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Technology Report: Apple's legal woes in China offer hope to rivals

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02/20/2012

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Apple's legal woes in China offer hope to rivals

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Apple Inc's legal row over its iPad trademark in China creates a window of opportunity for rivals such as Lenovo Group Ltd and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd as they try to chip away at the U.S. firm's dominance of the potentially vast Chinese tablet market.

Olympus to promote insider as President: report

(Reuters) - Olympus Corp plans to promote executive officer Hiroyuki Sasa as president in April, the Japanese business daily the Nikkei said.

Wal-Mart to take majority stake in China e-commerce firm

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Monday it is taking a controlling stake in Chinese e-commerce firm Yihaodian, as the world's largest retailer seeks new revenue sources to fend off rising competition in the world's fastest-growing major economy.

Japanese firms seek Europe phone market share

(Reuters) - Japanese companies Fujitsu and Panasonic plan to enter the European smartphone market as rivals Apple and Samsung have piled on the pressure in their previously isolated home market.

Internet again disrupted in Iran ahead of election

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranians faced a second and more extensive disruption of Internet access Monday, just a week after email and social networking sites were blocked, raising concerns about state censorship ahead of parliamentary elections.

China impressed by Ireland's hi-tech industries

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's reputation as a technology hub is a big draw for China, the Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping said at the end of a three-day visit, his only European Union stop on a world tour.

LightSquared misses Inmarsat payment

(Reuters) - Satellite firm Inmarsat said LightSquared, a venture struggling to build a U.S. mobile broadband service with Inmarsat's spectrum, failed to pay a $56.25 million installment to the British company.

Samsung shifts to new TV technology with LCD spin off

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co, the world's biggest maker of televisions, is shifting its focus towards new generation OLED display technology, and said it will spin off its loss-making LCD flat-screen business into an affiliate.

TriQuint launches new module, sees rev from Q3

(Reuters) - TriQuint Semiconductor Inc unveiled a dual-band power amplifier duplexer, dubbed the world's smallest, to tap the surge in demand for 3G and 4G smartphones.

An app for keeping kosher during Passover and beyond

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With Passover just a month away a new app aims to help consumers keep kosher throughout the eight-day Jewish festival and to stay up to date on kosher products throughout the rest of the year.