Apple extends olive branch to Motorola, Samsung?

Could the end to patent litigation be over?(Credit: Apple)Apple has indicated a willingness to cut licensing deals with its competitors, according to the Dow Jones Newswires. That would end a tidal wave of lawsuits around the world. Could an end to the litigation between Apple and its rivals be in sight? Apple, for its part, may be looking to resolve its various lawsuits, and has signaled a willingness to cut licensing deals with Samsung Electronics and Motorola Mobility, the Dow Jones Newswires...

Read More

Barcelona has big mobile dreams

Barcelona has big mobile dreams.As the home for Mobile World Congress until 2018, the Spanish city is aiming to be the planet's premier showcase for mobile technology. With a lovely Mediterranean location, an Olympic history, and a wealth of Modernisme architecture, Barcelona, Spain, is one of the planet's top tourist destinations. And if city officials have their way, the Catalan capital will be known as the "Mobile World Capital," as well. Since the annual Mobile World Congress trade show moved...

Read More

Verizon offers rural Americans a pricey 4G broadband alternative

Verizon is bringing broadband to rural America via its 4G LTE network, but the service's low data caps and high prices may still be out of reach for some consumers. Verizon Wireless will soon offer its 4G LTE service to people who can't get wired broadband service. But the service won't come cheap. And there will be restrictions. The company today introduced its HomeFusion Broadband service, which can deliver download speeds between 5 megabits per second to 12 Mbps and upload speeds up to 4...

Read More

Nokia's 41-megapixel 808 PureView won't be coming to U.S.

Nokia says on the device's home page that it will be available across the globe--with the exception of North America. Nokia's highly anticipated 808 PureView is getting a global release. The only issue: one continent will be left out. According to the device's home page, the 808 PureView will not be made available to North America. It will, however, be available to customers in Europe and just about everywhere else around the world when it launches in May. Nokia unveiled the Symbian-powered...

Read More

Judge orders Google, Motorola to hand over Android data to Apple

The companies must turn over information about the development of Android, as well as information on their merger. Apple will soon have far more information about Android and Google's Motorola Mobility acquisition than the search giant would like. U.S. Circuit Court Judge Richard A. Posner yesterday ordered Motorola Mobility and its soon-to-be parent company Google to hand over development information about Android to Apple, according to Bloomberg, which obtained court documents. In addition,...

Read More

Security experts see limited impact from LulzSec arrests

The arrests may have taken out the group known as "LulzSec," but there are still untold numbers of the hacktivist group Anonymous who remain active For the last year, a group of hackers known as "LulzSec" had frequent occasion to taunt government pursuers as it published sensitive data purloined from myriad public and corporate Web sites. But the authorities may be close to dismantling the group that has proved such a thorn in their side. Police on Tuesday charged five men in the U.K., Ireland,...

Read More

U.K. ISPs lose appeal, must pay legal fees of file-sharing suspects

A court of appeals in the U.K. says ISPs will need to pay 25 percent of costs associated with establishing and running an appeals body for alleged file sharers. Under the United Kingdom's new Digital Economy Act, Internet service providers must pitch in on the legal costs incurred by people suspected of illegally sharing files on their network, an appeals court has ruled. According to the Guardian, a U.K. court today ruled against an appeal brought by ISPs TalkTalk and BT. The companies, as well...

Read More