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• ARM intros eight-core graphics chip for next-gen superphones

  The Mali-T658 graphics processor announced by ARM on Wednesday can be equipped with up to eight cores to help it deliver ten times the graphics performance of the company's existing GPU.

• HP, Dell overtake Nokia in updated Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics

  While some consumer electronics manufacturers have cleaned up their act, making more energy-efficient gadgets with fewer toxic materials, others are continuing to make fine promises but no changes, according to Greenpeace. In response, the environmental pressure group is changing the way it scores companies in its <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/rankingguide">Guide to Greener Electronics</a>, placing more emphasis on their actions than their words, and measuring new aspects of their operations.

• LG signs deal with Intellectual Ventures

  LG has joined companies including Samsung, HTC and Research In Motion in deciding to sign a deal with patent licensing company Intellectual Ventures.

• New Android seen easing OS fragmentation

  Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Android, is likely to ease the fragmentation of the operating system, some device executives said on Thursday.

• Telefonica, Verizon soon to offer virtualized Android phones

  Telefonica and Verizon in a few months will become the first operators to offer Android phones running VMware's mobile hypervisor, the companies announced Wednesday at the VMworld 2011 Europe conference in Copenhagen.

• New Windows Phone 7 handset has Apple elegance

  For those who believe Apple corners the market in elegance for technology products, take a look at a new handset released in Europe yesterday by LG Electronics -- and running Microsoft software.

• Hitachi-LG Data Storage to plead guilty on price-fixing

  Hitachi-LG Data Storage has agreed to plead guilty in connection with rigging bids and fixing prices for sales of optical disc drives and will pay a US$21.1 million fine, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday.

• Multiplayer gaming goes full screen with LG TV

  Hoping to boost sales of its 3D televisions among gamers, LG showed off technology that lets traditional split screen multiplayer games be played full screen.

• Samsung backs VMware mobile hypervisor

  Samsung plans to make phones running VMware's mobile hypervisor technology and enterprises may be able to better manage those phones with new software from VMware, the virtualization company is announcing on Tuesday.

• Gartner: Smartphones boom, overall mobile sales drop

  Mobile phone sales floundered during the second quarter, in the wake of the earthquake in Japan. But smartphone sales continued to grow, as Android extended its lead in the operating system race, according to market research company Gartner.

• LG's new laptop offers clear screen views from wide angles

  LG Electronics has introduced a laptop with a screen that it says allows multiple people to watch from wide angles without any loss in image quality.

• Lawsuit aimed at Apple's Mac OS may be Android battle by proxy, says expert

  A patent lawsuit aimed at Apple could be the latest shot in the ongoing battle between that company and Google's Android mobile operating system, a patent expert said today.

• Apple and Samsung overtake Nokia in smartphone sales in Q2

  Apple and Samsung both sold more smartphones than Nokia in the second quarter, although Nokia still sold most phones overall, market researcher Strategy Analytics said Friday.

• Gartner: Android and Apple win big globally in Q1

  Android became the most popular smartphone operating system worldwide in the first quarter of 2011, while Apple saw its share of the market grow, according to a report Gartner issued Thursday on sales of mobile phones to end users.

• LG looks for mobile expansion with ARM licenses

  LG Electronics on Tuesday announced it had signed a license for ARM's upcoming application and graphics processors, opening a path for the device maker to design a new chip and expand in the market of smartphones and tablets.