Looks like Motorola’s about to fight a legal battle on two fronts — Apple on one hand, and Microsoft on the other. Microsoft fired the first shot last month with a nine-patent ITC complaint  and a second salvo alleging that Motorola was charging unfair licensing fees for 802.11 WiFi and...

Last week, we told you the N8 was coming  to Rogers Wireless and this week, it is here. The Canadian wireless carrier has officially announced that the Nokia N8 is available to the masses. The device, which boasts a 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss lens, can be purchased for $79.99 with a three-year...

The proverbial cat was out of the bag a very, very long time ago, but today — just hours before its planned media event — Samsung announced the Continuum Galaxy S handset. The new, dual-screen, Android 2.1 handset will be available from U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless on November 11th, and, if all...

Microsoft has issued a statement describing Steve Ballmer’s plans to sell up to 75 million shares in order “to gain financial diversification and to assist in tax planning”. A sale this large is bound to ring alarm bells with shareholders, however Ballmer has cleared the air of any brewing conspiracy...

Those who own Android 2.2-powered smartphones, here’s news for you – Google has just made available their Google Instant software  which offers query-while-you-type search technology. Basically, all you need to do is head on over to Google in your favorite mobile browser, press the “Turn...

Virgin Mobile Canada will not be left out of the smartphone party this November. According to our tipster, Virgin Mobile will be launching the upcoming BlackBerry 9780 on November 9th, and the Samsung Galaxy S on November 15th. Pricing information wasn’t provided to us but we doubt it will vary much...

Following a very, very rocky start for Google’s latest social networking effort, Google Buzz, the Internet giant has settled a class action lawsuit related to the service. When Buzz launched earlier this year, Google found itself at the center of a media frenzy. The company decided it would forgo an...

We’ve been speculating over the details of the upcoming Motorola Droid 2 Global for some time and now the folks over at Droid-life have managed to score a leaked comparison sheet, pitting the Droid 2 Global against the iPhone 4, HTC Droid Incredible and Samsung Fascinate. From the leaked document,...

Santa Ballmer? Steve Claus? Neither nickname has a great ring to it, but Microsoft’s CEO definitely deserves something similar this holiday season. Network World confirmed Thursday that Microsoft will be handing out free Windows Phone 7 devices to each and every company employee — that’s about...

Fresh news out of Redmond. Software giant Microsoft has just posted earnings for Q1 of their fiscal year 2011, and the vitals all look good as Microsoft raked in $16.2 billion in revenues; a 25% increase from the same period in 2010. The company posted a net income of $5.41 billion which translated into...