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Byte: On Thursday, Samsung unveiled the updated version of its flagship Galaxy smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy S III features a 4.8″ display (bigger than the iPhone) with better resolution than previous models. It also includes a quad-core 1.4 GHz Exynos processor, a big improvement over the dual-core processor in the current Galaxy phones. Key new […]

The Washington Post: In his company bio and filings with the SEC, Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson claims to have degrees in both computer science and accounting. The problem is, he never actually got the degree in computer science. Yahoo investor Dan Loeb, whose company owns 5.8 percent of Yahoo shares, wrote a letter to the […]

Computerworld: Yahoo has already sued Facebook for infringing on 12 of its patents, and now Facebook has revealed that it received a letter from Yahoo warning that it may file lawsuits related to 16 more patents. More specifically, Yahoo alleges that open source software used by Facebook may violate Yahoo’s patent rights. Facebook countersued in […]

SearchSecurity: Security researchers have discovered what they say is the first ever drive-by attack aimed at the Android platform. Android users who visit hacked sites are finding that their devices are automatically downloading a piece of malware known as “NotCompatible.” However, before the installation can be completed, users must click to confirm that they want […]

DigiTimes: Research firm Canalys says that for the first time ever, manufacturers shipped more smartphones to China than to the U.S. during the first quarter of 2012. The U.S. accounted for 16 percent of global shipments, which China had 22 percent. U.S. smartphone shipments rose just 5 percent during the period. By contrast, Asia-Pacific shipments […]

The Seattle Times: The German judge overseeing the Motorola v. Microsoft patent infringement trial has issued an injunction ordering a sales ban on Windows 7, Xbox 360, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player 12. However, Motorola won’t be able to enforce that injunction because a Seattle court previously granted Microsoft’s request to bar a possible […]

ZDNet: A new group of hackers calling itself “The Unknowns” claims to have successfully attacked websites belonging to ten high-profile organizations, including NASA, the U.S. Air Force and Harvard. It also posted administrator passwords for the sites and leaked data from some of the organizations. The group posted a message saying, “Victims, we have released […]

Reuters: It now looks extremely likely that the Oracle and HP disagreement over the Itanium platform will go to trial. After a hearing Wednesday, Oracle attorney Dan Wall said a settlement between the two “isn’t going to happen.” HP wants Oracle to pay $4 billion in damages caused by Oracle’s decision to stop supporting Intel’s […]

Reuters: On February 28, Dell launched the XPS 13, an ultrabook designed to compete against the MacBook Air. Although the company says it was “aggressive” in its sales forecast for the new product, sales have “exceeded our expectations.” However, the PC vendor did not release any hard numbers to back up its claims. Prices for […]

Computerworld: According to Net Applications, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer remained the world’s most popular browser in April with over 50 percent of the market. For three of the last four months, IE has gained market share, reversing its previous trend of declines. Last month, it climbed 0.3 percent to reach a total share of 54.1 percent, […]

Cnet: Yet another mobile phone manufacturer has filed some patent lawsuits. This time it’s Nokia filing an ITC complaint against HTC as well as filing lawsuits in the U.S. and Germany against HTC, RIM and ViewSonic. At issue are 45 different patents covering a range of technologies. “Nokia proprietary innovations protected by these patents are […]

ZDNet: Four years ago, security researcher Joxean Koret notified Oracle about a security vulnerability in its database software. Koret thought that Oracle patched the problem in its latest security release, so he published the details about the vulnerability that he had found and encouraged users to apply the patch. The only problem–Oracle hadn’t actually fixed […]