Nokia and Apple are no longer suing each other over multiple cases of patent infringement. The two have entered an agreement and Apple will be paying Nokia both a lump sum amount and on-going royalties. Needless to say Nokia is happy with this arrangement. [Nokia]
eMusic was always one of the good, cheap, global online music stores that offered music without DRM. And now they’re not accepting any new Australian subscribers. More »
That HTC’s “Sense” interface would run on older hardware was known for months before its official announcement, so a sanctioned update for existing phones makes sense, right? Turns out, there might be an extremely annoying barrier standing in HTC’s way. More »
Google has been scanning somewhere around 3,000 books per day for its Google Book Search program. The only problem was that they never got permission from The Authors Guild or the Association of American Publishers. Today the three organisations reached an agreement that involved Google paying $US125 million in licensing fees. But the flip side is that libraries will be able to access Google’s online books in full for free, and individuals will have the opportunity to purchase selected texts in the future (including out-of-print books). Here are the full details:
