HP to Layoff 27,000; Largest Layoffs in Company History

From DailyTech: Soon, approximately 27,000 workers at Hewlett-Packard Comp. (HPQ) will be out of the job -- almost 8 percent of the company's total staff of 324,000.

HP surprised with better than expected earnings for fiscal Q2 2012, announcing revenue of $30.7B USD, more than the...

Jury Finds Google Innocent of Java Patent Infringement

From DailyTech: A note to Google Inc.'s (GOOG) legal enemies (and there are many) -- Google may seem soft-hearted and overly idealistic in its public persona, but in the court room it has more in common with Jason Statham than frosted pastries and cutesy robots.

Oracle Corp. (ORCL)...

Windows Phone Marketplace Goes Mango Only

From PC World: If you're having trouble downloading apps from the Windows Phone Marketplace, you just might be a pre-Mango Windows Phone 7 user. Microsoft is now enforcing a rule that only users of Windows Phone 7.5, codenamed Mango, can use the Marketplace in any meaningful way...

Facebook, Zuckerberg sued over IPO

From CNET News.com: Facebook shareholders have filed a lawsuit against the social network, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and a number of banks, alleging that crucial information was concealed ahead of Facebook's IPO.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan this morning...

Samsung Galaxy S III smashes preorder records in U.K.

From CNET News.com: If the U.K. is any indication, then Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S III may be even more successful than its predecessors.

The Galaxy S III has already smashed preorder records at Vodafone and retail chain Carphone Warehouse, according to the Inquirer. That...

Microsoft Predicts Windows 7 Devices Will Outsell iPad 5-to-1

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows 7 has by far surpassed the company's expectations, becoming the fastest growing operating system in history. The well liked product already achieved the distinction of passing Windows XP.

Now, even with Windows 8 looming ahead for a...

Microsoft: 350 million Windows 7 devices to be shipped in 2012

From CNET News.com: Although Windows 8 is expected to hit store shelves later this year, Microsoft believes its current operating system, Windows 7, will have an awfully good year.

Speaking at a forum in Seoul this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that his company expects 350...

Verizon a Bit Overeager to Turn Over Records in Bittorrent Case

From DailyTech: Need your privacy protected? Don't count on Verizon Wireless. The joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Vodafone Group Plc. (LON:VOD) has wound up in an embarassing situation after it shared a bit too much information in the latest extortion...

Apple Maintains Grip on Top Mobile PC Market Share in Q1

From DailyTech: The latest numbers are in from NPD DisplaySearch looking at the mobile PC share and shipments for Q1 2012. According to the numbers, Apple shipped nearly 17.2 million mobile PCs in Q1 racking up 118% year-over-year growth. The big seller for Apple that pushed it to...

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