Google refuses to blacklist The Pirate Bay homepage from search results
Google is happy to remove specific links from websites that distribute pirated content from search results but it’s apparently drawing the line at censoring entire …
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Microsoft investors discuss Ford and CSC heads for CEO
The shortlist for Microsoft’s next CEO appears to be getting shorter as investors narrow down the potential candidates they want leading the company. A report from …
Terror of cannibalization now rules Apple
Fear is a good servant, but a terrible master. And fear now clearly rules Cupertino — the fear of cannibalization. Apple is already receiving a master …
It’s not just smartphones: Samsung sued for alleged ‘cynical rip-off’ of vacuum cleaner design
When a new Samsung product launches, can a patent-related lawsuit be far behind? BBC News reports that British manufacturer Dyson has filed a patent lawsuit …
HTC still has no plans to oust CEO, despite struggles
HTC has publicly denied a new round of rumors suggesting that the company is planning to oust chief executive Peter Chou as it continues to …
New round of layoffs hits BlackBerry as takeover rumors heat up
Following a fresh round of rumors that Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Holdings has put together billions of dollars in backing as it prepares a takeover bid …
Microsoft may have grown too big to succeed
The biggest challenge for Microsoft over the next year will be finding a CEO capable of running a massive, sprawling company that has often been …
Apple looking to add 300 more people to its marketing machine
As Apple prepares to unleash its latest round of iPhone devices, it appears that the company is also in need of some new creative talent. …
Apple’s share price may skid after Tuesday
Before 2012, Apple’s share price fared notably well after the summer or early autumn iPhone announcements. Predictably, this led to investors bidding up the share …
Yes, ads are coming to Instagram
Are you ready for your Instagram feed to be just as clogged with ads as your Facebook page? If not, then too bad: The Wall …
Samsung seen losing top spot in world’s biggest smartphone market
Samsung shot to the top of the market in China and it is currently the No.1 smartphone vendor there by a wide margin in terms …
Study shows some video games may actually be good for your brain
There are a lot of valid reasons to not play too many video games, but the idea that they’ll rot your brain may no longer …
The pros and cons of making Stephen Elop Microsoft’s next CEO
Microsoft insiders may deny that former Nokia boss Stephen Elop is on the fast track to become the company’s next CEO, but there’s no doubt …
Former top exec calls Nokia’s phone business ‘a complete failure’
Under CEO Stephen Elop, Nokia underwent some serious changes that saw Symbian and MeeGo scrapped in favor of Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. The company has since …
Buying BlackBerry: Which company is the best fit?
BlackBerry is on the market and the company reportedly wants to get a deal done by November. But just who would want to buy the …
Apple hit with injunction after being found guilty in eBook antitrust case
A federal judge on Friday hit Apple with a permanent injunction for conspiring with book publishers to fix eBook prices. Reuters reports that the injunction is …
HTC offloads Saffron for less than it paid in scramble for cash
In early 2011, HTC announced that it had acquired U.K.-based digital content company Saffron Digital for $48.5 million. The buy would bolster its media content …
Huawei has no interest in buying BlackBerry
There may be a savior company out there that will bail out BlackBerry but it apparently won’t be Huawei. In an interview with Reuters, Huawei board …
Microsoft beats Motorola in $14 million patent verdict
Google’s plan for using Motorola patents as a protection against Android-related lawsuits is looking more and more like a bust. Reuters reports that a jury …
China Mobile said to have ‘all the power’ in iPhone negotiations
It looks as though Apple will get to sell its iPhones on the world’s largest carrier, but at what cost? Bloomberg reports that Apple seems …
Here’s why Nokia isn’t selling its patents to Microsoft
When Microsoft acquired Nokia this Tuesday, Nokia remained the owner of its own patents. $2.2 billion of the $7.2 billion deal was spent on licensing …
HTC’s infernal autumn
This week brought two calamitous developments for HTC, the hottest Android phone brand of 2011. The August revenue decline was a stunning -45% year-over-year. The …
Labor violations reported in U.S.-owned iPhone factory
In an unfortunate case of déjà vu, an iPhone production facility in China has been caught committing multiple legal and ethical violations ahead of the …
‘Six strikes’ Copyright Alert System has done absolutely nothing to stop piracy
After a great deal of controversy and several extensive delays, the anti-piracy Copyright Alert System was finally implemented this February for five of leading Internet …
Microsoft insiders tamp down notion that Elop is on fast track for CEO job
With Stephen Elop returning to Microsoft after the company agreed to pay $7.2 billion to buy Nokia’s handset division this week, there has been some …
Sony aims to conquer the chip supply market for smartwatches, driverless cars
Sony has a plan for the inevitable saturation of the smartphone market. CMOS image sensors, which capture light and convert it into electronic signals, can …
Samsung plans strategy conference after Galaxy S4 sales stumble
The second quarter of 2013 has not gone as smoothly as Samsung had hoped. According to Reuters, the South Korean electronics conglomerate plans to hold …
WSJ: BlackBerry hopes to finish off sale by November
BlackBerry really needs to figure out what it’s doing with itself quickly and now The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the company could be …
Microsoft’s Nokia buy may signal the end of Windows Phone as we know it
As we recently observed, it’s not clear whether Microsoft’s longtime software licensing business model can will work in the mobile world, especially when Google is letting …
Arrested HTC exec doesn’t remember how $260,000 cash pile wound up in his car
There are a lot of words to describe someone who leaves $260,000 in allegedly ill-gotten cash stashed in their car, but “quietly brilliant” aren’t some …
