Steve Jobs emailed Eric Schmidt and told him to stop stealing employees. Schmidt obliged.

Remember that civil lawsuit looming over the heads of some of the top Silicon Valley companies for conspiring not to poach each other's employees. The latest juicy tidbit to leak from that involves Steve Jobs sending Eric Schmidt an email demanding that Google stop stealing. Reuters say the email, sent in 2007, was quickly acted upon by a receptive Schmidt.

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US government nixes three of Rambus' most prized patents

Three patents pertaining to memory chip design that were used to successfully sue HP and Nvidia - dubbed the Barth Patents - are among Rambus' most valuable IP. Excuse me, they were among Rambus' most valuable until the US patent office invalidated them. According to court documents, the US Patent and Trademark Office invalidated the last of the Barth patents this past Tuesday - the other two were struck down in September. Rambus had employed the trio to sue a number of companies, including STMicroelectronics, Broadcom, and MediaTek over the last few years.

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Camera-less iPhone 4S now available in Singapore

Rhyming schemes aside, it's hard to imagine why anyone would want a camera-less iPhone 4S. But that's exactly what Singaporean operator M1 is offering today, with the launch of a new line of “non-camera” iPhones. As it turns out, Singapore's military prohibits its soldiers from owning camera-equipped cellphones, which presents problems for the many men who have to serve a mandatory two-year term. With M1′s new modified iPhone 4 and 4S, though, they'll be in the clear, since both devices have been approved by no less an authority than Singapore's Ministry of Defense, or MINDEF.

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The FBI is already getting sued for shutting down MegaUpload

Well that didn't take long. Pirate Parties International is assembling a list of users who had lost data in MU's shutdown last week as it builds a case for an upcoming lawsuit against the Feds. The gist of the lawsuit is that users who had been using the file-storage service of legitimate reasons were unfairly denied access to their personal files due to the FBI's actions.

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Sprint Galaxy Nexus registration page is now live

If you have always wanted the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, but did not bother to sign up with Verizon (read our review on the Verizon-bound Galaxy Nexus), here is another chance for you – with a different carrier, of course. It seems as though there is a choice for consumers now who want Google's current flagship phone model, and Sprint has stepped up to the plate by putting the registration page for the Galaxy Nexus live. This Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone will deliver the “pure Android” experience right out of the box, and if you are interested, just head on here and sign up.

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ASUS K73SM 17.3-Inch Notebook

ASUS will launch a new 17.3-inch notebook into the market. Dubbed as the K73SM, the machine will sport a 17.3-inch 1600 x 900 LCD display, a 2.20GHz Intel Core i7-2670QM processor, a GeForce GT 630M graphics card, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 750GB hard drive, a webcam, a BD drive, an SD card slot, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and run on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) OS. The K73SM will go on sale from early March for 99,800 Yen (about $1,300).

TechFresh, ASUS K73SM 17.3-Inch Notebook

Report: Nintendo May Change Wii U's Name

Gaming blog Computer and Video Games, citing a Nintendo insider, reports that the company is considering giving the next-gen Wii console a new name. The 100-year-old company is said to be worried whether the name “Wii U” would be a hit and their analyses gear toward the negative. Customers might get a false impression that the Nintendo Wii U would just be an add-on to the current Wii and not a completely revamped system.

Gadget.com, Report: Nintendo May Change Wii U's Name