Apple & Mac Daily News Digest

Although it’s no secret that members of Microsoft’s leadership frown upon employees who choose an Apple iPhone over one running the company’s own Windows Mobile operating system, approximately 1 in 10 still veer towards the forbidden fruit and sometimes go to great lengths to conceal them on the job.

Analyst Charlie Wolf with Needham & Company said Friday he believes the open source community, which has backed Google's Android mobile operating system against the iPhone, has the wrong take on Apple's patent lawsuit against rival handset maker HTC.

A comparison of streaming video via the Adobe Flash and HTML5 formats with numerous different browsers on both Mac and Windows produced wildly different results based on the operating system and browser, making neither a clear winner.

Similar to how Apple’s iPod touch came from the development of the iPhone, Microsoft reportedly plans to base the follow-up to its Zune HD media player on the Windows Phone 7 Series mobile operating system.

Many factors likely fueled Apple’s lawsuit against mobile handset manufacturer HTC. Patent suits have become a competitive weapon — one that any company dare not allow its rival to use without using it as well. Lawsuits are sometimes filed because a firm believes it’s about to be slapped with one. There’s a case to be [...]

Although Google makes the Android mobile operating system, the search giant's chief competitor, Yahoo, will be the default provider on AT&T's first Android-powered handset, due to be released March 7.

If the company HTC is in the business since 12 years, it really became a “name” in this field when it tarted to follow the iPhone and released mobile phone models offering features and functions similar (if not identical) to the ones found in the iPhone; especially the touchscreen GUI. Then HTC has even been [...]

Apple has charged handset maker HTC with infringing upon a number of patented iPhone hardware and software features, alleging that functionality within the Google Android operating system and use of hardware decoders in Windows Mobile handsets are at fault.

(Mobile Word Congress) Just four months after Windows Mobile 6.5 hit the market, Microsoft has officially introduced Windows Phone 7 Series, the new multitouch-capable mobile operating system the software giant hopes will take on Apple’s iPhone.

Windows Phone 7 Start screen As predicted, Microsoft today unveiled Windows Phone 7, the next-generation smartphone operating system serving as the successor to and rebranding of the company’s Windows Mobile software. One of the softw…

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