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Federal judge orders Apple to pay $363K daily to patent-holding firm VirnetX

Upholds $368M jury verdict of last year, orders parties to negotiate licensing deal

Feb 27, 2013 3 mins

Apple Government Legal

Sony releases Firefox OS software for developers

But the company still hasn't decided if it will do a commercial phone or not

Feb 27, 2013 2 mins

Cellular Networks Mobile World Congress Small and Medium Business

Intel takes on ARM in low-cost Android tablet market

Asus' Fonepad tablet priced at $249 is first low-cost Android tablet with x86 chip, and Intel says there are more tablets coming

Feb 27, 2013 4 mins

ARM Cellular Networks Mobile World Congress

Who owns that Twitter account?

Social networking accounts used for both personal and work purposes raise all sorts of legal questions

Feb 27, 2013 6 mins

Collaboration Software Facebook Small and Medium Business

Firefox OS should make Microsoft sharpen Windows Phone 8 sales plan

Newcomers like Firefox OS, and big competitors like Android, iPhone push Microsoft to refine Windows Phone marketing plan

Feb 27, 2013 3 mins

Cellular Networks Mobile Device Management Small and Medium Business

Nokia Siemens to tackle overload with base-station smarts

Nokia Siemens Networks has developed software that can shift users among cells to prevent spot slowdowns

Feb 27, 2013 4 mins

Mobile Device Management Mobile World Congress Small and Medium Business

LinkedIn open sources its database change capture system

LinkedIn has just open sourced its Databus real-time database change capture system and Backblaze has release version 3.0 of its open source low-cost, high-density storage solution and Gibbs is excited!

Feb 27, 2013 7 mins

Collaboration Software Enterprise Storage Small and Medium Business

ARM still drives design for smartphones — 1 billion in 2013

Small company with big ideas sees explosion in sales of entry-level smartphones this year

Feb 27, 2013 3 mins

Cellular Networks Mobile Device Management Small and Medium Business

Engineers deconstruct smartphones to find new uses

Dismantling smartphones and reusing the components is easier and cheaper than designing new devices from scratch

Feb 27, 2013 3 mins

Data Center Mobile World Congress

Google flaw exposes weakness in two-factor authentication

Google tightened its two-factor security, but Duo Security recommends it restrict more privileges of individual application-specific passwords

Feb 27, 2013 3 mins

Access Control Malware Small and Medium Business