In the first ruling one of Samsung’s patent-infringement claims against Apple in Germany, Mannheim Regional Court judge Andreas Voss gave the verdict in favor of Apple.

Despite the fact that the full-detailed written ruling is yet to be made available officially, Judge Voss reported dismissed Samsung’s claims which involved EP 1,005,726; a patent which chiefly pertains to the 3G/UMTS wireless telecommunications standard.

Online retailer Amazon. com sold millions of Kindle Fire tablets this holiday season but may miss fourth-quarter sales estimates, Goldman Sachs Group analyst Heather Bellini believes.

According to Bellini, Amazon's fourth-quarter revenue may jump 38 per cent from the year-ago period to settle at $17.9 billion, which is less than the analysts' average growth projection of $18.2 billion.

The analyst based her prediction on data compiled by research firm ComScore Inc., which found the online retailer saw slower-than-expected e-commerce growth over the holiday-shopping period.

South Korean electronic giant Samsung may soon be allowed to sell its redesigned Galaxy Tab tablet in the, thanks to a German court's preliminary ruling that the redesigned tablet is not a copycat version of Apple's iPad.

Previously, the German court had ruled in favor of Apple, forcing the South Korean manufacturer to modify its Galaxy Tab 10.1 and name it Galaxy Tab 10.1N.

But, the Cupertino, Calif.-based gadget maker challenged even the redesigned version of the Galaxy Tab and requested the court for an injunction on the distribution of the devise in Germany.

Following a series of disastrous product launches, tablet firm Fusion Garage finally slipped into the dark.

Fusion Garage was supposed to roll out its Grid 10 tablet on 15th of September this year, but it pushed back the launch date to 1st of October, and now it seems as if the tablet will never see the light of the day.

The US arm of the PR firm representing Fusion Garage has already confirmed that the tablet company has been uncommunicative for several weeks. The PR firm, called McGrath Power, also stated that they would stop working with Fusion Garage.