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• Facebook may be eyeing Opera web browser, reports say

  Facebook's advertising appetite could be in for a nice snack if the company gobbles up the Opera web browser as some technology observers have speculated it may, and investors who have been edgy since the social network's recent IPO could also get some relief.

• Cisco all but kills Cius tablet computer

  Cisco is slowly killing off its Cius business tablet less than a year after it started shipping.

• Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

  Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam.

• Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

  Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

• Apple settles patent lawsuit with SimpleAir

  SimpleAir in Texas said Thursday it had settled its patent infringement litigation against Apple, and entered into a confidential license agreement by which Apple had taken a license to its patents.

• iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

  Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

• Lenovo's tablet shipments grow in China with low-priced products

  PC maker Lenovo has used a basement price strategy in China to become the country's second largest tablet vendor, coming ahead of rivals offering Android-based products, according to research firm IDC.

• Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in e-book case

  The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on Tuesday before a federal court.

• McAfee reports big spike in malware

  PC malware had its "busiest quarter in recent history," according to McAfee's quarterly security report released Wednesday.

• Updated SDK from Soti allows businesses to remotely control Apple mobile devices

  Businesses can now remotely control enterprise mobile applications developed for Apple's mobile platform with the latest version of Soti's MobiControl Software Developer Kit for iOS, announced Tuesday.

• Jailbreak of Apple iOS 5.1.1 due 'in days'

  Hackers claim to be just days away from jailbreaking Apple devices running iOS 5.1.1, the latest firmware release for iPhones and iPads, letting users load applications from outside of Apple's iTunes App Store.

• Google becomes hardware company with $12.5B Motorola buy

  It's official: Google is now a hardware company.

• Sidecar app for iOS, Android seeks to give smartphone voice calls overdue respect

  Sidecar, a born-again startup whose founders hail from Internet media services company Real Networks, Tuesday is launching an eponymous app for iPhones and Android smartphones that's designed to make it easier for people to share videos, photos and more while talking on those devices.

• Judge deems Kodak digital camera patent invalid

  A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that a Kodak patent asserted in a complaint against Apple and Research In Motion is invalid, Kodak said on Monday.

• Kaspersky kills flawed FlashBack removal tool

  Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky has taken down its removal tool for Mac users infected with the FlashBack Trojan after users began complaining it bricked their machines.