Douglas Engelbart, a Silicon Valley engineer who invented the computer mouse and is credited with many of the concepts that underpin modern computing and the Internet, died on Tuesday at his home in Atherton, California.
Experts support Google in Oracle’s lawsuit over Java APIs
More than 30 computer scientists signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle’s effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and make technology more expensive.
Coffee with Apple’s Tim Cook stands at $600,000 with 2 weeks left to bid
With more than two weeks still to go, the current winning bid on Charity Buzz’s auction for coffee with Apple CEO Tim …
HP seeks $4bn from Oracle in Itanium lawsuit
Hewlett-Packard may seek damages of US$4 billion to $4.2 billion from Oracle in its lawsuit over support for Itanium server …
SAP Mobility Design Centre goes global
SAP on Thursday announced that its Mobility Design Centre had gone global, following increasing demand from custom-built mobile apps that …
SAP loses $371m California contract
Following a spate of major delays and cost overruns, the U.S. state of California has terminated a contract with SAP …
Belkin buys Cisco Home Networking unit
It was announced last week that hardware accessories vendor Belkin has agreed to buy Cisco’s Home Networking Business unit, which …
Apple gunning for Samsung with 8 product blocks
Apple asked a U.S. court to block sales of eight Samsung Electronics products on Monday, following the iPhone maker’s victory in a …
Apple and Samsung both hit in Korean patent trial verdict
A South Korea court has adjudged that both Apple and Samsung violated one another’s design patents, and issued fines and …
ITC leads investigation against Amazon, Samsung and others
The U.S. International Trade Commission has said it has instituted an investigation into wireless consumer electronics devices and components thereof …