http://www.thevarguy.com – Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) figures that $2.525 billion in damages is just about right to settle its high-stakes intellectual property (IP) battle with Samsung Electronics over patented technology used in the iPhone and iPad, according to published reports. And, in the latest round of the titanic battle, a German court Tuesday extended an existing ban against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.7 to the Europea (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.talkandroid.com – Google Inc. said that less than half of the $12.4 billion it paid to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. was all devoted to patents and technology. Out of the $12.4 billion, $5.5 billion was devoted to patents and “developed technology,” according to what Google wrote in a document with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.talkandroid.com – Apple and Samsung’s litigation continues as Apple demands $2.525 billion from Samsung due to previous patent infringements. Foss Patents did a unit cost breakdown on how much money Apple is actually requesting. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.talkandroid.com – Uniloc is a patent protection company based in Australia that specializes in anti-piracy technologies. They have decided to start suing Mojang, the developers of Minecraft, for infringing on an Android-related patent called”System and Method for preventing unauthorized access to electronic data”. Essentially it’s a system for authenticating license data. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.talkandroid.com – Last week Google submitted a letter to the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee outlining their views regarding technologies that become de facto standards and how patent laws should be applied. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.thevarguy.com – CEO Stephen Elop continues to bet Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8. Some skeptics are losing faith in Elop and Nokia, which has imploded while Apple iPhone, Samsung Galaxy and Google Android smartphone sales soar. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.talkandroid.com – ZTE just announced the Grand X (T82), a phone that will only need one chip to connect to an LTE network. Walcomm’s MSM8960 makes the Grand X LTE ZTE’s first single-chip LTE device. If hardware specs are more concerning to you, the Grand X has a 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU, an 8-megapixel rear camera and it comes stocked with Android 4.0. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.talkandroid.com – Looks like Motorola Mobility has recently been proactive in avoiding a ban of the imports of its various devices. According to reports, there was a recent International Trade Commission ruling that specified certain MOTO devices infringed on technology that makes it possible for MOTO device users to use the devices in order to generate meeting requests and schedule gatherings. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.linuxfoundation.org – Congratulations to Brian Beck and Sabrina Aqil, our two winners in The Linux Foundation's 2012 "Inspired by Linux" T-shirt Design Contest! Their awesome t-shirt designs took first and second place, respectively, in the community vote. Congratulations to Brian Beck and Sabrina Aqil, our two winners in The Linux Foundation's 2012 "Inspired by Linux" T-shirt Design Contest! (General)
Email this pagehttp://www.thevarguy.com – New VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger is formerly president and COO, EMC Information Infrastructure Products. Gelsinger replaces former VMware CEO Paul Maritz. But what is Gelsinger’s background — especially as it relates to VMware’s partner program, led by new VP of Channel Sales Frank Rauch. (IT news)
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