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TechWeb – InformationWeek – The satellite companies have asked a Delaware court to find that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent.

Reuters – DISH Network Corp and EchoStar Corp said on Friday they had filed a lawsuit against TiVo Inc and asked a Delaware court to find that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent.

AFP – US wireless technology titan Qualcomm is rolling a new-age version of old-time broadcast television onto what analysts say is an unpredictable but inevitable mobile TV landscape.

AP – After word spread that Prince covered Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella, the tens of thousands who couldn’t be there ran to YouTube for a peek. Everyone was quickly denied ? even Radiohead.

Reuters – Redlasso, a video-sharing site for bloggers, has hired former CBS Corp Chief Executive Michael Jordan to help it smooth relations with the media industry after broadcast programmers sought to shut down its practices.

The Motley Fool – I want a nice big HDTV so badly, I can almost taste it. Gazing slack-jawed at my parents’ new LCD screen last Christmas only whetted my technolust.

PC Magazine – The final discussion at the D Conference involved FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam, who discussed broadband deployment, network neutrality, open access and more. Earlier, TiVo’s Tom Rogers talked about DVRs and the changes facing the TV market