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Google paid less per patent than Apple's syndicate did in recent smartphone wars

Google's response to Apple in the smartphone patent wars ran counter to practice: rather than settling, it bought an Apple rival

Samsung Galaxy S2's beefed-up 4G LTE version, which first reared its head in Korea is back in the limelight, as pictures of the phone were released by Japanese site Amelbo.

Currently, investors are speculating that the Google-Motorola deal will spur other handset deals and Nokia and RIM could be potential acquisition targets.

Samsung in the Netherlands is rolling out Galaxy Tab 10.1, which is otherwise banned in Europe after Apple won an injunction against Samsung for violating its intellectual rights to its iPad.

"Big announcement on the 29th," the company wrote in its official Twitter page.

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.