Google’s patent counsel, Tim Porter, said in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle that the currently in use system of patent registration for software was mainly to blame for the series of lawsuits started by Microsoft and other companies against the Android operating system. As Porter said, the current law allows Microsoft to use its large patent portfolio acquired over several years to obtain revenue from other firms when the success of their products stops and their products are marginalized. Recent research shows Android well ahead the Windows Phone platform

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Chris Whitmore, Deutsche Bank analyst, says that Apple Stores are regularly running out of stock for the iPhone 4S. In a recent poll including 30 locations, most of them were found running out of the iPhone 4S daily. As Whitmore says, 85-90 percent of all shops continue to run out of phones.

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85 to 90 percent of Apple Stores are running out of the new iPhone 4S daily

Japanese business daily publication The Nikkei claims that Hewlett Packard will move its consumer-oriented notebook production destined to the Japanese market from the current Chinese location to its plant situated near Tokyo. According to the company, the goal of this change would be to reduce delivery time and simplify logistics, but also to use a “Made in Japan” tag in marketing campaigns. Hewlett Packard also moved the production of business laptops in Akishima this year in August.

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HP’s home notebook production to be moved from China to Japan

YouTube and Disney said they are cooperating on a co-branded collection of family-friendly videos that they intend to bring available online. Videos will be produced by Disney Interactive for both YouTube and Disney.com. Free online video content made for Disney’s core audiences would be made available in early 2012 on both outlets.

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Disney and YouTube to team for kid-friendly video content

It seems that Apple’s choice for its iPad 3 display technology has narrowed down, according to recent rumors. Having to choose between two solutions, either a two chips, single LED backlight or two completely separate LED lights, the company may have chosen the latter solution, says Digitimes

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Apple to have iPad 3 display with dual-bar LED

Several German lawyers contacted by Florian Mueller of FOSS Patent have insinuated that Apple could get a temporary suspension of the German Motorola injunction. As Mueller said, although there is no guarantee, Apple may get a suspension of the injunction that would give it the occasion to put forward its defense properly

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Apple to get a temporary suspension of the German Motorola injunction

Panasonic with its Lumix update offered a minor surprise when unveiling the first 3D camera it made. The DMC-3D1 is chasing the same market as the Real 3D line of Fujifilm.

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3D-capable 3D1 camera unveiled by Panasonic

Sony Ericsson Nozomi, the first company’s phone with a micro-SIM, has appeared in iAndroid . It is supposed to receive to be called Xperia Arc HD, its name coming from its very sharp 4.3-inch screen with 720-pixel resolution that puts it on par with its rivals like the HTC Rezound. It has a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, probably a Snapdragon, sufficient to obtain a quite fast 1,800-point Quadrant benchmark score.

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Xperia Arc HD of Sony Ericsson with dual-core and 720p screen

Steve Troughton-Smith, mobile application write, and Grant Paul, Cydia developer, created a completely functional implementation of Siri, which works on the fourth-generation iPod touch and on the iPhone 4 as well. Files and a validation token obtained from a jailbroken iPhone 4S are used to trick the voice recognition system and make it work as it would do it on its original platform

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Siri to work fully on iPod touch and iPhone 4

Three important European regulatory bodies have agreed to a plan to create free bandwidth for LTE 4G phone networks. The European Commission, European Parliament and states members in the European Council have agreed to set wireless spectrum aside for high-speed mobile networks by the 1st of January 2013. The necessary bandwidth has to be made available by auctioning off access frequencies that are currently used to convey analog TV broadcasts

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European Union deal asks for airwaves clear for 4G until 2013