NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sony Corp has filed a patent infringement complaint seeking to block LG Electronics Inc from shipping smartphones such as its Rumor 2 model to the United States. In a filing late Wednesday with the U.S. International Trade Commission, Sony said LG violated U.S. trade rules by importing mobile phones and modems [...]

TOKYO (AFP) – Sony’s long-rumoured PlayStation Portable smartphone is set to be launched in North America and Europe as early as the spring, according to a Japanese newspaper report Wednesday. The device would likely be based on Sony’s handheld PSP Go game console, would be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and run Google’s Android [...]

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen relaunched a wide-ranging patent lawsuit against Apple Inc, Google Inc, Facebook and others with specific allegations that the companies are illegally using technology owned by his firm. Interval Licensing LLC, a small research company set up by Allen in 1992, originally filed a broad patent suit in [...]

ASUS has announced the release of the U36 model notebook, the world’s thinnest notebook with a standard-voltage Intel processor. ASUS has developed a unique thermal design reducing notebook thickness to a mere 19mm while still packing a powerful Intel Core i3 or Core i5 processor. Together with ASUS’ Super Hybrid Engine technology and an NVIDIA [...]

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