Microsoft’s previous shuffling of logistics center workers out of country to the Netherlands because of the ongoing patent lawsuit with Motorola got a little more concrete today. The court overseeing the patent battle has ruled in Motorola’s favor, saying that Microsoft infringes on Motorola’s IP, specifically one patent relating to the h.264 codec. While Motorola can’t begin enforcing the ruling yet due to their own anti-trust investigation(s), it...
The name Alienware invokes a lot of feelings. For some, it is a feeling of disgust as they feel that Alienware is nothing more than a company that grossly overprices their hardware. On the other end of the spectrum there are those that worship the gaming PC builder for their well designed hardware and impressive performance numbers. Regardless of where you lie, we think you’ll find the upcoming M18X R2 a laptop worthy of calling your own. For starters, this desktop...
What Microsoft and Nokia needed with the Lumia 900 was a grand slam. Instead it looks like they’ve got a 3-base run. And now a foul on top of it. The data connection problems (specifically to AT&T’s LTE network) that we’ve been hearing across the web over the last few days are in fact now a real problem. Nokia confirmed to The Verge that the Lumia 900 issue is real. The upside is that it is strictly a software issue. Nokia says new hardware with the...
We don’t highlight software, and even more rare, good looking software all too often here at GS. But today we found a small app for Windows and a widget for OSX that are downright gorgeous. Hop on past the break for the full rundown. Pokki — Gmail If you haven’t heard of pokki is an app for Windows that allows you to install HTML 5 “apps” straight to your task bar. The apps in question aren’t just re-badged web pages, however, as the...
Calling all Windows Phone 7 Developers: Check your inboxes. According to the Windows Phone Developer Blog, invites are starting to trickle out today thanks to a new “early access program” inviting the talented code weavers of the WP7 would to get their hands on an early copy of Mango before it launches later this year. For now, the full global distribution of developer-only builds and test software hasn’t been completely figured out by the WP7 team,...
