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• Google agrees to not abuse mobile patents, search ads, or search results

  By InfoWorld staff | 03 January, 2013 19:03

  To close a federal investigation into possibly anticompetitive business practices, Google agrees to a slew of changes

• Survey: Google Play gains on Apple App Store

  By Paul Krill | 29 November, 2012 16:19

  But iOS app sales still outpace Android app sales 4 to 1

• Windows 7 savior, Windows 8 champion out at Microsoft

  By Galen Gruman | 13 November, 2012 02:56

  Steven Sinofsky leaves Redmond weeks after Windows 8's launch, but the Metro UI chief takes his place

• After drama, HP to keep its PC business after all

  By Galen Gruman | 28 October, 2011 07:51

  Hewlett-Packard isn't going out of the PC business after all. Today, CEO Meg Whitman announced the company would continue to make and sell PCs, reversing a decision made by her predecessor Léo Apotheker in August -- a decision that riled investors and employees and led to his ouster in late September. Since the August announcement, HP's future has been repeatedly questioned, as has the competence of its senior management. The appointment of board member Whitman as CEO added to the criticisms.

• Steve Jobs' fierce life and legacy

  By Galen Gruman | 06 October, 2011 11:31

  was a polarising force that reshaped the tech industry several times

• Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has died

  By Galen Gruman | 06 October, 2011 11:19

  Apple co-founder, former CEO, and chairman Steve Jobs died today, Apple's board of directors has confirmed. He had been battling an illness widely believed to be pancreatic or liver cancer, and had stepped down as Apple CEO in late August saying he was no longer able to do the job. He had remained as Apple's chairman after promoting then-CFO Tim Cook to CEO.

• Report: HP board deciding whether to fire CEO Apotheker

  By InfoWorld staff | 22 September, 2011 04:27

  Bloomberg today is reporting that an unnamed source tells it that the Hewlett-Packard board is considering whether to fire controvesial CEO Léo Apotheker after less than a year on the job. Apotheker succeeded Mark Hurd, who was fired over an accounting-and-personnel scandaland who succeeded the controversial Carly Fiorina.

• Steve Jobs' fierce life and legacy

  By Galen Gruman | 25 August, 2011 09:14

  Apple co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, has resigned as CEO from Apple today, after a remarkable career. (He will continue with Apple as chairman of the board.) Jobs is that rare person who truly has transformed an industry -- several times, in fact -- and in many ways changed the daily activities of people throughout the world. He is also a controversial man, reviled by many, loved by many, admired by many, and criticized by many.

• Users rule in smartphone picks, but IT has a big hand in tablets

  By Galen Gruman | 22 April, 2011 23:06

  Mobile device management provider Good Technology's latest quarterly survey of the devices its thousands of customers manage through Good's tool shows clearly that users -- not companies -- select their own smartphones, a strong confirmation that the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend is not just a temporary trend but is becoming the norm. (Good says the majority of its customers have already adopted BYOD.)

• McNealy: Sun could have won out over Linux

  By Paul Krill | 26 February, 2011 00:10

  Sun Microsystems' mishandling of Solaris on the Intel platform left an opening for Linux to become established, when the company's Solaris OS could have won out instead, Sun co-founder and former CEO Scott McNealy said when interviewed Thursday evening by former Sun President Ed Zander at a Silicon Valley business and technology forum.

• Red Hat, Google challenge software patents

  By Paul Krill | 04 February, 2011 05:31

  Red Hat, Google, Dell, and several other companies have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging "poor quality" software patents, Red Hat said on Thursday.

• How to get tough with your tech vendors

  By Robert L. Scheier | 28 September, 2010 01:45

  Planning a purchase from a major IT vendor? In this still-tough economy, negotiating pros recommend being aggressive and creative, as well as analyzing your requirements first so that you don't buy more than you need and know where you can compromise.

• Java founder derides Oracle's lawsuit against Google

  By Paul Krill | 17 August, 2010 04:24

  Java founder James Gosling has weighed in on Oracle's lawsuit against Google over Android's use of Java, saying the unsurprising litigation was about ego, money, and power.