Microsoft is suing Motorola Mobility in Germany over a mapping patent that Microsoft alleges covers the Google Maps app that ships on Motorola phones. The two parties meet each other in court on Thursday, the regional court of Munich said.

Japan's Softbank, the country's third-largest carrier, is in negotiations to acquire U.S. mobile operator Sprint in a deal worth over $30 billion, the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei reported Thursday.

The family of a worker who committed suicide at an alleged Apple supplier in China is blaming his death on the harsh management at the factory and has tried demonstrating against the company, only to be detained by local police.

A Google felajánlotta az Európai Bizottságnak, hogy felcímkézi saját, a találati listáin megjelenő szolgáltatásait, ha ejtik az ellene felhozott trösztvádakat. Nem valószínű, hogy ez a gesztus meghatná Joaquin Almunia versenyügyi biztost.

A Protector Suite ujjlenyomat-felismerő hibája már hónapok óta ismert, a cupertino-i cég azonban még nem foltozta be a rést.

In an effort to better acquaint Web developers with the open technologies that can be used to build Web applications, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched a Web site with tutorials and other documentation that cover most of today's Web standards, including the emerging HTML5 set of standards. The site has also been designed to provide more user feedback to the developers of the Web standards themselves.

Three U.S.-based service providers that use equipment from Huawei Technologies said on Tuesday they take strong precautions to ensure the security of their networks, responding to a congressional report on Monday that said carriers should not buy from Huawei or ZTE.

A year-long investigation by a U.S. congressional committee has reportedly concluded that Chinese telecommunication equipment vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE pose a security threat to the nation, and the committee is advising U.S. firms to buy networking gear from other vendors. But analysts say the committee's investigation is motivated more by politics, while doing little to safeguard U.S. telecommunication networks.

Oracle touted what it called strong early adoption of its next-generation Fusion Applications on Monday, but also discussed how it will continue to support and add new features to the company's other business software lines, such as E-Business Suite and JD Edwards.

Már a bullx supercomputer suite is támogatja a SUSE Linux Enterprise Servert, kiemelkedő teljesítményt és stabilitást biztosítva a nagy teljesítményű rendszereken

The Facebook CEO fielded questions about the IPO, mobile and building a Facebook phone.

The electronics giant aims to make software that can compete with students on the math entrance exam of a top Japan college.

Digibrás group makes consumer electronics, mobile phones and PCs through its three companies under the CCE brand.

A judge ruled that a contract with HP obligates Oracle to continue porting its software until Itanium is discontinued.

IBM plans to boost its enterprise social line of software by acquiring Kenexa, a maker of cloud-based human resources applications, the companies said on Monday.

Dell is offering dedicated servers to build private clouds.

The FTC clearance was the last antiturst hurdle for the deal which was cleared last week in the U.K.

Apple has opposed a government proposed judgment in an e-books price-fixing lawsuit, stating that the judgement seeks to terminate and rewrite its contracts "before a single document has been introduced into evidence, before any witness has testified, and before the court has resolved the disputed facts."

Samsung gave media outlets documents that had been excluded from evidence.

Margins were however hit by the SuccessFactor acquisition, severance expenses, and new hires.