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Loeb Lobs Lawsuit, as Expected, at Yahoo’s Borked Bio Mess

Kara Swisher in News on May 7 at 9:23 am PT

Botched CEO bio. Activist shareholder. Screwy board of directors. Mix it all together and what do you get?

Updated S-1: Facebook’s Yearly Revenue Growth Up 45 Percent, But Down Six Percent From Last Quarter

Kara Swisher in News on April 23 at 12:13 pm PT

Will the new results cause investors to worry?

Gesture Tech Company Hillcrest Labs Moves Into Smartphone Territory

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 25 at 9:00 pm PT

The Maryland firm said it has modified the technology, already used in TVs and set-top boxes, to run on Android devices and Windows 8 tablets.

Oracle to SAP: How's This for Grossly Excessive–We Want Another Half-Billion in Damages

John Paczkowski in News on February 24, 2011 at 9:41 am PT

The $1.3 billion jury award given Oracle in its intellectual property infringement case against SAP is not only “grossly excessive,” it’s a “miscarriage of justice” that “shocks the conscience.” So says SAP in a new motion seeking to sharply reduce that award, which it says is in conflict with copyright law and founded on sheer speculation.

Mark Hurd Really Wants to Keep the Jodie Fisher Letter Private

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 28, 2010 at 1:45 pm PT

Shareholders suing HP want to make public the letter that cost Hurd his job as CEO. He disagrees, and has asked a judge to let him become a party to the lawsuit.

Microsoft Eyes Wider Net as Xbox Turns to Entertainment

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 20, 2010 at 5:30 am PT

The Kinect has been an early hit for Microsoft, but an even bigger moment to celebrate will be if the new gaming accessory can help move the Xbox beyond the hard-core gaming-crowd demographic to appeal to a mass audience for general living-room entertainment.

Kinect Score: 2.5 Million Down, 2.5 Million to Go

John Paczkowski in News on November 30, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Microsoft’s Kinect videogame motion sensor passed the one-million-sold milestone after just 10 days at market. And now, 15 days later, it’s passed another: 2.5 million sold in 25 days.

New Motion Control Patent Could Shake Up Smartphone Industry

John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 24, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Here’s a potentially noteworthy development in the patent litigation-riddled mobile device market. Last week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a very broad patent on motion-based smartphone control, one that could have significant implications for the industry.

Psyonara: Apple Wins Permanent Injunction Against Mac Clone Maker

John Paczkowski in News on December 16, 2009 at 12:01 am PT

After 17 months of litigation, the hammer has finally fallen on Psystar. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday granted Apple’s request for permanent injunction against the Mac clone maker, barring it from peddling PCs with the Mac OS X operating system preinstalled, circumventing the technological measures Apple uses to prevent unauthorized copying of Mac OS X and assisting others in doing so.

Volpi and Index Smack Back at Skype Founders With Motion to Dismiss (Plus Filings!)

Kara Swisher in News on October 15, 2009 at 3:49 pm PT

The legal high jinks in the contentious battle over the fate of Skype got worse this afternoon, as former Joost CEO Michelangelo Volpi and Index Ventures filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the founders of Skype–Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, via Joost and Joltid–against them. It’s yet another chess move among a group of well-known tech players, who used to work together closely and are now at odds.