More on Windows on ARM: Highlights From Sinofsky’s 8,600-Word Opus

We read the whole blog post, so you don’t have to. Unless, of course, you want to.
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EU Opens Antitrust Probe Against Samsung Over Patents

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into technology giant Samsung Electronics to see whether it is using specially protected patents, known as “standards-essential,” to distort the market for mobile devices such as phones and tablets in Europe.

China’s ZTE Quietly Becoming a Force in Global, U.S. Smartphone Markets

The world’s No. 4 cellphone maker has made inroads into the U.S. by catering to the needs of carriers and putting their brands first.
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Intel Shows Just How It Plans to Get Into Phones (Video)

In an interview, Intel’s top phone executives talk about the company’s big bet on Android.
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One Start-Up’s Adventure in Figuring Out the Price of a Used Chair

Priceonomics, a small company that aspires to be the Kelley Blue Book for everything, tells the tale of how it sold four used Aeron chairs to another tech start-up, for a profit of $300.
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Motorola Mobility Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Google

The company said it now expects the deal won’t close before early next year, as it works to complete various regulatory requirements.
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Ballmer Didn’t Necessarily Say Full Windows Is Coming to Phones, but Might It?

Speaking at Microsoft’s annual shareholder’s meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer talked about driving Windows into all manner of devices.
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HP Has Meeting to Say It Still Doesn’t Know What to Do With webOS

The computer maker told workers that it still hasn’t made a decision on what to do with the operating system it acquired with Palm.
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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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Kazuo Hirai: Highlights From AsiaD (Video)

Sony’s executive deputy president talked about the company’s new tablets, game players and efforts to regain market share during a wide-ranging interview at AsiaD today.
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