Michael Doyle, and his patent-holding company Eolas Technologies, has been insisting for years that he owns the patents for interactive web technology. A jury in Texas disagreed.

When is a rumor not a rumor? An announcement will be made, probably in San Francisco, probably on February 29, to say something, possibly about an iPad 3 or iOS 5.1.

Mark Zuckerberg owns about 28 percent of Facebook but has voting rights for 57 percent, making his decisions unbeatable. How did he manage this? He bought the voting rights of several stockholders for a mere $100.

If you’re interested in selling your old smartphone so you can upgrade to a newer model, you might want to invest in an iPhone. The Apple devices have a higher resale value than either Android or BlackBerry.

There are other cloud drives available – such as Dropbox, Amazon’s Cloud Drive, Apple’s iCloud, and Microsoft’s SkyDrive – but so far Google hasn’t entered the market. Some are suggesting Google will combine the space offered by their different products into a “G-Drive”.

Originally rumors had suggested a mid-February release announcement. Now the first week of March is being suggested. The new device is expected to have a faster processor, better graphics, and a larger battery.

If you’ve been holding out on buying an Ultrabook, the prices may be dropping by as much as 25 percent soon. Acer, Lenovo, and HP are getting ready to roll out second generation devices and would like to clear out the older models.

Roughly 4,000 Nokia employees in Mexico and Europe will be laid off before the end of the year and their jobs will be moved to Asia.

Google’s Safe Browsing API was designed to spot malicious web pages and protect users. However. NSS Labs says recent tests seem to indicate either Mozilla and Apple may not be getting full results, or Chrome has additional, undocumented, features.

Later this month you will be able to purchase your very own Raspberry Pi PC for about $35. The device is about the size of a USB stick.