Microsoft’s lawyers reel in a big one: Foxconn licenses Redmond’s patents covering Android

Hon Hai, Foxconn's parent, licenses Microsoft's patents so it can be legally clear to make Android devices.

Google Glass will be made in America by Foxconn, report says

While the majority of gadgets are assembled overseas, wearable computing gadget Google Glass will be manufactured within the U.S, according to a Financial Times report.

Undisputed patent king IBM sets its scientists to work on ‘big data’

For the 20th consecutive year, IBM has held its ground as the king of patents. And it will now devote considerable resources to big data and analytics technologies.

After Tim Cook interview, prepare for lots of weaksauce Apple Television rumors

The latest rumor to circulate around the Internet about Apple's alleged television set indicates that the company has taken another baby step by testing the product outside its offices.

Hon Hai’s $1.6B Sharp investment could point to Apple TV set

A seemingly curious investment of $1.6 billion in Sharp by Taiwan’s Hon Hai, which owns Apple-device manufacturer Foxconn, could be a huge indicator that an Apple TV set is on the way.

The deal was originally thought to be worth …

Apple slashing iPad manufacturing orders by 25 percent in China

Apple is apparently expecting less demand for its iPad 2 tablet in the fourth quarter, since the company has cut orders to its China-based manufacturers by 25 percent, according to a new report from JP Morgan.

The move could signal …

WSJ: Apple aims to build 25M “thinner and lighter” iPhone 5s in 2011

Apple hopes to build 25 million units of its next-generation iPhone, the Wall Street Journal reported this morning.

The next iPhone (we’ll just call it the iPhone 5 for now) will be thinner and lighter than the iPhone 4 and …