David Boies, Oracle’s lead lawyer in the Silicon Valley trial of titans, had a nice set-up for day four of the proceedings. On day three, Wednesday, Boies probed Google CEO Larry Page about his familiarity with Tim Lindholm, a software engineer working on the Android team who was involved in determining whether Google should acquire …

As every parent knows, kids say the funniest things. Like my daughter, who used to call hamburgers “hangabers.” And loves to say, “You’re very sweeticle, dad.” Take it from someone who knows: it’s all too easy to forget these little bon mots. That’s why I’m delighted by Posterity: The Family Quote Book for iOS, a simple but clever app that …

Verizon may be ready to cast its lot with Microsoft and its Windows Phone platform. Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo, speaking on a conference call today, said he was “fully supportive” of Microsoft and talked about the need for a third mobile ecosystem in the industry. That Verizon shifted from its previously lukewarm stance on Windows Phone to today’s …

Editors’ note: This post was originally published August 8, 2011, but was updated April 19, 2012, with new products. The iPad may be the most popular tablet out there, but there are still a few features it’s missing. And competitors haven’t been shy about pointing them out. One feature still lacking from Apple’s tablet is an integrated HDMI output. Sure, …

Samsung’s “Mobile Unpack” event in London is only a few weeks away, and many of us here at CNET can hardly wait–especially when it comes to the debut of the Galaxy S III (or whatever the successor of the Samsung Galaxy S II will be called). Past ruumors have already suggest a 4.6-inch Super AMOLED Plus display and eye-tracking. In …

Qualcomm’s supply issues could keep the iPhone 4S as Apple’s flagship smartphone longer than expected. Apple A Qualcomm conference call Wednesday, according to Reuters, brought Qualcomm’s supply constraint issues to light. CEO Paul Jacobs, addressing analysts on the call, stated, “At this stage we cannot secure enough supply to meet the increasing demand we are experiencing.” Related Stories Meta’s Future …

Samsung has bagsied a bunch of new names for future phones. Forthcoming phones and tablets could be named the Samsung Galaxy Metrix, Galaxy Velvet or Galaxy Legend. So Samsung wants to name its new phones after what sounds like an 80s video game, a toilet roll and the HTC Legend? Brilliant! Samsung has filed for trademark protection for the three …

A Windows Phone ‘evangelist’ who recently claimed that all existing Windows Phone devices would be updated to Windows Phone 8 has said that he made a mistake. In a post on his blog titled ‘My comments on Windows Phone’, Nuno Silva writes, “The point I was trying to make was simply that existing Windows Phone applications will run on the …

AT&T has been involved in the speech recognition space for years. And now, the company wants to share with others what it’s achieved. The company announced today that it will make several AT&T Watson Speech application programming interfaces (APIs) available to developers in June. With the help of those APIs, developers will be able to create new apps and services …

According to an industry note from investment banking firm Piper Jaffray, Apple will most likely continue its trend of October launches and wait until this fall to release the iPhone 5. This later release date is said to be due to a supply issue with Qualcomm’s 28-nanometer modem chip, which will enable the new iPhone to be LTE-compatible. “We expect …