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According to Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents, the Mannheim Regional Court has ruled in favor of Microsoft in a patent infringement case against Motorola. According to the decision, Motorola’s Android devices infringe on Microsoft’s File Allocation Table (FAT) patent. The FAT patent covers a multiple file name referencing system that stores multiple file names (both…
HTC is hurting. Their devices aren’t meeting expectations in Europe, the One X faced some legal issues in the United States that delayed sales, and Samsung has proven that they have better relationships with the operators than even Apple has with AT&T and Verizon. According to a report from DigiTimes, roughly 80% of HTC’s revenues…
Rumor has it that Amazon is going to announce the second generation Kindle Fire on the last day of this month. For those of you who don’t know what the Kindle Fire is, it’s a $199 7 inch tablet that runs a highly customized version of Google’s Android operating system. Many people consider the recently…
Google took to the stage and kicked off its I/O conference by introducing the Nexus 7 tablet. We got a sneak peek of the tablet before the event and now we have all the details. The Nexus tablet will include a a 7-inch 1280×800 HD (216 ppi) back-lit IPS display with scratch-resistant Corning glass, a…
In a video recorded at Alan Stone’s Southern California Investment Forum, Liquidmetal CEO talks his company and the future of the technology. Of interest to Apple fans is the quick blurb he includes about Apple. Steipp says, Our technology has been commercialized in a number of accounts, most recently by Apple computer, which took a…
Apple is going to hold their annual Worldwide Developers Conference next week and it’s widely expected that they’re going to talk about the next version of iOS, the next version of Mac OS X, and some people think we may even see a television set. Since this is a mobile focused website, and by mobile…
Yahoo took everyone by surprise and introduced a new web browsing experience called Axis. Yahoo Axis has both a desktop component that’ll work with most major browsers and a mobile component that’s compatible with the iPhone and iPad. Users with both the desktop and mobile version can sync their searches and Axis homepage between devices.…
GetJar’s GetJar Gold Virtual Currency program just got two new members – German Gameduell and Latin America’s Vostu. The first company is best known for their two games – Fluffy Birds and Jungle Jewels, while the second one makes Elemental and Candy Dash. If you haven’t followed our previous posts on GetJar Gold Virtual Currency,…
Featured at CES 2012, the SpareOne has officially hit the market as a simple mobile phone that can last for 15 years — yes you read that right — on a single charge. No, unfortunately the SpareOne is not a smartphone, and in fact it can’t even really be considered a feature phone. All you…
Whoa. The super-cool HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE are facing import delays by U.S. Customs due to potential infringements of Apple’s patents, The Verge reports. The report does a good job of explaining what the dispute is about but HTC is confident that the move shouldn’t impact the long-term availability of these devices.…