Apple denied injunction on Amazon's use of Appstore

From InfoWorld: A California court denied Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction on Amazon.com's use of the term "Appstore" in a trademark infringement case on Wednesday.

Apple has not established that its "App Store" mark is famous, in the sense of being "prominent" and...

Xbox Live Goes Offline Briefly

From PC World: With all the hacker activity that's been plaguing the gaming industry lately, any interruption can seem like an early indication of foul play. Luckily, that's not what happened to Xbox Live today, although the service did go offline for a matter of hours.

As reported...

Nintendo: We won't develop for smartphones

From CNET News.com: Nintendo says that it has no plans to develop for mobile platforms, including Apple's iOS or Android, the company told Bloomberg in a phone conversation today.

Nintendo's Yasuhiro Minagawa told Bloomberg that its long-standing strategy of developing games only...

Facebook Offers New Chat Features Including Skype Video Calling

From DailyTech: Facebook is constantly making changes to its social networking site to stay relevant and continue fending off competition, especially with Google+ on its way. For instance, Facebook changed its messaging system last November that brings texts, chat, e-mails and...

Smartphone Maker HTC to Buy Chip Firm S3 Graphics for $300M

From PC World: Smartphone vendor High Tech Computer (HTC) will acquire graphics chip maker S3 Graphics for US$300 million, strengthening its patent portfolio in the process.

With the acquisition, HTC will obtain S3 Graphics' portfolio of 235 patents and pending applications...

Report: Google to rebrand Blogger, Picasa

From CNET News.com: Google is planning to rebrand two of its most popular services, Mashable is reporting.

Citing anonymous sources, the social-media blog said Google is planning to change the names of its Picasa photo management service and its Blogger blog platform to Google...

Verizon Unveils Industry's Most Expensive Metered Data Plan

From DailyTech: Verizon Wireless has been cagey with regard to details of what its new metered smart phone data plan would entail. Now customers may find out why.

New smart phone subscribers will no longer have the option to get unlimited data, starting July 7. In its place they...

Rumor: New MacBook Air to Get Speedy 400 MB/s Flash

From DailyTech: With a refresh of the MacBook Air seemingly impending the rumor mill surrounding Apple Inc. is once again heating up.

According to Macotakara.jp, a Japanese Apple fan site, the latest version of the ultraportable will use cutting edge flash memory technology. The...

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