Zynga just filed its legal response to Electronic Arts’ lawsuit. The response has three parts: A motion to strike portions of EA’s suit, an “answer and demand for jury trial” on other portions of the suit, and a counterclaim from Zynga. I’ll update this post with summaries and full copies of Zynga’s response. Here’s...
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Email More Here’s an awesome chart from Horace Dediu of Asymco that shows the collapse of Microsoft and Intel’s monopoly in personal computing. It’s been making the rounds today. As you can see, Android and Apple have successfully eaten into Wintel’s marketshare. That’s not to say Microsoft is going to collapse. It has a...
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Microsoft took a step toward creating – and owning – the Star Trek holodeck this week via a patent application that introduces the concept of a “peripheral display” that can project game scenes onto the walls, ceiling and floors of a room. The idea, according to patent application number 20120223885, is to improve the...
Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. He is best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft. Scoble joined Microsoft in 2003, and although he often promoted Microsoft products like Tablet PCs and Windows Vista, he also frequently criticized...
Earlier this week solar startup GreenVolts told me that it had lost a major investment from power company ABB and as a result laid off more than 60 of its 80 employees, and is now looking for a buyer. Greentech Media first reported the troubles from the startup. You’re probably wondering, so what happened?...
According to FOSS Patents, Administrative Law Judge James E. Gildea has issued a preliminary ruling regarding Samsung’s ITC complaint against Apple. Judge Gildea reportedly stated that none of the four patents in question had been infringed upon by Apple, and that these patents were not applicable as “no domestic industry exists” for them. Here are the US patents...
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Apple’s newest iPhone finally brings 4G LTE to the device, a long awaited transition, but customers of Sprint and Verizon find themselves in a familiar situation. The iPhone 5 on both carriers will not allow simultaneous voice calls and data transmission, a feature ATT...
Google today announced it is discontinuing support for Internet Explorer 8 in Google Apps, including its Business, Education, and Government editions. The kill date is November 15, 2012. After that, IE8 users accessing Google Apps will see a message recommending that they upgrade their browser. Why that date you may be asking? Well, Internet...