[Technology] Microsoft testing its own smartphone, sources say

Microsoft testing its own smartphone, sources say
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/headlines/20121101-windows-8-brings-desktop-and-tablet-worlds-together.ece
According to sources “familiar with the situation,” Microsoft is working with component suppliers in Asia to test its own smartphone design.

The apology that Apple should write immdediately
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/apple-must-reissue-apology-to-samsung-20121102-28nsr.html
The apology that Apple should write immdediately. British judges are insisting that Apple posts an "accurate" apology -- explaining that Samsung didn't copy the iPad-- within the next 48 hours.

Tokyo University of Technology's Pinch interface creates ad hoc video walls from ...
http://www.techhive.com/article/2013401/this-tech-lets-you-combine-your-smartphones-into-one-big-screen-with-a-pinch.html
Tokyo University of Technology's Pinch interface creates impromptu video walls from mobile devices video. Most video walls would be just a tad too large for the average living room, but the Tokyo University of Technology might have a clever technique to ...

No internal design changes found in 4th-gen iPad teardown
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/apple-ipad-mini-makes-low-key-debut-in-asia/articleshow/17058186.cms
No internal design changes found in 4th-gen iPad teardown. By AppleInsider Staff. A teardown of the fourth-generation iPad, which some have taken to calling the iPad 4, reveals that besides the addition of Apple's Lightning connector, the tablet's internal ...

Apple tells court it would pay no more than $1 per iPhone to license Motorola ...
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/microsoft-vs-google-trial-raises-concern-about-courtroom-secrecy-287557
Apple tells court it would pay no more than $1 per iPhone to license Motorola patents. By Katie Marsal. Apple has indicated to a Wisconsin court that it is willing to pay Google-owned Motorola Mobility to license standard-essential wireless patents, but it will ...

Facebook tests free wifi hotspots in exchange for check-ins
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/130530/
Facebook is testing a new WiFi hotspot service for local businesses that lets users surf the net for free if they do a Facebook check-in.

Android gobbles up more share of smartphone market
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/android-now-accounts-for-3-in-4-smartphones-shipped-worldwide-287597
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Android mobile operating system from Google Inc. (US:goog) accounted for about three-fourths of all smartphone sales in the third quarter, according to data from IDC issued Thursday afternoon.

RIM has 50 carriers testing BlackBerry 10, but Q1 timing tricky
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/pentagon-to-end-exclusive-deal-with-blackberry-maker-research-in-motion/articleshow/17059005.cms
The catch is it's unclear when in RIM's first quarter BlackBerry 10 will launch. An early launch would be best, but analysts are betting that RIM will come in toward the end of the first quarter of 2013.

Samsung: Profit Will Fall in Fourth Quarter
http://www.thehindu.com/business/galaxy-note-ii-sales-cross-3-m-mark/article4057855.ece
By EVAN RAMSTAD. SEOULâ€"Executives at Samsung Electronics Co. said the company's fourth-quarter profit will likely fall from the third quarter's record level amid greater competition in smartphones during the year's peak sales season, but they gave no ...

Apple Shake-Up Signals Tim Cook Era
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204840504578089102411834238.html
Now the Tim Cook era at Apple Inc. really begins. In a shake-up weeks in the making, Apple's chief executive this week made a series of moves designed to restore peace to a management team roiled by the death last year of company co-founder Steve Jobs, ...

AMD Launches New FX Desktop Chips, Plans 64-Bit ARM Servers
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/node/167787
Amidst all of the Hurricane Sandy craziness, AMD announced that it plans to create 64-bit ARM server products, aiming at production in 2014.