court Slams MoFo Client for 'Nonsensical' Trade Secrets Suit

2015-04-29 09:11:06| Semiconductors - Topix.net

In a scathing decision, an appellate panel on Tuesday ordered a San Jose technology company to pay its adversary's legal fees in a trade secrets case the court deemed to be "based upon theories that were not merely specious, but nonsensical." Cypress Semiconductor Corp. sued Maxim Integrated Products in 2011 as an intimidation tactic and voluntarily dismissed the suit five months later because it had no evidence of wrongdoing, the Sixth District Court of Appeal concluded in a 35-page order affirming Santa Clara County Judge Peter Kirwan.

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Complaint Slams YouTube Kids Over Ads

2015-04-08 03:02:17| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

YouTube Kids is "intermixing advertising and programming in ways that deceive young children," according to a complaint.

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New report slams US missile defense, mothballed radar systems

2015-04-07 22:57:31| Extremetech

The United States has spent decades and billions of dollars on attempting to develop missile shield technology, but with little to show for it. The current state of technology is not promising.

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Great Barrier Reef: New report slams government's 'weak' recovery plan

2015-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The federal governments plan to reverse the decline of the Great Barrier Reef is weak and requires greater action in six key areas, including climate change, according to a new report. The set of recommendations, compiled by three of the reefs most experienced scientists, warn that opening up huge new coalmines in Queensland is too risky for the Great Barrier Reef. They also say that it will not be possible to develop and operate the largest coal ports in the world along the edge of the...

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