The start of the trial in Oracle's lawsuit against Google over alleged Java copyright and patent violations in the Android mobile OS could be delayed, according to a judge's ruling issued Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The New York Times says Kim Jong-Il and the North Korean gov't are using MMO gold farming schemes to fund their operations.

Interjú Barabási Albert-Lászlóval, a bostoni Northeastern University Komplex Hálózatok Kutatási Központjának igazgatójával.

The deal will expand Ericsson's presence in North America and in network optimization systems.

Prices of widely used chips, including NAND flash memory and DRAM, have both risen sharply since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck and hurled tsunami waves at the northeastern part of Japan.

SAP wants a judge to reduce the US$1.3 billion award a jury granted Oracle last year in its intellectual property-theft lawsuit to no more than $408.7 million, and also asked for a new trial, according to filings made late Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has compared the company's current situation to standing on a burning oil platform in the North Sea. Nokia must decide how it is going to change its behavior, or perish in the flames as its platform burns, Elop wrote in a memo to employees.

Third parties, not Google, would be liable for any Java copyright violations in the Android mobile OS, according to a filing the vendor made Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Motorola appears ready to do more development on top of Android, with its acquisition of 280 North, a company that develops Web applications.

A 280 North felvásárlása révén a mobilgyártó jelentősen bővítheti saját fejlesztésű Android-alkalmazásai kínálatát.

Dow Chemicals, Northrop Grumman and Yahoo also named in reports.

It's a Christmas miracle, as employment in the North American videogame industry improved slightly in 2009 despite declining sales throughout the latter half of the year.

Megszünteti az amerikai North Carolina államban található Winston-Salem-i asztali PC gyárát a Dell. A lépés több mint 900 dolgozót érint.

Dell next year will close its desktop computer manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as the company tightens costs in a difficult market.

Amid reports that it is moving thousands of jobs from the US to India, IBM said Thursday it is notifying employees that some jobs are being eliminated.

Intel Corp. President and CEO Paul Otellini Monday confirmed the company plans to build a US$2.5 billion chip plant in China. The plant, to be built in Dalian, on China's northeastern coast, will enter production during the first half of 2010.

After watching its market share for the North American desktop PC market slip in a soft third quarter, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) will seek greater profits in 2007 through a new family of quad-core server chips and its acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI.