Jury deals big blow to Oracle in Android case versus Google
24.05.2012, 02:54:45
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology. In a case that examined whether computer language that connects programs and operating systems can be copyrighted, Oracle claimed Google's Android tramples on its intellectual property rights to the Java programming language. ... |
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NVIDIA's Kai strategy aims to make $199 quad-core Android tablets a reality
24.05.2012, 02:30:05
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang previously mentioned that more Tegra 3-powered tablets would be coming to the market this summer, starting at the low price of $199. At the company's annual shareholders' meeting last week, vice president Rob Csonger revealed Kai, a plan to democratize its quad-core Tegra 3 system-on-a-chip. NVIDIA is looking to offer tablets that are more powerful than Amazon's Kindle Fire, but that will be offered at the same low price point. "Our strategy on Android is simply to enable quad-core tablets running Android Ice Cream Sandwich to be developed and brought out to market at the $199 price point, and the way we do that is a platform we've developed called Kai," he said. "So this uses |
RIM's head of global sales leaving BlackBerry maker
24.05.2012, 01:46:00
TORONTO (Reuters) - The head of global sales at Research In Motion Ltd has resigned to take on a leadership role in another industry, the BlackBerry maker said on Wednesday, a major blow ahead of make-or-break product launches due later this year. Patrick Spence was a 14-year RIM veteran widely considered a rising star. A spokeswoman for RIM said Spence's last day with the company will be June 15. Spence was promoted to the global sales role in July after serving as managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. ... |
Samsung's Galaxy S III smashes preorder records in U.K.
23.05.2012, 23:50:58
Samsung's Galaxy S III hasn't even launched yet and it's already setting records. News of the high demand among carriers for the upcoming flagship Samsung smartphone emerged last week, and now U.K. carrier Vodafone has confirmed that it has received a record number of end-user preorders for the Galaxy S III ahead of its launch later this month. A Vodafone spokesperson wouldn't confirm numbers while speaking with The Inquirer, but the company did say preorders of Samsung's latest Galaxy phone have been off the charts. "With over a week to go until launch, it's already the most pre-ordered Android device we've brought into our smartphone line-up to date and our limited time offer of 2GB of mobile data and 100 |
Developments in Oracle vs Google legal case
23.05.2012, 22:48:29
Oracle Corp. had accused Google Inc. of patent and copyright infringement. Much of the dispute is over Google's Android, the mobile operating system that now powers more than 300 million smartphones and tablet computers. |
News Summary: No Google infringement, says jury
23.05.2012, 22:46:02
THE VERDICT: A federal jury says Google didn't infringe on Oracle's patents when the Internet search leader developed its popular Android software for mobile devices. |
How consumer-electronics makers are faring
23.05.2012, 22:07:22
A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring: |
A look at recent tech-industry earnings
23.05.2012, 22:00:51
Here is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy: |
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