Back in 1968, Philip K. Dick wrote a science fiction novel entitled DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP, starring an bounty hunter looking for Nexus series androids, which later became the movie BLADE RUNNER. Now, in 2010, Google has come out with a phone called the Nexus One based on their Android OS-software / technology.  [...]

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In a historic deal that will allow Google to put millions of searchable/printable books online, Google will pay $125 million to settle the two outstanding copyright lawsuits originally filed by publishers and authors. (The cases are The Author’s Guild v. Google Inc., 05cv8136 and the McGraw-Hill Cos. v Google Inc., 05cv8881, both U.S. District Court [...]

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