Google Supports HTC in Apple Lawsuit

From PC World: Google has defended HTC, which manufacturers the search engine's Nexus One, after Apple accused HTC of infringing 20 of its patents.

"We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to...

Microsoft's secret phones coming to Verizon

From CNET News.com: After the Windows Phone 7 launch passed without so much as a mention of Project Pink, Microsoft's other new phone project started to fade into memory. Today, we can confirm: Pink's coming, and Verizon's the carrier.

Since the documents come from a party working...

Nvidia: OEMs Want Us to Re-Brand Graphics Cards

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. has blamed its partners among computer makers for frequent re-branding of their products. The company said that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) need to constantly offer customers something new, which is why Nvidia is forced to rename its old...

Microsoft expects to spend $9.5 billion on research in 2010

From InfoWorld: Microsoft plans to spend $9.5 billion on research and development this year, which a senior executive said Thursday is more than any competitor.

The figure is $3 billion more than the next closest technology company, said Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating...

Google Android Phones Can Now Search With Written Gestures

From PC World: Google announced an experimental application for its Android mobile operating system, which allows you to search your phone using written gestures. Instead of bringing up the keyboard, users of the newer Android phones can just draw letters on the screen to search...

Google admits its SEO could use a little work

From CNET News.com: Google has published a detailed, 49-page report that rates the search engine optimization (SEO) on its various properties including the Google search home page. The result? It's failing in a number of categories.

On the bright side, the company says it plans to...

RealNetworks surrenders in RealDVD case

From CNET News.com: U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel has issued a permanent injunction that bars RealNetworks from selling RealDVD, the DVD-copying software that Hollywood claimed in a lawsuit violated copyright law.

Real and the Motion Picture Association of America reached...

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