Copycatting – Apple style
Apple sued Samsung Electronics for copying its iPhone and a U.S. jury made a “patriotic” ruling ordering the Korean firm to pay $1.05 billion in damages. Now, what appears to…
Apple sued Samsung Electronics for copying its iPhone and a U.S. jury made a “patriotic” ruling ordering the Korean firm to pay $1.05 billion in damages. Now, what appears to…
Microsoft is ready to introduce measures in Windows 8 to address the European Union’s antitrust concerns about users’ ability to chose between different browsers, European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said on…
The Congressional Research Service (CRS), the research division of Congress known for its objective studies, recently released a report on the effects of patent trolls on innovation and the economy….
The good news is that Microsoft’s next Patch Tuesday, due on September 11, should be a breeze, bringing just two security updates. The bad news is that October’s Patch Tuesday…
Remember the Pepsi Challenge? Apparently, Microsoft does. The software company on Thursday evoked that famous marketing campaign when it launched the “Bing It On” challenge, an online blind comparison test…
Have a laptop with a fingerprint reader and use that biometic security? Most popular laptops shipped with a UPEK fingerprint reader. If yours did, then sadly your password is not…
The new terms-of-use agreement was rolled out late last week. It grants Microsoft the right to use information gathered from Hotmail, Photo Gallery, Office.com and SkyDrive accounts in a manner…
A Japanese district court ruled Friday that Samsung Electronics did not infringe on patents belonging to Apple, sending the dispute between the two technology giants into a new phase. The…
Microsoft won’t compete with Apple by going head-to-head in the hardware business. But the software pioneer could still climb back into the fight by offering connected software services that work…
Most Linux people know that Google uses Linux on its desktops as well as its servers. Some know that Ubuntu Linux is Google’s desktop of choice and that it’s called…
Office 365 celebrated its first birthday in July, and the cloud service has attracted an impressive list of educational customers over the last year. But when it comes to gaining…
In the opening keynote at LinuxCon, Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin observed that open source is now key to how all companies use to develop software—and yes he meant…
On the one year anniversary of his appointment as Apple CEO, Tim Cook must be partying especially hard in light of Friday’s verdict against Samsung. But if his memo to…
Microsoft may be just as pleased as Apple with Apple’s $1 billion victory over Samsung for violating Apple patents. The core of the verdict could apply to virtually all Android…
Security watchers have discovered a virus strain that compromises VMware virtual machines as well as infecting Mac OS X and Windows computers and Windows Mobile devices. It demonstrates previously unseen…