From PC World: Nokia has sold 450 wireless and video patents and patent applications to Sisvel International, an Italian patent licensing company.

The patents cover technologies used in GSM, 3G and LTE mobile devices, as well as in video encoding optimization systems, according to...

From CNET News.com: YouTube is in talks with at least three of the four top record companies about renewing the video service's music licenses, sources close to the discussion told CNET.

YouTube, acquired by Google in 2006, is one of the most popular music services on the Web. The...

From DailyTech: Beats Electronics and Monster Cable Products have decided to go their separate ways once their contract expires later in 2012.

Beats Electronics, a brand of headphones and loudspeakers that is marketed by hip hop artist Dr. Dre and Interscope-Geffen-A&M Records...

From DailyTech: In the midst of announcing its commitment to LTE and the upcoming death of WiMAX smartphones at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Sprint had a lot of great things to say about Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating system, but couldn't share the same...

From X-bit Labs: Chief executive officer of ARM Holdings, a leading developer of mobile microprocessor technologies, said that Intel Corp.’s latest Medfield system-on-chip is “good enough” for smartphones and the company considers Intel a “serious competitor”. But ARM claims that...

From X-bit Labs: Asustek and Nvidia Corp. have demonstrated an affordable tablet with Nvidia Tegra 3 system-on-chip with rich multimedia capabilities and powered by Google Android 4 “Ice Cream Sandwich” operating system. The low-cost 7” tablet with Tegra 3 will redefine the market of...

From PC World: Gamers in North America looking for a high-end gaming laptop may have envied those in Europe, who have been able to purchase Samsung’s Series 7 Gamer notebook since last spring. This April, the company will bring the laptop to our shores, and give it a nice boost in...

From CNET News.com: hen RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet first made the scene in 2011, it arrived without any standalone apps for e-mail, contacts, or calendar.

At the time, RIM stated the omission was a deliberate security measure that allowed its predominantly corporate clientele...

From DailyTech: Nvidia announced at CES that, while quad-core smartphones have been absent from the show, they are coming very soon.

CES is not an ideal launching pad for phones as it is more focused on tablets and computers, Mike Rayfield, general manager of the mobile business...

From DailyTech: We all take 802.11n for granted these days. Everything from our smartphones to tablets to laptops to all-in-one PCs use the standard. 802.11n is rated at 4500Mbps, but in the real world the best routers offer speeds of anywhere from 140Mbps to 170Mbps.

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