Samsung Rides Android Past Nokia to Take Sales Lead

A two percent decline in mobile phone shipments during the first quarter of 2012 may have hurt some handset vendors, but it did little to slow Samsung.
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Panasonic Posts Record Annual Net Loss

Panasonic Corp. said Friday its net loss in the fiscal fourth quarter grew more than tenfold from a year earlier, as ongoing struggles at its television operations and a tax-related charge pushed the Japanese electronics conglomerate to its biggest annual loss in its 77-year history.

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Microchip Demand Boosts ARM

ARM Holdings on Tuesday posted a strong increase in first-quarter revenue and profit, driven by demand for its microchip designs, and said annual revenue will be in line with market expectations.

Google to Oracle: If You Win This Patent Suit, We’ll Cut You in on Android

Oracle’s reply: It isn’t enough.
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We’re So Ready to Sell Chips for Tablets, Intel COO Says

Ready, willing and able. But who’s buying?
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Seven Questions for ARM CEO Warren East

In an interview, the British chip design firm’s CEO talks about its unique business model, and some of the more unusual places its chips are showing up.
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Yet Another Departure From HP’s webOS Business

Brian Hernacki, chief architect of HP’s webOS business, is just the latest from that group to head for the exits.
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Nokia Posts Huge Loss

Finland’s Nokia Corp., the world’s largest mobile-phone maker by volume, Thursday posted its third consecutive quarterly net loss, as handset sales dropped 29 percent on an annual basis.

Appy Holidays: The First Billion-Download Week

In addition to setting a record for the number of smartphones activated in a single day, the world has broken another barrier: The number of applications downloaded in one week.
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Trial in Oracle-Google Lawsuit Over Android Delayed

The judge in the Android patent infringement lawsuit between Oracle and Google says there will be no trial until sometime in 2012. He expects a long trial.
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