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Motorola Mobility: Google’s Purchase Is a Smart Move

By purchasing Motorola Mobility, Google staves off Apple and Microsoft’s patent wars. Dan Lyons reports.

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Did Google just sandbag its rivals in the smartphone market?

Last month the search giant seemed doomed after Apple and Microsoft teamed up to buy a batch of mobile-phone patents from Nortel for $4.5

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