Techmeme: Redesign set to make Firefox more responsive (Stephen Shankland/Webware.com)

5:10 PM ET, July 16, 2011

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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

ITC judge finds HTC in infringement of two Apple patents — Google's Android mobile operating system is in serious trouble: — Bloomberg reports that an ITC judge determined that HTC infringes two of ten Apple patents asserted in investigation no. 337-TA-710.

David Sarno / L.A. Times Tech Blog:

Patents in Apple-HTC case filed in 1994 and 1996, long before smartphones existed — Lost in the clamor over Apple Inc.'s preliminary patent victory over rival phone-maker HTC Corp. are that the two patents in question are so old they predate smartphones. — A judge at the U.S. International …

Discussion: 9to5Mac

Ryan Kim / GigaOM:

Apple wins initial patent victory against HTC — The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that Android manufacturer HTC has infringed on two Apple patents, handing the iPhone maker an early victory that could have large implications on HTC's business in the U.S. in the worst case scenario …

Discussion: Technologizer, BGR, It's All Tech, Neowin.net, WMPU and TUAW

Charles Arthur / Apps blog:

App developers withdraw from US as patent fears reach ‘tipping point’ — App developers are withdrawing their products for sale from the US versions of Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market for fear of being sued by companies which own software patents - just as a Mumbai-based company …

Discussion: TiPb and Slashdot

Lucas Mearian / Computerworld:

U.S. banks changing out core systems for real-time processing — It has been years since the banking industry made any large investments in core IT systems, but some of the largest financial services firms in the U.S. are now in the midst of rolling out multi-million dollar projects, according to industry experts.

Discussion: Slashdot

Stephen Shankland / Webware.com:

Redesign set to make Firefox more responsive — Mozilla has begun turning the Firefox crank faster with a rapid-release development cycle. So what's in store now that we can expect a new version every six weeks? — A lot, including 64-bit support on Windows and a plan to reduce the open-source browser's memory usage.

Discussion: Slashdot, Softpedia News and Products

Paul Allen / Google+:

Breaking News: 33% of Google+ Users Are Female — A lot of misinformation about Google+'s male to female ratio is going around Google+ and even being reported on by respectable media sites. For example: — Mashable Headline: Google+ Users Are Nearly All Male: http://mashable.com/2011/07/14/google- plus-male/

Discussion: Find People on Plus, PC Magazine, Adweek, PC World, Fastgush, VentureBeat, @jowyang, Softpedia News, Lockergnome Posts, Digital Media Wire and gHacks Technology News

Jolie O'Dell / Mashable:
Google+ Users Are Nearly All Male

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire, Minyanville, PC World, msnbc.com, BGR and Gizmodo

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

The supply of Apple's iPad 2 finally catches up with demand — A week after shipping times were cut to 3-5 business days, they shrank again to 1-3 — Apple's (AAPL) has been having trouble keeping up with demand for the iPad 2 from the day the product launched in early March.

Discussion: 9to5Mac, Electronista, RazorianFly and Apple Bitch

Jay Yarow / The Business Insider:

CHART OF THE DAY: Google's Headcount Continues To Soar — Last night Google reported strong earnings with big revenue growth. It also reported that headcount is still soaring upwards, a trend that started a year and half ago. Below we've charted Google's growing headcount, and its flattening revenue per employee.

Discussion: TechCrunch

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

Analysts: iPod sales expected to decline 7.2% year over year — For once, the amateurs and the professionals are in agreement — iPod sales hit 22.7 million in the Christmas quarter of 2008 and have been going downhill, with seasonal spikes, ever since. — The quarter that ended nearly …

Discussion: Neowin.net, The Business Insider, DisplayBlog, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac and Fortune

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:

Google Maps Removes Driving With Traffic Estimates — I am not sure exactly when this happened, but Google Maps has dropped one of the more useful features. The feature is, estimating how much time it would take to drive somewhere with traffic, either live traffic or predictive traffic based on day/time.

Discussion: Softpedia News, The Atlantic Online, Gizmodo and Search Engine Land

Matt McGee / Search Engine Land:

Google, Twitter Flaunt Social Stats ... It's Like 2003 All Over Again — Whether on purpose or not, Google and Twitter are having a little back-and-forth this week about the size of their social networks — or, maybe more accurately, about the activity levels on their social networks.

Discussion: TechCrunch, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Nicke's shared items …, Lockergnome Posts, TechCrunch, The Business Insider and SplatF, more at Mediagazer »

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