After U. S. District Judge William Alsup sternly rebuked Oracle for going on a "fishing expedition" for damages that were apparently beyond the standard sum for copyright infringement, Oracle has now gone for broke in its high-profile Java lawsuit against Google.

Making an all-or-next-to-nothing bet in its legal scuffle with Google, Oracle said in a Tuesday statement that in case Judge Alsup says in his verdict that the Java APIs are not subject to copyright, the company will withdraw its claim for extensive damages from Google for violating copyrights pertaining to other Java components.

Early reviews of the forthcoming HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone - which will be available for $200 with a two-year Sprint contract from May 18 - have pinned the handset as an impressive one, capable of giving Sprint a much-required boost after a few lackluster offering of late.

Boasting the capability of reaching the rock star standard set by the first-generation HTC Evo handset, the Evo 4G LTE is based on HTC's critically acclaimed `One' line of smartphones; and it specifically combines One's most striking attributes with the original Evo's most appealing features.

Popular search engine Google never misses a chance to celebrate a special occasion. On Sunday, Google posted a special animated doodle to commemorate Mother's Day.

The special doodle featured two young `Os' rushing towards their mother `g' to give her a flower. Once clicked, the search giant used to take the user to a search results page Mother's Day.

The search results page threw light on the origin of the Mother's Day, and other fascinating facts about the holiday.

Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg turns 28 on Monday, and he is all set to bring investors roughly $100 billion initial public offering (IPO) gift.

Many people believe that Zuckerberg’s young age is his biggest asset. David Kirkpatrick, who chronicled the social-networking giant’s early history in “The Facebook Effect”, says one can’t build a company like Facebook at an old age.

Speaking on the topic, 59-year-old Kirkpatrick says, “I don’t think you could build a company like this if you were an old guy like me.”

Botox injections have been recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, NICE, to treat migraines where other drugs have failed. Whether it should get funded by the NHS or not is what is being pondered upon.

Blinding headaches were something the Wendy Thompson, from Billingham, could not take and they were impacting her life in a big way. But, her condition had become much better after receiving Botox injections.

Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox Web browser, has accused Microsoft of anti-competitive behavior by withholding APIs essential to build a competitive browser for Windows RT.

Mozilla's general counsel Harvey Anderson warned Microsoft that the non-profit organization could take legal action against Microsoft, but added that it didn’t want rushing for a regulatory relief wasn’t its first priority.

Facebook recently announced its decision to open its own app store called App Center to help people find Facebook apps, Web apps, and mobile apps at one place, but some experts see some other reasons behind the social-networking site's recent move.

Some analysts see Facebook's App Center as an answer to Zynga's recent launch of its own social game portal on Zynga. com. Zynga. com is Facebook-friendly, but no one knows when the friendship between the two may end. Around 15 per cent of Facebook's first quarter revenues were from Zynga games.

Struggling Canadian manufacturer RIM has added an ex-Sony Corp. manager and a LightSquared Inc. official to its team of executives.

Sony Mobile Communications’ former executive vice president Kristian Tear has been appointed as the operations officer, while LightSquared Inc.’s former executive vice president Frank Boulben has been named as the new chief marketing officer at Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry manufacturer.

The new executives have global experience, but analysts are doubtful of their potential for RIM as both of them come from companies that have struggled themselves.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has confirmed that its investment policy head Peter Smith would leave the City regulator in June this year.

Mr. Smith, which has played a key role in investment regulation, has plans to step down from his position within the next three to four weeks.

Various reports suggest that Mr. Smith is leaving the FSA to join a Dubai regulator. Reports also suggest that he will join the Dubai regulator as the Director of Policy.

He has been working with the FSA for more than a decade after joining in 1999.

Ralph Topping, the chief of bookmaker William Hill, narrowly survived a shareholder rebellion over executive pay during AGM yesterday.

Mr. Topping, which joined William Hill in 1973, has been awarded a £1.2 million in form of shares as retention bonus. He will get the retention bonus only if he remains with the company until the end of 2013.

Mr. Topping, who ascended to the top job in 2008, pocketed a basic salary of £600,000 in 2011 and a total pay package of £1.71 million.