Coming up this week on World Tech Update Google and Oracle get a verdict, Lenovo outpaces the industry, HP continues layoffs and a teenager creates a cancer detection tool.
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Jack Andraka won first place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for finding a new, non-invasive way to detect early stages of pancreatic cancer.
Google closed its deal to acquire Motorola Mobility.
Nothrop Grumman is working on a spy blimp that will take flight later this year.
A student who created a cancer detection tool won the Intel Science Fair.
And more.
Google has a matter of weeks to address four antitrust issues identified by EU antitrust regulators.
Following Facebook's IPO, CEO Mark Zuckerberg married longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a surprise wedding.
And more.
Lenovo is working with Intel on a future ThinkPad tablet.
A coalition opposes Verizon's proposed purchase of spectrum licenses.
The U.S. Postal Service will no longer ship lithium batteries overseas.
Twitter will begin delivering a weekly digest.
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson resigned yesterday.
The U.S. Senate will look into accusations by Mozilla.
Adobe plans to issue free patches to fix security problems.
Facebook intends to make further changes to its private policy.
Panasonic booked a $10 billion loss for its fiscal year.
The US Federal Trade Commission has launched a probe of Facebook's proposed acquisition of Instagram.
Apple is dominating the smartphone market in Japan.
Coming up on World Tech Update this week we're at the Computer Human Interaction conference where ZeroTouch moves towards commercialization, Illumishare lets users share physical desktops and more!
Researchers released 100 floating sensors into the Sacramento River on Wednesday. The yellow ones can move themselves directly into the middle of the river with tiny propellers. The others have smartphones inside and tweet.
Ultrabooks are expected to sell better this year due to an increase in model selection regardless of tablet competition.
Space Shuttle Discovery was placed on top of a modified 747 in preparation for its ride to Washington, D.C. on April 17.
Paypal & Softbank will invest in the newly established firm, Paypal Japan. Twitter is contesting a court order requiring it to turn over private data. Yahoo appointed board members to investigate the hiring of Scott Thompson. HP announced Sleekbooks.
At the Computer Human Interaction there are so many projects we can't get to because there's just not enough time, but here are four interesting ones that intersect art and technology. Follow Nick on Twitter @nickjb.
Workers separated by thousands of miles can share their physical desktops and collaborate in real time with a project from Microsoft Research.
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Our glimpse of the future continues here at the Computer Human Interaction conference. Today we'll take a look at a project that lets users share physical desktops and one that aims to improve self control.
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Humantenna and Soundwave capture and interpret gestures without cameras. Humantenna uses electromagnetic interference all around us, while Soundwave uses your computer's microphone and speakers. Follow Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb.
The 2012 Augmented Reality Event in Santa Clara is playing host to the Sesame Street characters?as well as some pop-up style animated books and apps for the classroom.
When you tilt your laptop screen the colors change. It's that bug that one researcher has turned into a feature.
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Coming up today from the Computer Human Interaction conference in Austin we'll take a look at Microsoft Research's Humantenna, which offers a different take on gesture interaction. Follow Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb.
One project at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Austin explores how the addition of electricity changes the taste of food. IDG News Service multimedia correspondent Nick Barber tries it out. Follow him on Twitter @nickjb
The relatively inexpensive technology can scale to 55 inches or larger and is moving towards commercialization.
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he "Cocorobo," which goes on sale in Japan from June for about 130,000 yen, or US$1,600, navigates with three ultrasonic sensors and includes Sharp's Plasmacluster air filtering technology.
The jury failed to reach a verdict in Oracle's lawsuit against Google. Online trading at NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam was disrupted today. CSUSB says it receives 50,000 network attacks each week. Lenovo plans to invest $800m in facilities.
We're kicking off IDG coverage of the Computer Human Interaction conference in Austin, Texas where research groups and universities from more than 40 countries are here to show off their latest research and prototypes. Follow Nick on Twitter @nickjb
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