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Judge Upset over Disclosure of Documents
The judge presiding over the legal battle between Samsung and Apple is said to be livid. One of Apple’s attorneys said that a Samsung attorney had issued a press release that aired evidence that was not allowed to be admitted by... More of this article »
Microsoft Faces New Inquiry In Europe (NASDAQ: MSFT)
The European Commission announced a new set of antitrust proceedings against Microsoft. The European Commission said that the company failed to live up to a agreement made three years ago to give users of Windows software better... More of this article »
Apple versus Samsung Opens Today
A new court battle between Apple, Inc. and Samsung Electronics, two of the largest technology companies in the world begins on Monday. The latest of many court battles between the two will be one that is closely watched, as it might... More of this article »
Yahoo Results Show Stall In Earnings (NASDAQ: YHOO)
Yahoo’s quarterly financial report shows that revenue and net income have stalled at last year’s levels. Yahoo’s revenue from online display ads rose just 2% in the second quarter compared with a year ago, and it continues... More of this article »
Expansion In China Causing Headaches For Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
Apple’s slow pace of expansion in China has been causing major headaches for the company. Apple’s stores in China are usually very crowded and customers often have to wait in long lines for repairs for their iPhones. Apple has... More of this article »
Samsung Doubles Smartphone Shipments of Apple
Samsung, the South Korea based electronics giant said its shipments for smartphones number more than 52 million for the recently ended second quarter. That number was more than double the number of iPhones Apple shipped during the... More of this article »
European Commission Looks into Possible Optic Drive Cartel
The European Commission of the European Union announced yesterday that it has started an investigation into possible price fixing by 13 makers of optic disk drives. The allegations are that the makers of the drives participated in... More of this article »
Amazon Hacker Finally Arrested
A hacker from Russian was taken into custody last week in Cyprus for two cyber attacks he is alleged to have performed against Internet giant Amazon.com. Dmitry Olegovich Zubakha was taken into custody by local and international law... More of this article »
Viacom Agrees With DirecTV
On Friday, Viacom and DirecTV came to a new seven-year agreement. The agreement makes over 20 million DirecTV subscribers very happy as they will now receive their favorite shows once again. The satellite TV provider reached the agreement... More of this article »
Diggs Sells for Just $500,000
Social-media pioneer Digg, Inc. once considered to be valued at over $160 million is selling for a discounted price of only $500,000, said people familiar with the situation. Betaworks, a technology development company based in New... More of this article »
Apple Ends Relationship with Environmental Group
Apple has withdrawn its products from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) certification, which is a program that gives products ratings of gold, silver and bronze classification. The classifications are based... More of this article »
Yahoo Facebook Settle Suits, Sign Licensing Partnership
Yahoo and Facebook have buried the corporate hatchets to settle their lawsuits and have agreed to form a broader partnership for licensing and internet advertising. The agreement settles the technology patents infringement allegations... More of this article »
Government Demands for Twitter User Data on the Rise
Twitter released its first transparency report Monday and it revealed that the United States leads when it comes to government demands for user data. According to the report, the US government filed 679 requests in the first half of... More of this article »
Apple Wins Second Ban Against Samsung
On Friday, Apple Inc. was awarded another sales ban against Samsung. A judge in the U.S. ordered South Korean based Samsung Electronics to stop sales of its Nexus smartphone while the an Apple claim is considered by the court over... More of this article »
Microsoft Announces Intentions To Purchase Yammer (NASDAQ: MSFT)
Microsoft announced plans buy Yammer, a social network service for businesses. Yammer’s web-based service allows companies to create private social networks where employees can privately chat, shares files, and collaborate on projects. ... More of this article »
Oracle Announces Unexpected Results (NASDAQ: ORCL)
Oracle’s reported financial results exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. Oracle’s results indicate that there is still a strong demand for technology that helps companies automate administrative tasks. Oracle’s chief financial... More of this article »
Copyright Lawsuit Against Google’s YouTube Dismissed (NASDAQ: GOOG)
A French court dismissed a copyright lawsuit against Google’s YouTube, an online video-sharing platform that lets people post videos to the site. French television company TF1 filed the lawsuit and had sought €141 million, or... More of this article »
Research in Motion Reeling From Financial Results
Research In Motion, the Canadian based maker of Blackberry smartphones and the PlayBook tablet could see its cash dry up and fail, even with the proposed launch of its Blackberry 10 early next year, says Wall Street analysts. The price... More of this article »
Kim Dotcom Search Warrants Deemed Illegal
Search warrants that 70 police from New Zealand used to raid a mansion that was the home of a suspected internet piracy kingpin were ruled illegal by a court in New Zealand on Thursday. The ruling deals a huge blow to the copyright... More of this article »
Asus Says Tablet with Google Brand to Be Unveiled
An executive for the Taiwanese manufacturer of computers, Asus, has been quoted as saying Google will announce its own branded computer tablet. The device has been designed to compete with the latest handheld tablet from Amazon. This... More of this article »
Microsoft Confirms Acquisition of Yammer
Microsoft Corporation announced it was purchasing social network site Yammer for an estimated $1.2 billion. Yammer will be incorporated into the Office division of Microsoft that Kurt DelBene heads and will continue to report to David... More of this article »
Samsung Says Galaxy S III Sales Are Strong
The largest smartphone manufacturer in the world, Samsung Electronics expects its new phone to sell over 10 million units before the end of July, which will make it the company’s bestseller to date. The company, based in South Korea,... More of this article »
What is wrong with Larry Page
Larry Page the CEO of Google has lost his voice however, not much more is being said about the matter. Some experts believe the head of the internet company should speak up about what might be going on. The co-founder, billionaire... More of this article »
Chinese Censorship Triggers Changes For Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)
Google has added software to its search page that warns users when they search a term whose results are likely to be blocked by Chinese authorities. The change is viewed as an improvement of the search experience for users based... More of this article »
Google Attempts to Save Languages
Google is setting out to save the dying languages of the world. The Internet giant entered an alliance with linguists and scholars on Wednesday. The alliance introduced on Wednesday a website for the Endangered Languages Project where... More of this article »
Supercomputing Crown Back in Hands of United States
Once again, the United States is the home of the most powerful supercomputer in the world. Two years ago, the title was taken from the U.S. by China and last year Japan won the distinction. The supercomputer is an IBM computer system... More of this article »
Chinese Astronauts Blasts Off
Shenzhou-9, China’s latest spacecraft blasted off Saturday night from a western China desert. The spacecraft is carrying a crew of three, which includes the first female astronaut in the country. The astronauts will try to complete... More of this article »
Vizio Unveils New Ultrabooks and PCs
Vizio announced earlier in the year it would branch out from HDTVs into computers and has kept its promise. Today the company officially launched its all in one computers, a pair of laptops and a notebook. All of the categories start... More of this article »
Study Blames Humans for Rise in Ocean Temperatures
A study that was recently published claims that humans are the cause of the overall rise in the temperature of the world’s oceans. The study showed that at most, that natural variability in the temperatures of the world’s oceans... More of this article »
Bing to have Encyclopedia Britannica Answers
Microsoft, in a move to enhance Bing, its search engine results, has agreed to a deal with Encyclopedia Britannica that will increase the amount of information on the service. Microsoft announced the new deal in a company blog post.... More of this article »
PC Makers in Taiwan Unveil Windows 8 Tablets
Asus and Acer two PC makers based in Taiwan took another attempt at entering the tablet market by unveiling a number of new products that use the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system. The tablets were showcased by the companies on... More of this article »
Oracle Looking to Dethrone IBM
Oracle is looking to take over the lead from IBM in business network hardware, which includes high-end servers. Larry Ellison, Oracle’s CEO said its biggest competitor was Big Blue during a chat on-stage at the All Thing Digital... More of this article »
Cisco Reports Income Increase In Third Quarter (NASDAQ: CSCO)
Cisco Systems reported that net income was up 22% in its fiscal third quarter, compared to the same quarter last year. Cisco reported net income of $2.2 billion, or $0.40 a share, for the quarter ended April 30. This is up from... More of this article »
Sony Reveals New Plan To Return To Profitability (NYSE: SNE)
Sony revealed its expectations to return to profit this year. For the current financial year, which runs through next March, Sony forecast a full-year net profit of ¥30 billion and expectations of an operating profit of ¥180 billion. ... More of this article »
Google’s Deal To Buy Motorola Mobility Completed (NASDAQ: GOOG)
Google announced the completion of its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola. Chief Executive Larry Page, a founder of Google, announced the news, saying, “Motorola is a great American tech company that has driven the mobile revolution,... More of this article »
IBM Says No to Siri
The door for the time being was closed by IBM on Siri. IBM is worried Siri cannot remain quiet and that to IBM is dangerous. IBM has allowed Apple products like the iPhone 4s and other consumer smartphones that are employee owned as... More of this article »
Dish Network Goes To Court Over Ad-Skipping Feature (NASDAQ: DISH)
Opposing lawsuits were recently filed by Dish Network and three television networks over a new feature offered by Dish called Auto Hop. Auto Hop allows Dish subscribers to skip all the advertising automatically during most prime-time... More of this article »
Top Browser is now Chrome
The top internet browser in the world is now Chrome. The browser last week topped Internet Explorer to become the world’s most used browser. The browser had gained incredible momentum over the past year and one tracking site says... More of this article »
Twitter Blocked By Pakistan Authorities
Pakistani authorities blocked access to Twitter on Sunday. The authorities said the website refused to have posts removed that promoted a competition on Facebook that involved caricatures of Mohammed. A spokesman from the Pakistan... More of this article »
Google Overhauls Search
There is other big news this week besides the Facebook IPO. Internet behemoth Google announced on Wednesday that it had increased its search service. Knowledge Graph, the next generation for search on Google has been anticipated for... More of this article »
GM Says No More Facebook Ads
U.S. automaker General Motors announced just a few days prior to the historic Facebook IPO that it will stop advertising its products on the social networking site. The Detroit-based carmaker said that paid advertising does not impact... More of this article »
Smartphones are all about Location
With more smartphones being used by Americans, it means more of them are using their devices to obtain information about locations or to let their friends and family know about their whereabouts, said a recent study. The report found... More of this article »
Sony Loses $5.6 billion
Sony Corp announced on Thursday that it had posted a loss of $5.6 billion for the year. The record loss for the fiscal year is due to overall global turmoil economically, the long term after affects of the earthquake and tsunami that... More of this article »
Intel Predicts Increasing Growth Ahead (NASDAQ: INTC)
Intel reported that it’s net income for the first quarter of 2012 was $2.7 billion, or $0.53 a share. This was a drop of 13.4% from $3.2 billion, or $0.56 a share, a year ago. Revenue was up slightly to $12.9 billion from $12.8... More of this article »
Difficult for Travelers to Maintain tabs on Tablets
Travelers are finding they are leaving their electronic tablets and other personal electronic devices on board airplanes, in hotels and even near the pool while on vacation. One industry expert said that many people have two or three... More of this article »
Facebook Hitting the Road to Convince Investors
Facebook is already assured of being one of the most valued companies in the U.S. when it offers its IPO later this month. However, it must convince its investors it is worth the hype that is taking place now. Facebook’s top executives... More of this article »
eBay Exceeds Forecasts With First Quarter Results (NASDAQ: EBAY)
eBay’s net income increased 20% in the first quarter, to $570 million or $0.44 a share, from the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue increased 29% to $3.3 billion. Net income was $0.55 a share, excluding special items. This... More of this article »
Fiat-Owned Chrysler’s First Quarter Results Surpass Expectations (PINK: FIATY)
Chrysler earned $473 million in the first quarter of 2012. This figure was more than quadruple its $116 million profit in the period a year earlier. It is also more than the company’s entire net income for 2011. Chrysler’s... More of this article »