Yankee Group and Skyhook Wireless issue report that faults Google for failing to do enough to prevent unauthorized app copying.

Android developers make less money from paid apps than iOS developers, a disparity that appears to be attributable to software piracy. ...

Nvidia has been outlining a future that sees a Qualcomm/Nvidia duopoly providing processors for every computing platform, which will share apps as well as chips.
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Apparently there were a couple of videos shot to promote Bittorrent way, way back in the dark ages of 2007. They followed the Get a Mac ad format and were reasonably entertaining: they made fun of iTunes’ slow download speeds and lower definition movies, etc. The first video in the series was sort of a fail – it was amusing enough, but if you are promoting a product that is quite often used for illegal purposes then you are probably better off not associating it with violent criminality (you will see what I mean). The other videos were kind of cute though.
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Microsoft today offers a peek at what we can expect from Explorer when Windows 8 is released, and ...

Brace yourselves, webOS fans.


In the hours leading up to their Q3 conference call later today, HP has just confirmed that they will be discontinuing operations surrounding the TouchPad and all webOS phones.
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When the first Android phone shipped in 2008, Andy Rubin received a multimillion dollar check from his bosses at Google.

He turned around and gave some of the money away to the 100 or so employees on the Android team.
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