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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.

Images of the upcoming smartphone were leaked.

Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility sent shock waves through the industry, while reviving a few slumping technology companies.

After being pushed into a corner by the Rockstar consortium which acquired a portfolio of 6,000 patents from Nortel Networks, Google has upped the ante in the smartphone arena by acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12 billion.

Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion to bolster search and add platforms in the competitive smartphone world. Could retail stores be next?

The smartphone industry's most recent rumor comes via leaked snapshots of the rumored giant from the HTC camp, the HTC Holiday.

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.

Dell's confusion over tablet format has ended, as it retired its part-tablet and part-smartphone, the 5-inch Dell Streak, in favor of bigger tablets.

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.

Investors focused on slower-than-expected growth in chipmaker Nvidia Corp's (NVDA.O) mobile business following strong quarterly earnings and sent its stock lower.

Research in Motion's foray into the tablet space is getting more gloomy as Sprint closed the door to its 4G Playbook tablet.

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

Smartphone and tablet makers have charged patent infringement. But it could all end in a truce, analysts say.

HP's trimming TouchPad prices could be a smart ploy to be No. 2

Finally, the wait is over! The 7" Acer Iconia Tab A100, built on Android 3.2, is now available on the shelves.

Korean company Samsung Electronics will go to a German court on August 25 to try to overturn a ban on it selling flagship Galaxy tablets in most of the European Union.

Nvidia Corp forecast a larger-than-expected jump in quarterly revenue and its CEO said the chipmaker's mobile business was accelerating, sending its shares skyrocketing.