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Samsung's chairman has asked top management to strengthen its software capabilities as Samsung finds itself embroiled in an intensifying patent battle with Apple after Google announced its acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.

Apple again plans to blow your socks off with the hi-res retina display of its next gen iPad 3, if what the Wall Street Journal reports comes to pass.

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC will stick with Google's mobile software despite the software giant's planned acquisition of rival Motorola and will continue to pursue acquisitions.

Skype WiFi is a new app for iPhone and iPad that lets you pay for internet access by the minute rather than by the hour or day.

In a dramatic reshuffling, Hewlett-Packard Co. said it will end its tablet computer and smartphone products and may sell or spin off its PC division, bowing out of the consumer businesses.

Smartphone pioneer Research in Motion and its BlackBerry line have faced a variety of troubles this summer, yet BlackBerry's Buzz score in the US has been increasing over the past month, reflecting continued positive consumer perception. BlackBerry made its name with phones and email devices, now ubiquitous in the business community, yet it lost out ...

A German court said it partly lifted the preliminary injunction banning Samsung Electronics from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in most of the EU.

Google Inc. is buying cell phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion in cash. It's by far Google's biggest acquisition and a sign the online search leader is serious about expanding beyond its core Internet business and setting the agenda in the fast-growing mobile market.

Sprint Nextel abandoned plans to sell a 4G version of the BlackBerry's PlayBook, meaning the 4G tablet currently isn't supported by any of the three largest U.S. wireless carriers.

Investors seem to think you want an iPad more than oil, as Apple Inc. became the most valuable company in the United States, surpassing Exxon Mobil Corp. on Wednesday.