AFP - A US jury on Tuesday ordered German business software giant SAP to pay US rival Oracle 1.3 billion dollars in a copyright infringement case.

AP - Me want "Saturday Night Live!"

The federal funding that supported most university-based weather and climate research for the past decade has almost run out, and there is no sign it will be renewed.

Amazon will be selling its "older" 3G-only Kindle for $89 on Black Friday. We don't know how long the sale will last, but it's an intriguing deal.

A chemistry teacher and three Grade 11 girls have suffered minor injuries in a chemical explosion in a science lab at Brennan Catholic High School in Windsor, Ont.

AFP - Online social networking game king Zynga on Tuesday said a settlement was reached with a rival accused of stealing its secrets and coaxing employees to betrayal.

AP - A New York University arts professor might not have eyes on the back of his head, but he's coming pretty close. Wafaa Bilal, a visual artist widely recognized for his interactive and performance pieces, had a small digital camera implanted in the back of his head — all in the name of art.

NewsFactor - A new survey conducted by Nielsen suggests that this year's holiday season is shaping up to be a boom period for electronic-gear vendors -- with Apple's iPad at the top of many wish lists. Among American kids between six and 12 years old, for example, the iPad led the pack with a 31 percent interest score, followed by a new computer and Apple's iPod.

AP - It won't save you from "enhanced patdowns," but an iPhone app from the TSA tries to ease the pain of air travel by offering guidance on prohibited items, security wait times and packing tips.

CNET's Dan Ackerman provides an in-depth look at Acer's dual-screen Iconia, and the company's upcoming line of 2011 tablets.

An Ottawa-based space technology company has won an $11.5-million contract to build a lunar rover prototype for the Canadian Space Agency.

AFP - The Beatles sold more than 450,000 albums and over two million individual songs in the week since their music appeared on Apple's iTunes, Billboard said Tuesday.

An alternative to YouTube, the U.S. Army's new MilTube offers a secure, firewall-protected site where service members can watch and share their own videos.

Ben Patterson - There's nothing all that special about a 14-inch Windows-based notebook PC these days — that is, unless we're talking about a laptop boasting two 14-inch displays, with the second screen taking the place of your standard keyboard and doing double-duty …

Dell has introduced the Inspiron duo convertible tablet, a hybrid tablet and netbook with a full keyboard.

AP - Apple says people snapped up more than 450,000 copies of Beatles albums plus two million individual songs during the Fab Four's first week on sale through iTunes.

A new study out of MIT uses computer simulation to show how face shields on military helmets could help soldiers avoid a variety of brain injuries from blast waves.

Its processor works 1,000 times slower than that of the Apple iPad, but Apple's first computer has sold for 425 times the price.

Ben Patterson - Not quite sure what your little ones want from Santa this year? Well, industry researchers drew up a list, checked it twice, and guess what red-hot, 9.7-inch gadget came out on top? That's right: the iPad. In a recent survey …

In something of a curiously original giving spirit, Google's new Thanksgiving doodle links to Google-curated content from TV chef Google Ina Garten.