Microsoft wins German ban on Motorola Android devices over FAT storage

July 27, 2012 7:05 AM Ed Sutherland
Ed Sutherland

Does this  Microsoft patent make my Android smartphone look fat? That’s the question Motorola Mobility is asking today after yet another German court ruled its mobile phones were infringing patents owned by the software giant. The decision by the Mannheim …

Nivio pulls in $21M to make cloud computing cheaper and more student-friendly

February 9, 2012 4:00 AM Sarah Mitroff
Sarah Mitroff

Cloud computing and desktop virtualization are rapidly growing trends in the tech world, and one company has spent a considerable amount of time developing this technology. Nivio, which started as an idea in 2004, announced today it has received $21 …

Doctape wants to make your office paperless by storing everying in the cloud

January 10, 2012 12:27 PM Sarah Mitroff
Sarah Mitroff

For most offices, avoiding an avalanche of paper is a daily struggle. Even with so much content available online these days, paper still seems to pile up in offices and clutter workspaces. Doctape, a German based company, is launching a …