Microsoft victorious in Motorola patent dispute, wins US import ban

Microsoft has prevailed over Motorola in one of their ongoing patent disputes after the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled (PDF) that the phone maker has violated one of the Redmond-based software giant's patents, and ordered an immedia…

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China Telecom MVNO launches this week

Prepay service CTExcelbiz goes live tomorrow and is aimed at the UK’s Chinese population

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NVIDIA VGX VDI: New tech? Or rehashed hash?

You comment, we respond HPC blog  My article about NVIDIA’s new VGX virtualised GPU being a potential holy grail for task- and power-user desktop virtualisation inspired reader comments that are well worth addressing. They also brought out a few det…

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The Leap: Gesture control like Kinect, but cheaper and much higher resolution

It seems Minority Report-style computer interfaces might arrive a whole lot sooner than we expected: The Leap, creates an 8-cubic-feet bubble of “interaction space,” which detects your hand gestures down to an accuracy of 0.01 millimeters — about 200 times more accurate than Microsoft Kinect.

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Audi proposes PC-packing stunt bikes

CPU assisted wheelies, anyone? Audi has revealed what it believes to be the future of e-bikes: the Wörthersee, a electric bicycle that features smartphone connectivity and a built-in computer system.…

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Met cops’ CSI mobe-snoop tech sparks privacy fears

Data held onto even if you’re cleared in court Analysis  The mobile device data extraction system that has just been rolled out by the Metropolitan Police is designed to provide an easier way to slurp evidence from the mobile phones of suspects brough…

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