A Seattle judge has ruled in favour of Microsoft in one of two patent trials putting Redmond up against Google and its Motorola Mobility unit, leaving it with a substantially smaller royalties bill to pay.

China's ZTE is paying Microsoft a royalty for devices it makes using Google Android and Chrome operating systems to make sure that it is not patent trolled out of business.

It has been a very bad week for Apple on the patent front. First the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) informed Apple that it could not trademark the iPad mini, then it said it would no longer enforce Apple's "rubber band" user interface patent. In other words, the USPTO made it clear that Apple can't go around patenting the English language and Newtonian physics.

Google's reported fourth quarter revenues of $14.42 billion, up by 36 percent on the same quarter last year - and bringing annual revenues up to over $50 billion for the first time.

Giada is well known for manufacturing small-form factor desktop computers. However, up until now Giada's PC desktops have been primarily powered by x86 chips and designed to run Windows or Linux as the default operating system.

Google-owned Motorola is reportedly working on a "sophisticated" handset that is slated to hit physical and virtual shelves in 2013.

Atrix HD developer edition proudly offers modders and devs an unlocked bootloader.

A federal judge yesterday threw out Apple's lawsuit against Motorola Mobility, in which it claimed that Motorola was trying to charge too much for patent licenses.

Motorola may have failed to attract the mobile masses with its overly-ambitious WebTop hardware, but that hasn’t stopped Samsung from moving ahead with its Smart Dock for the Galaxy Note 2. 



Motorola has updated its Droid Razr HD and Droid Razr Maxx HD so they can connect with the Isis mobile payment platform.

Because Motorola has been slow to roll out its Jelly Bean updates, the company is now offering a pretty good deal.

Motorola's recently released Razr M phone is getting the coveted Jelly Bean update.

Motorola's successor to the Atrix phone is now getting its just desserts.

A number of Motorola tablets are now receiving updates to Android 4.0.

Now that it is under the Google umbrella, Motorola Mobility is apologizing for its lack of Ice Cream Sandwich updates.



Motorola Mobility has introduced the Razr i, a slick smartphone that is powered by an Intel x86 chip rather than a RISC-based ARM processor. 


Welcome to the first major Motorola announcement since the merger with Google.

Motorola Mobility and Verizon will reportedly introduce a next-gen smartphone on September 5 that features an edge-to-edge screen and works with LTE networks.



Specs for the slick new RAZR smartphone have leaked just days ahead of Motorola’s September 5th Verizon event.