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Google Inc.'s biggest deal ever, acquiring Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion, is an attempt to buy insurance against increasingly aggressive legal attacks from rivals such as Apple Inc.

The acquisition of one of the mobile telecommunications industry's most storied names is Google co-founder Larry Page's boldest move since taking over as CEO in April, launching the Internet giant into a lower-margin manufacturing business and pitting it against many of the 38 other handset companies that now use its Android software.

Making its biggest deal ever, Google is acquiring Motorola Mobility Holdings for a massive $12.5 billion, which analysts see as an attempt to fend off increasingly aggressive legal attacks from rivals like Apple.

Apple reportedly has doctored a picture of its competitor's product in a lawsuit over intellectual property infringement. How will German judges react?

In the patent war over Samsung's Galaxy tablet in Europe, Apple may have released false evidence to the German courts against the Korean firm.

Despite some exterior changes, reported photos hint that the inside of at least one out of 22 imposter Apple stores with familiar wooden tables and Apple-like signage, remain unchanged. A blog that gained international attention for calling out the bogus stores led to the closure of two fake Apple stores by Chinese officials in July.

Images of the upcoming smartphone were leaked.

College students can trade textbooks, other items for Amazon gift cards.

Mobile Technology is taking a turn with Google buying Motorola Mobility. Here's give things to know about the acquisition.

A recent report says Apple is going to ship out 26 million iPhone 5 units by the end of the year.

The discovery of over a dozen fake Apple stores in a single city of China may suggest the total volume of unauthorized stores across the country most notorious for counterfeited products.

The second half of 2011 holds juicy opportunities for Apple to leap in its sales. The California-based technology giant is reportedly prepared to unleash as many as 56 million iPhones, of which more than half are the much-anticipated iPhone 5.

Twitter and The Weather Channel have teamed up to make your local forecast a more social experience. Now you can get the latest weather updates and read what Twitter users are saying with a new social media collaboration called The Weather Channel Social.

Google said the purchase of Motorola Mobility will bolster the popularity of its Android mobile operating system.

Samsung's Galaxy products are increasingly disappearing from store shelves in Europe and Australia thanks to an intellectual property fight with Apple, say recent reports.

The first official screenshots of Ice Cream Sandwich has been revealed after a long period of silence.

As users wait in anticipation for Apple's next amazing tablet, many will ponder on the latest features that will be packed into the iPad 3. The latest rumors suggest that the next generation tablet will be launched later in September following the new iPhone 5. Other reports indicate that the iPad 3's A6 processors may not be ready in time which may result in delays extending into early 2012.

With the increasing craze for Near Field Communication (NFC)- the latest contactless payment type, Gartner research firm expects the mobile payment users to surpass 141.1 million in 2011, up from 102.1 million in 2010.

Samsung?s monster, the strongest rival to iPhone 5, which had hit sales of 3 million within 55 day in UK is on its way to appear in U.S at the end of the month.

The iPhone 5 release rumor has reached the peak with the latest reports about the device being unveiled as early as Sept. 7, quashing earlier theories about an October launch.

Analysis: Here are a few features that we'd like to see on the iPhone 5.