From DailyTech: In its trademark infringement case against Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) in Oakland, Calif, federal court, Apple, Inc. (AAPL) argued that the term "App Store" was synonymous with the iPhone, just as the trademarked HoneyBaked Hams are synonymous with a Michigan company....

From DailyTech: Although Verizon's tiered-data plan launch July 7 has not been officially announced by the mobile giant, we've been expecting it for quite some time.

But thanks to AndroidCentral, any doubts about the legitimacy of the launch claims can now be put to rest. A source...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. and Via Technologies confirmed on Thursday that they had quit BAPCo (Business Applications Performance Corp.) due to disagreements over the scoring system of SYSmark2012 which does not take graphics card's role into account while measuring performance in...

From X-bit Labs: Nokia Corp. has finally showcased its first smartphone based on Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Phone 7 operating system. The phone looks like the recently announced MeeGo-based N9, but has a number of peculiarities.

Nothing particular is known about the first Nokia WP7...

From InfoWorld: Cloud computing is widely perceived as a threat to Microsoft, because the maker of Windows and Microsoft Office earns the lion's share of its money selling licenses for packaged software.

But Microsoft's new Server & Tools President, in his first public appearance...

From CNET News.com: Hulu Plus has made its long-awaited debut on Android.

Rolling out at Google's Android Market yesterday, the new Hulu Plus app allows Android users who subscribe to the $7.99-per-month service to stream their favorite TV shows and movies directly to their mobile...

From DailyTech: Yahoo has met with Hulu regarding a "possible acquisition," but it is currently unclear if the online video streaming service is interested in selling at this point. On Tuesday, an unsolicited offer was rumored and eventually confirmed by anonymous sources close to...

From DailyTech: The pace of Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone launches has slowed, as June is expected to come and go with no new iPhone. Though Apple fans have the new white iPhone and a new U.S. carrier -- Verizon Communications, Inc. (VZ) -- to comfort themselves with, analysts still...

From X-bit Labs: Cadence Design Systems, a designer of semiconductors, showcases its integration-ready, proven PCI Express 3.0 solutions at the 2011 PCI-SIG developers conference. Cadence demonstrated design and verification IP that supports v1.0 of the PCI Express 3.0 specification...

From X-bit Labs: David Kirk, an Nvidia fellow who has a very high influence in the company, this week made a number of important statements at the International Supercomputing Conference. Mr. Kirk said that eventually ARM-based system-on-chip devices with graphics processors will...