Hardware 
Microsoft, Apple, and Google: where does the money come from? – ZDNet
Microsoft’s a software company. Apple’s a hardware company. What business is Google in? If you said search, guess again. Three companies are at the forefront of modern personal computing: Microsoft, Apple, and Google. After reading through …
Apple Consultant Refutes Claims From Worker Treatment Story – Toms Hardware
Could the Apple and Foxconn tale have another side to it? Last week the New York Times ran a story that shone a spotlight on Apple and Foxconn’s use of labor in the production of the latest mobile devices. It … Continue reading
Permanent Injunction: Apple Removes iPhones, iPads from German Online Store – Bright Side of News*
Due to Court in Manheim siding with Motorola on FRAND-pledged patents, starting today, Apple Deutschland GmbH was forced to remove all infringing devices from its online store. The patents cover all devices which used Infineon/Intel baseband …
Petition Targeting Apple’s Factory Conditions Reaches 163K+ – Toms Hardware
There’s a petition asking Apple to release a worker protection strategy for new product releases. Seemingly since the release of its 2012 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report, Apple has come under fire for the working conditions in manufacturing partner …
INTERVIEW-Intel CFO faces fewer worried investors – Reuters UK
Smith said Intel would eventually look to sell its chips for phones running competing platforms. “When you look at the phone market, there’s the Apple camp, the Google camp, the Microsoft camp. We will work hard to win designs across … Continue reading
Apple iTV release to ‘revolutionise’ TV scene says analyst – T3.com
Although Apple has offered no indication as to the validity of such claims it is widely believed that the Apple iTV hardware and accompanying software platform will land before the end of the year. Late last year analyst Gene Munster … Continue reading
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Reportedly Will Share Code – NewsFactor Network
Greengart pointed out that Microsoft is “coming from behind on phones,” so integration among various Microsoft platform devices cannot yet be directly compared to, say, the OS integration between Android and Apple phones … both ARM and Intel processors.
Apple to Hold “Strange” February Event, Blogger Says – Softpedia
It’s anybody’s guess what this “strange” event might be all about. Apple just had one focused on education and the company didn’t unveil any new hardware. If we can call this type of event “strange”, then this alleged February event … Continue reading
Germany rejects Apple’s sales ban bid – Economic Times
SEOUL: South Korea’s Samsung Electronics said Thursday a German court rejected Apple’s bid to ban sales of its tablet computers and new smartphones, the latest chapter in a global legal battle between the rivals. Samsung said Munich Regional Court on … Continue reading
Judge complains of too many patents in Apple case against Motorola – Apple Insider
HP’s open source webOS or Intel and Samsung’s Bada/Tizen. In a series of Macintosh “look and feel” lawsuits brought by Apple in the late 80s targeting Microsoft Windows, HP’s NewWave, DRI’s GEM/1 and other products, Apple effectively suppressed the …
