Apple sued by company in patent deal with Microsoft
Patent holder that Microsoft has a financial interest in files lawsuit claiming Apple is infringing on eight patents related to wireless communications protocols.
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REVEALED: How Giant Patent Troll Intellectual Ventures Does Business
Two researchers say they have uncovered a bunch of new information about the world’s largest patent “aggregator,” Intellectual Ventures.
NSA builds Android phone for top secret calls
The National Security Agency (NSA) has developed an ultra-secure Android phone built using off-the-shelf kit that allows US Government staff to discuss top secret materials.
Microsoft-owned website accused of selling pirated e-books
An Australian deal website owned by Microsoft has been accused of selling Chinese-made e-readers loaded with 4,000 books, many of which were pirated.
Powerful, wallet-sized Raspberry Pi computer sells out in SECONDS
The first batch of 10,000 ARM-powered Raspberry Pi computers went on sale at 6am GMT today – and sold out within minutes. According to distributor Premier Farnell, there were at…
Microsoft’s Azure cloud down and out for 8 hours
Microsoft’s cloudy platform, Windows Azure, is experiencing a major outage: at the time of writing, its service management system had been down for about seven hours worldwide.
Microsoft ‘fesses credit cards exposed by Indian store hack
Microsoft India has warned customers of its online store that their financial details may have been compromised, backtracking on a previous statement to the contrary.
Raspberry Pi signs big-name sellers
Educationally inclined microcomputer maker Raspberry Pi today revealed that its ARM-based credit card-sized machine is to be taken to coders worldwide by two big-name suppliers. Lining up to offer the…
Microsoft exposes dark side of the cloud
One of the supposed advantages of the using SaaS and other cloud services is the idea that someone else handles upgrades so that you don’t have to worry about it. …
Group rates Microsoft Web site worse than Google and Apple for protecting your privacy
Microsoft has launched an all-out assault on Google’s privacy policies, but when it comes to protecting your privacy, Microsoft’s Web site lags behind both Google and Apple, says the privacy…
German iPhone users can no longer use iCloud’s push e-mail—for now
Apple has been forced to disable push e-mail delivery for iCloud and MobileMe users in Germany this week. The move is thanks to a recent injunction awarded to Motorola as…
Australian Govt re-kindles office file format war
The Australian Government’s peak IT strategy group has issued a cautious updated appraisal of currently available office productivity suite file formats, in what appears to be an attempt to more…
Who’s adding DRM to HTML5? Microsoft, Google and Netflix
With tech companies abandoning the proprietary Flash and Silverlight media players for HTML5, it was inevitable somebody would try to inject DRM into the virgin spec. Microsoft, Google and Netflix…
Adobe to Linux users: Get Chrome or forget Flash
Adobe today said that it would stop offering direct downloads of Flash Player for Linux, telling users to move to Google’s Chrome browser, which bundles Flash with its updates.
Microsoft blasts ‘web video killer’ Motorola Mobility in EU gripe
Redmond’s beef with Google relates to “standard essential patents” that MS rather hysterically claimed could be used by Motorola Mobility to “kill video on the web”. Like Microsoft, the iPhone…
