Oracle: Google owes us $2.6B

From InfoWorld: An Oracle damages expert estimates that Google owes the company $2.6 billion for alleged Java patent violations, according to a court filing made Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

That figure falls in between the "breathtaking"...

Angry Birds Lands on Windows Phone 7

From PC World: Little green pigs across the nation are cowering in fear now that Angry Birds has finally come to Windows Phone 7.

It's certainly been a long journey, as All Things D points out: the first we heard of the popular mobile game hitting Windows Phone 7 was before Windows...

Google+ steers clear of privacy missteps

From CNET News.com: With the launch of a new social networking platform, Google seems determined not to repeat the privacy missteps it made last year with Google Buzz.

Public criticism, some valid, some not, prompted Google to make a series of quick changes to Buzz a few days after...

Google launches new home page

From CNET News.com: Oh, forget all that talk of Google+ and its uncomfortably human concept called "real-life sharing."

Here is something far more startling: Google has launched a new home page today. Yes, today.

In a stealthy little blog post, Google's digital creative director...

Sprint Pulls Out Nuclear Option to Block AT&T/T-Mobile Purchase

From DailyTech: The biggest wireless announcement of the year was AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile that would make it the largest carrier in the U.S. While the merger is expected to get the green light by regulators, some in the industry think that the merger is bad for the...

New Market Rumours Schedule Windows 8 Release in Mid-2012

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. may release Windows 8 to manufacturing as early as in April, 2012. The software giant reportdely wants to RTM all three flavours of Windows - for x86 clients, for servers and for ARM clients - at the same time.

Based on recent market chatter heard by...

Apple May Manufacture Its Next-Generation A6 SoC at TSMC

From X-bit Labs: Apple, a maker of popular consumer electronic gadgets and one of the globe's largest consumer of chips, reportedly plans to order manufacturing of its next-generation A6 system-on-chips for mobile gadgets to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Previously...

Microsoft's Office 365 Launch Puts Google on Defensive

From PC World: Microsoft's launch of Office 365 has Google feeling pressure to explain why businesses should use Gmail and Google Docs instead of Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange, SharePoint, Lync and Office.

Google Apps is one of the top market forces pushing Microsoft into...

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