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Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday quashed rumors of HP Slate’s demise, saying the tablet with the Windows 7 OS may still be sold to customers. “We are in customer evaluations now and will make a determination soon on the next steps,” said HP spokeswoman Marlene Somsak. [ Stay ahead of advances in mobile technology with InfoWorld's Mobile [...]

Hewlett-Packard has listed the Windows-based HP Slate 500 on its website, and also applied to trademark the term Palmpad, fueling speculation surrounding the company’s tablet plans. HP, the world’s largest PC maker, earlier this year announced plans to offer a tablet called the HP Slate, with Microsoft’s Windows 7 OS. However, HP later acquired Palm [...]

Google’s secret Wi-Fi snooping was powered by new sniffing technology that the company wants to patent, court documents filed Wednesday alleged. A just-amended complaint in a class-action lawsuit first submitted two weeks ago claims that a patent Google submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in November 2008 shows that the search giant purposefully [...]

Just as Google’s Nexus One phone may be about to gain momentum, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) denied the search giant’s application for the Nexus One trademark. The denial is not final and Google now has the opportunity to submit evidence and arguments in support of approval. [ Stay up on tech news [...]

A small Missouri company with the word “Bing” in its name has sued Microsoft for branding its search engine with the same word, alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition by the software giant. Bing Information Design filed the case in a St. Louis circuit court this week, seeking damages including corrective advertising paid for by [...]