Apple and Microsoft apply for new waving arms around patent

Oct 31, 2011
New patents reveal what could be the future of device control (also what patent law students should be boning up on). What's next? Gestures, and...

Nokia shows off new Windows Phones

Oct 26, 2011
While Sprint is placing all its survival chips on the iPhone and litigation against the AT&T-T-Mobile deal, Nokia is betting big on Windows. To...

Microsoft "gets" another device maker

Oct 24, 2011
Not sure what verb to use here, really. Gets, grabs, apprehends, takes hold of, captures, nabs, pinches....

Nokia and Microsoft superfriends team ready for action almost!

Oct 20, 2011
Oh, this story just makes me tired even thinking about it. Nokia says it will debut a bunch of new Nokia-built Windows phones at an upcoming...

Facebook sued for violating wiretap laws

Oct 14, 2011
Weird little item in The Register about a Mississippi woman suing Facebook because, she says, Facebook's tracking violates wiretap laws....

Put some yodel in your Xbox

Oct 6, 2011
Remember back in 2008 when Microsoft tried to buy out Yahoo! for $44 billion? No? Microsoft sure does, and it's probably really glad the hostile...

Hotmail? Yes, Hotmail.

Oct 4, 2011
Microsoft announced that everyone's favorite first email program is coming out with new filtering options. In the era of daily deals and having to...

For public good, not for profit.

Zune, already long dead, keeps dying some more

Oct 4, 2011
Buried deep in some Microsoft support website is some language that indicates that yes, Zune is no more. We had heard a while ago that production...

Samsung settles with Microsoft in patent dispute

Sep 28, 2011
Geekwire is reporting that there has been a settlement in a Microsoft case against Samsung. Microsoft charged that Samsung's use of Google's...

Google goes to Washington

Sep 19, 2011
On Wednesday, Google chairman Eric Schmidt will testify before a Senate antitrust panel. Notably, Yelp will also be there and will likely yelp...