Now that Halo 4 will run on Windows Azure, what's next?
Microsoft knows how to make big, sweeping pronouncements. And there were a lot of those flowing out of the company's Build Conference in Redmond, Wash. this week. — In a blog posted Wednesday, the ...
Apple Shake-Up Could End Real-World Images
Whether they realize it or not, all of those who swipe a finger down from the top of the iPhone's screen to check for notifications are bearing witness to a big sore point within Apple. — There, beh...
Apple's FaceTime & Messages Dragged into Patent Infringement Lawsuit
A Texas based Company by the name of Intercarrier Communications (ICC) has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple. The Company claims that Apple's Messages and FaceTime applications found ...
In App Store vs. Appstore court clash, Apple runs into a skeptical judge
OAKLAND, California—Apple is a litigious company, most famously for its multi-billion dollar patent crusade against Samsung. The Cupertino company has a more quixotic legal battle going on against it...
Efficiency Breakthrough Promises Smartphones that Use Half the Power
A startup says it's cracked a decades-old efficiency problem dogging wireless communications. — Why It Matters — Thanks to inefficient power amplifiers, smartphones have short battery lives and ce...
Finland: Plan for universal 100Mbps service by 2015 on track
Finns are hoping that universal high-speed Internet access will be even more awesome than a full rainbow. — Alex Brown — Back in 2009, Finland announced what might be the world's most ambitious na...
BitTorrent Pirate Ordered to Pay $1.5 Million Damages For Sharing 10 Movies
Since early 2010, hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. have been sued for downloading and sharing copyrighted content on BitTorrent. — Nearly all of these cases end up dismissed or settled …
FTC Staff Said to Formally Recommend Google Patent Suit
Google Inc. (GOOG) should be sued by the Federal Trade Commission for trying to block competitors' access to key smartphone-technology patents in violation of antitrust law, the agency's staff told co...
Introducing: The Physical Google Wallet Card - Coming Soon To Google Wallet, And More New Features
We just had a bomb dropped on us by an anonymous tipster, courtesy of a leaked version of the Google Wallet app - and it was hiding some pretty amazing secrets. Let's cut to the chase: physical Googl...