Judge attacks Oracle’s ‘stratospheric’ damages claim against Google, postpones trial

Everything we’ve heard about Judge William Alsup tells us he’s a guy you don’t mess with — and yet Oracle seems bent on doing precisely that. When the company initially demanded $6.1 billion from Google in recompense for alleged violations of its Java patents, Alsup laughed that figure out of court

RedPad brings Chinese patriotism to Android, costs each comrade just $1,590

Well, it was only a matter of time. Hongpaiyihao (literally meaning "red group number one"), a Beijing-based new media company, has launched a 9.7-inch Tegra 2 tablet that’s "tailor-made for government officials" and patriotic consumers. Well, we’re not sure whether the government’s even aware of this

Troubling Google Contractor Allegedly Caught Vandalizing Open Street Map

The official blog of Open Street Map reports tonight that someone at a range of Google IP addresses in India has been editing the collaboratively made map of the world in some very unhelpful ways, like moving and deleting information and reversing the direction of one-way streets on the map.

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Hulu announces first original scripted show ‘Battleground’, plus more proprietary programming

2011 treated Hulu pretty well it seems, and it’s clearly hoping new original content will make for an even better 2012. For starters, the service will be parading its first original scripted series, political drama Battleground, while fans of Morgan Spurlock’s Hulu-only A day in the life will be pleased

Nuevos materiales, 3D y estructuras ultrafinas para la nueva generación de chips

A pocos meses de la llegada del ‘Ivy Bridge’ Tri-Gate de Intel, investigadores de Harvard y Purdue presentan un dispositivo basado en transistores que conjugan una estructura en 3D y materiales semiconductores alternativos al silicio.

Partner, Investor: Japan’s Top Social Network Mixi Backs Video Startup ShortForm

Back in March of last year, we wrote about how video curation seemed to be growing up, or at least taking some strides forward. Its progress being evidenced in part by a young startup called ShortForm, a social network for video jockeys. Or, better said, ShortForm is attempting to let all those video

Dell Streak 7 granted new lease on life with extremely experimental ICS port

Dell may have cut the Streak 7 off with an eye towards a new mobile future, but the community of unofficial devs aren’t ready to let it ride off into the sunset just yet. DJ_Steve and Giveen have posted a beta build of Ice Cream Sandwich at the TabletRoms forums that uses some elements borrowed from

Apple takes its recycling programme across to the UK, might pay for your old stuff

It looks like Apple loves recycling so very much, it’s taking it across the Atlantic. The UK will also get to some cash for their technological old rope, with the Reuse and Recycling programme arriving to take that pesky dated tech off your hands — and remunerate you for the effort. The news arrives

KDDI gets WiMax Galaxy S II, isn’t your grandfather’s Epic 4G Touch

Can’t keep track of all the different variants of Samsung’s Galaxy S II? Tough, because here comes Sammy with another one. Japan’s KDDI will soon have a GSII to call its own, boasting the all too memorable model number of ISW11SC — or rather a Galaxy S II rocking WiMax. That’s different than Sprint’s

Want To Build A Startup? Entrepreneurs & App Developers Are Going B2B

You may have heard someone say, or said yourself: "I want to build a business, what should I focus on?" Obviously, the possible answers are nearly infinite. Steve Poland wrote a great post in December that addresses this question directly. I would agree with Steve’s main piece of advice for founders