Lest we forget that Microsoft still insists Linux violates 235 of its patents, Microsoft issued a reminder today. It announced a patent licensing deal with Casio Computer Co. Ltd. that "among other things, will provide Casio's customers with patent coverage for their use of Linux in certain Casio devices," Microsoft says.

HP has started laying off workers associated with last year's billion-dollar acquisition of Palm, as it closes down the mobile device business it planned to base on Palm's webOS. The news comes almost exactly a month after HP announced a sweeping reorganization and refocusing of its business.

Google's email market share, at 1%, will rise to 10% in a few years, says analyst firm.

At long last, Google has launched its Google Wallet mobile payment application on Sprint Nexus S 4G smartphones.

With the next version of its Hyper-V software, Microsoft has found a way to move live VMs across different subnets.

For the first time, the U.S. has interpreted an existing treaty to include aggression in cyberspace as a trigger for international military cooperation.

At $1,000, ultrabooks are overpriced for a slumping PC market, attendees say.

The availability of Google Wallet will be announced within weeks.

Google said in April that a formidable patent portfolio is a defense against litigation.

The CEE Board is an advisory body in collaboration with logging tool and operating system vendors and the government of the United States, providing valuable input on the CEE Log Standards. BalaBit, with its existing pattern database (patternDB) and syslog-ng user group (650 000 companies word-wide) is an active contributor of logging standards creation.

Don't let the eye candy fool you: Windows 8 appears to have plenty of good stuff for you, too.

Kicking off Microsoft's BUILD conference, Steven Sinofsky pitches the company's next generation operating system.

The president of HTC America spoke during a conference on Monday in Seattle.

Japanese firms will team with Samsung to design chips for new smartphones and challenge Qualcomm, the Nikkei newspaper said.

After firing Carol Bartz, directors are evaluating whether to sell Yahoo whole or in parts, the Wall Street Journal reports.

A magistrate judge has ordered that the CEOs of Oracle and Google attend a mediation on Sept. 19.

Intel General Manager Doug Fisher declined to comment on rumors Samsung will buy its open-source OS.

The first major update of U.S. patent law goes to President Obama for his signature.

HTC filed a new suit against Apple and amended two other complaints.

Google hoped that Sun would partner with it to bring Android to market, according to court documents.