In an attempt to reach an out-of-court settlement on the several patent lawsuits which Apple and Samsung have filed against each other, the Apple CEO Tim Cook and the Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung - along with their general counsels - began their two-day court directed discussions on Monday.

The talks between the two CEOs - who were summoned and directed for the discussions by federal court judge Lucy Koh last month - are being mediated by a magistrate judge.

China has asked Google to fulfill a big condition to get approval for its $12.5 billion bid to acquire handset manufacturer Motorola Mobility.

Chinese authorities have confirmed that Google will have to continue to offer its Android operating system for mobile devices at no cost for five years following the acquisition.

In case the internet search giant agrees to the condition, it will become very close to sealing its largest acquisition deal ever.

A spokesperson for Google confirmed that Chinese authorities approved the deal on Saturday, with a big condition.

A Friday verdict by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) went Microsoft's way, with the commission - ruling in the Microsoft-Motorola patent-infringement lawsuit - banning the import of Android-based Motorola Mobility handsets in the country. The ITC verdict upholds a December last year decision by Administrative Law Judge Theodore Essex.

In a revelation of sorts about the never-before-heard insights into late Apple CEO Steve Jobs' plans and ambitions, Apple board member Mickey Drexler - who is the CEO of J. Crew - said that Jobs wanted to design an iCar before his death.

Talking about Jobs' unfulfilled dream at Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored conference in April, Drexler said that the legendary Apple founder wanted his company to take to the public roadways with its sleek and well-designed car.

A new Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, citing unidentified ‘inside’ sources, has revealed that Apple intends bringing on some major changes to its iCloud service, adding to it a few social networking features including a new photo-sharing service.

According to the WSJ report, the new features – which will probably be announced by Apple at its mid-June-scheduled Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) – will give the iCloud users the ability to share photo albums with other iCloud users, and also comment on them.

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.