Google chief Larry Page and his Oracle counterpart Larry Ellison​were ordered on Friday to attend a special settlement meeting previously called for in Oracle’s lawsuit over Java use in Android. The September 19 gathering, ordered by Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal, will include other executives but will require the two CEOs at a minimum. It followed […]
Google said it had made a strategic bid on Nortel’s patent sale to protect Android. A “stalking horse” bid chosen by Nortel has put a minimum price of $900 million and is meant to discourage patent trolls, as well as anti-Android rivals like Microsoft and Oracle, from making relatively casual bids that let them attack […]
Apple has posted two new Mac OS X Java updates. The first, Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 4, upgrades Java SE 6 in Snow Leopard to v1.6.0_24. Apple is vague on details, but does mention that the release improves “compatibility, security, and reliability.” Security-wise it copes with “multiple vulnerabilities,” the most dangerous of […]
RIM has confirmed that the BlackBerry PlayBook would support Java apps but was very elusive on Android support. It wouldn’t flatly deny supporting apps for Google’s OS but instead said company officials have not made any statements yet reguarding Android. Earlier rumors have pointed to RIM using a custom implementation of Java that would let […]
The Northern District of California denied an attempt by Google to have a summary judgment that would have said Android wasn’t copying Oracle’s Java technology. The judge determined that there wasn’t reason to “engage in a summary judgment battle.” Google has an opening to try again, but only if the evidence discovery process gave it […]
Kyocera today announced two new Kyocera CDMA handsets at the CTIA Wireless 2009 trade show in Las Vegas. The G2GO M2000 (pronounced “Good-to-Go”) and Laylo M1400. The G2GO M2000 is Kyocera’s third-generation handset to offer a full QWERTY keypad in a low-cost, text-centric device. It’s a category Kyocera helped to create with the introduction of […]
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