Motorola, RIM settle patent dispute

From CNET News.com: Motorola and Research In Motion have settled their patent dispute over wireless technologies, the companies said Friday.

Under the settlement, both companies will set up a cross-licensing agreement in which they will receive patent rights related to certain key...

EVO, Nexus One Framerates Capped at 30 FPS; It's Unclear Why

From DailyTech: The HTC EVO 4G has some minor drawbacks -- its battery life is rather poor necessitating daily recharges; and it can't make simultaneous calls and internet requests when outside 4G (WiMAX) coverage. However, the phone packs a gorgeous 4.3-in. screen and some of the...

HP Claims 50 Percent Better Network Performance Than Cisco

From DailyTech: HP and IBM are currently the top producers of business servers. However, with its $2.7B USD acquisition of 3COM, a leading networking solutions provider, HP is looking to step up its all-around networking solutions efforts, challenging Cisco in the arena of...

Google kills background images on home page

From CNET News.com: Fourteen hours into a 24-hour experiment with background imagery, Google's home page is once again stark white.

Design guru Marissa Mayer confirmed that Google was ending the experiment early due to what she called a "bug," which erased a link underneath the...

Dell to restate earnings due to accounting fraud

From CNET News.com: As a result of the federal investigation of accounting fraud at Dell, the PC maker said Thursday it will take a $100 million charge on its first quarter 2011 earnings.

Dell and the Securities and Exchange Commission agreed on a settlement, which includes the...

Flash 10.1 Goes Final at Long Last

From PC World: Despite being buffeted by ongoing criticism from Apple and advocates for open Web standards, development on the Flash platform continues with today's release of a finalized version 10.1of the Flash browser plugin. Adobe released a beta version of 10.1 last November...

Twitter acquires data firm Smallthought Systems

From CNET News.com: Twitter announced Thursday that it has acquired Smallthought Systems, a data company that it has worked with in the past. Smallthought has manufactured a product called Dabble DB that Twitter had used internally, and a newer one called Trendly that parses Google...

T-Mobile Next to Get the iPhone?

From PC World: Just when the annual iPhone-on-Verizon rumors were starting to calm down, a new batch of rumors has started, this time claiming that the iPhone may come to T-Mobile, instead.

Shaw Wu, an analyst with the investment firm Kaufman Bros, is telling investors that the...

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