Lease program would offer users new phone every year
Wish you could have the latest hot smartphone even with a year left on your contract? TMNG Global has devised a leasing program that could let you upgrade your phone every year.
Stories by Nancy Gohring
OpenStack removes Hyper-V support in next release
Despite Microsoft's stated commitment to Hyper-V in OpenStack, buggy code designed to support the hypervisor will be removed from the next version of the stack, developers decided on Wednesday.
Microsoft opens door to Kinect for Windows apps
As promised, Microsoft has shipped version 1.0 of the Kinect for Windows SDK and runtime and said partners have started selling the Kinect hardware.
Kindle sales soar but Amazon mum on actual numbers
Amazon said flooding in Thailand and economic problems in Europe weighed on its financial results for the fourth quarter but it also said it was pleased with the results, which disappointed investors.
Microsoft 'committed' to Hyper-V OpenStack support
Microsoft may try to revive support for Hyper-V in OpenStack as the community considers removing the code -- which one OpenStack developer called broken and unmaintained -- from the stack.
Adscend denies Facebook, AG allegations
Adscend Media, the defendant in lawsuits filed this week by Facebook and the Washington attorney general, on Friday denied the allegations in the complaints and shifted blame to its affiliates.
Rubinstein leaves HP
Jon Rubinstein, known for his role developing the original iPod for Apple and for running Palm, has left Hewlett-Packard, where he's worked since the company's acquisition of Palm.
Acquisition investigations drag on, losses mount at Motorola
Losses grew at Motorola in the fourth quarter as regulatory investigations into its proposed acquisition by Google drag on, legal battles pile up and competition grows.
Facebook, Washington state sue alleged ad scammer
Washington's attorney general announced two new lawsuits against Adscend Media, a company that allegedly has been earning US$20 million a year using a Facebook scam.
HP plans September open-source release for webOS
HP announced on Wednesday that it plans to release the code behind webOS in September under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
Motorola files new suit against Apple
Motorola has filed a new lawsuit in Florida charging Apple with infringing six patents in the iPhone 4S and four of those patents in iCloud.
Oracle to take third stab at damages estimate in Google case
Oracle agreed on Tuesday to bear the costs of a third attempt at estimating damages in its lawsuit against Google, rather than postpone the damages claims.
Google kills more services
Google is continuing to weed out its services and on Friday announced it will shut down Picnik, Google Message Continuity and Needlebase and make changes to some other services.
Beware the fake Megaupload sites
The people behind Megaupload might be working hard to get the site back up, but so are scammers.
NinjaVideo.net founder gets 14 months
A Virginia judge sentenced Matthew David Howard Smith, a founder of the NinjaVideo.net website, to 14 months in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.