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Google, Visa ink pact for mobile payments

For US. banks, mobile payments are a way to wean their customers off the use of cash and generate more revenue. Merchants pay banks a fee every time a shopper buys something with a credit or debit card and Google said it would not take a cut of those fees from the new pay-by-phone system.

Samsung counter sues Apple for patent violation

Samsung Electronics has filed a counter claim in an Australian court, accusing Apple of infringing its wireless patents related to the U.S. firm's iPhone and iPad products.

New eBay platform tries to lure developers away from Apple

Ebay is looking to start an app developers platform that will allow them to make more money by selling directly to customers online.

Intel-powered Ultrabooks will cost around $1,000 on launch

Intel expects to kick off the first phase of the roll-out of Ultrabooks later this year with its second-generation Core processors, followed by third-generation 'Ivy League' processor-powered Ultrabooks next year.

Not interested in buying HP's PC business: Intel

It also dismissed speculation about a growing divide between Intel and its long-term partner Microsoft,

HP extends deadline for $11.2 bn Autonomy offer

HP offered an agreed 2,550 pence per autonomy share on 18 August, which it said valued the enterprise search software company's fully diluted share capital at 7.09 billion pounds ($11.2 billion).

SAP to pay $20 mn in Oracle criminal case

SAP AG has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve a criminal probe into allegations that it downloaded millions of files from rival Oracle, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Amazon in talks to launch digital-book library service

Amazon is in talks with book publishers about launching a media library service similar to Netflix for tablets and other digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Carol Bartz resigns from Yahoo! board

Bartz was abruptly fired from her job as CEO on Tuesday. She had said that she planned to remain on the Internet company's board of directors, a statement that conflicted with that of a company spokesman who said Bartz would have to give up her board seat.