From Tom's Hardware: Judge Leonard Davis, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, this week ordered a permanent injunction that prohibits Microsoft from selling (or importing to the United States) any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices is gearing up to release its new platform designed for commercial desktops. The new AMD Business Class platform will not only feature more advanced core-logic, but will also boast with higher-performance Athlon II and Phenom II B-series...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft can likely sidestep a recent injunction by a Texas federal judge that bars the company from selling Word with an "easy technical workaround," a patent attorney said today.

"The injunction doesn't apply to existing product that has already been sold," said...

From PC World: Nokia has not infringed on four patents belonging to wireless technology company InterDigital related to the 3G mobile standard, a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITU) judge ruled Friday.

InterDigital disagrees with the decision and wants the full commission to...

From PC World: Dell reportedly took the wraps off its China-only smartphone project early Monday in China with the launch of the Dell Mini3i, according to the Chinese blog Netease. I'm not sure how this device relates to earlier attempts by Dell to enter the smartphone market, but...

From CNET News.com: A month and a half after Mozilla issued a significant update to its open-source Web browser, the organization has begun encouraging users of Firefox 3 to install version 3.5.

Firefox 3.0.13 users will see an offer to download the latest iteration of the newer...

From DailyTech: One of the features common to most smartphones today is GPS. Using GPS, the devices can detect the user's current location to help them do all sorts of things from finding local restaurants and friends to getting driving and walking directions.

TomTom has announced...

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From X-bit Labs: ATI, graphics business unit of Advanced Micro Devices, may be demonstrating its next-generation DirectX 11 graphics processing units at Quakecon, a video game convention held yearly in Dallas, Texas. The company claims that it has exclusive Area64 room at the show...