San Francisco (ip-192.com): While Skype is preparing an IPO; Cisco may be interested in buying the company that allows cheap VoIP phone calls before it goes public. The company, founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, is looking to raise about $5 billion through the initial public offering. Skype allows its 560 million [...]
Redwood Shores (ip-192.com): In a lawsuit filed against Google, Oracle claims that the Android operating system infringes Oracles patents and copyrights related to Java. The Java platform provides a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform environment. Java was acquired in 2009 by Oracle as part of the $5.6 billion Sun [...]
London (ip-192.com): Sony Ericsson has released its new flagship Google Android based phone, the Xperia X10. The smartphone features a 4-inch, 480 by 854 pixel touch screen, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, and an 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. The device comes with a 2 GB memory card with, expandable up to 32 [...]
Waterloo (ip-192.com): In its battle against Apple's iPhone and smartphones based on Google's Android platform, Research in Motion (RIM) is to release its next generation device. The BlackBerry 9800 is rumored to feature a touchscreen and a slide-out keyboard. This indicates that the new smartphone will be powered by RIM's OS 6.0 that will offer [...]
Menlo Park (ip-192.com): Google has discontinued the sale of the Nexus One smartphone in the US. After disappointing online sales Google indicated earlier in the week that it plans to end its direct sales pitch for good. Visitors to the Nexus One website are now greeted with the message "Sorry, folks... The Nexus One is [...]
Seattle (ip-192.com): Digital books are taking off: Amazon.com says that it is selling 80 percent downloaded books than hardcovers, based on sales in the last month. This includes books sold for the Kindle electronic reader and competing formats. Amazon says that it has sold over 500,000 books from 5 authors: James B. Patterson, Stieg Larsson, [...]
