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Google quietly ices contractorsOpen in New Window
Keeps hush-hush SEC filing off the interwebsInternet giant Google quietly got rid of an unspecified number of contract workers late last year.… read more »
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Patent Office presses rewind on broad digital music patentOpen in New Window
The EFF goes six for six with its Patent Busting Process as the USPTO agrees to reexamine yet another broad tech patent.Read More... read more »
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Google Cell Phone Raises HTC Revenues 22%Open in New Window
Thanks to hits like the T-Mobile G1 and its "Touch" line, High Tech Computers reports $1.4 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter. read more »
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Google China and Baidu apologize for porn linksOpen in New Window
Shamed by government crackdownThree of China's most popular search engines have apologized for being slow to remove links to pornographic material, following the government's pledge on Monday to crac read more »
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Android netbook port leaves some pondering Google OSOpen in New Window
"Will Google aim its OS sights at the PC market? A recent port of Android to a common netbook suggests that Google Linux could become a reality." read more »
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Oprah and her book club latest target of patent trollsOpen in New Window
A patent holding company has wound up with a patent that appears to cover the transmission of books via the Internet, and (after settling with Google) now has Oprah Winfrey's book club in its sights. read more »
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Google Chocolate Factory now building routers?Open in New Window
Why not? They're building everything elseAs part of an ongoing effort to cover the Earth with its very own built-from-scratch internet, Google is now redesigning the router. Or so it seems.… read more »
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EFF wins request for reexamination of ringtone patentOpen in New Window
Synthesized controversyThe US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to reexamine a controversial patent that covers the distribution of certain types read more »
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