Confirmed: OnLive's assets sold to another company  —  This report was filed on the scene, from OnLive headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.  —  In the face of a myriad of rumors and conflicting reports this morning, the pioneering cloud gaming service OnLive confirmed today that its assets have been sold to a new, still unnamed company.

Google's Motorola Files New Case Against Apple At ITC  —  Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility unit said it filed a new patent-infringement claim today against Apple Inc. (AAPL) that could result in a ban on U.S. imports of devices including the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers.

Motorola Launches “Unlock My Device” Site - Bootloader Freedom Has Come At Last (Update)  —  Double check your calendars - is it April 1st?  It's not?  Then there's been a massive rip in the space time continuum as Motorola has officially published the new “Unlock My Device” page.

DON'T PANIC  —  There's been a lot of fear, uncertainty and doubt generated by Twitter's latest announcement.  I wanted to let everyone know that the world isn't ending, Tweetbot for Mac is coming out soon, Tweetbot for iOS isn't going anywhere.  So sit down, grab a towel and let's go over some of these API changes.

Apple: Samsung Didn't Live Up to Its Standards Obligations  —  Lawyers for Apple tackled the last major part of their case on Friday, arguing that Samsung didn't live up to its obligations with regard to its standards-related patents.  —  Samsung is alleging that Apple infringed on two kinds of patents …

How I Resurrected My Digital Life After an Epic Hacking  —  The team at DriveSavers who recovered data from a wiped MacBook Air laptop.  From the left, John Christopher, Phillip Reynolds, Ron Powell, Angel Ortiz, and Joseph Novoa.  Not pictured: Phil Baca.  —  When my data died, it was the cloud that killed it.

PayPal could heat up mobile payments race if McDonald's test pays off  —  (Reuters) - PayPal is in the early stages of what may be a blockbuster mobile payments deal with McDonald's Corp, the world's biggest hamburger chain.  —  McDonald's is testing a mobile payments service featuring PayPal at 30 of its restaurants in France.

AT&T only allowing FaceTime over cellular on Mobile Share plans, no extra charge  —  AT&T has cleared the air this afternoon on its policies for FaceTime over cellular, saying that a Mobile Share plan will be required to use it — but it won't incur an extra charge apart from normal data usage.

Never trust SMS: iOS text spoofing  —  I mentioned it on twitter a few days ago, I found a flaw in iOS that I consider to be severe, while it does not involve code execution.  I am pretty confident that other security researchers already know about this hole, and I fear some pirates as well.

Mystery malware wreaks havoc on energy sector computers  —  Malware researchers have uncovered an attack targeting an organization in the energy industry that attempts to wreak havoc by permanently wiping data from an infected computer's hard drive and rendering the machine unusable.

Exclusive: HP creates Mobility division to focus on consumer tablets, hires Nokia's ex-MeeGo boss Alberto Torres to run it  —  We've just been tipped to a memo circulated internally by HP's Todd Bradley — who runs the company's recently-merged Printing and Personal Systems Group …

Facebook shares clobbered again, down 50% from IPO  —  Sad but true: Investing your life savings in Facebook's (FB) IPO shares is now only half as bad of an investment as sending your bank account number to the deposed prince of Nigeria.  Facebook shares once again got hammered on Friday …

Google Changes Smallest, But All-Pervasive, Element Of Brand Identity - The Favicon  —  It's such a small thing — only 16 pixels by 16 pixels — but, when folks are browsing along day-to-day, the favicon is how they find the browser tab that has Google.com open, or the favorite link to Google.

Motorola schedules press event for September 5th, dubs it the 'day's main event'  —  September 5th is going to be a pretty busy day, by the looks of it.  While we'll likely get to see a few Windows Phone 8 devices in Nokia's Lumia lineup in the morning, Motorola has scheduled a Save the Date for the afternoon.

Is Mark Zuckerberg in over his hoodie as Facebook CEO?  —  Facebook's stock price slide has raised doubts about Mark Zuckerberg's role as CEO.  Some say he should hand the reins to a more seasoned executive.  —  Restless investors blame Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for several missteps …

DNA: The Ultimate Hard Drive  —  When it comes to storing information, hard drives don't hold a candle to DNA.  Our genetic code packs billions of gigabytes into a single gram.  A mere milligram of the molecule could encode the complete text of every book in the Library of Congress and have plenty of room to spare.

Kodak: Maybe We Won't Sell Our Digital Imaging Patents  —  Kodak is having second thoughts about selling off its digital imaging patent portfolio.  —  The struggling photography pioneer, which for the past year has been gearing up to sell off some 1,100 patents as part of its effort to emerge …