Intel and RealNetworks announced on Thursday that Intel will purchase video codec software, 190 patents and 170 patent applications from RealNetworks for a total of $120 million. “We believe this agreement enhances our ability to continue to offer richer experiences and innovative solutions to end users across a wide spectrum of devices, including through Ultrabook devices, smartphones and digital media,” said Renee James, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Software and Services Group. The two companies also agreed to work together on future advancements in video codec software. “RealNetworks does not anticipate that the sale of the approximately 190 patents and 170 patent applications and next generation video codec software will have any material impact on its businesses,” the company said in a statement.

Samsung on Friday reported record earnings for the fourth quarter last year. In line with the company’s estimates as reported earlier this month , Samsung recorded an operating profit of 5.3 trillion won, or approximately $4.72 billion USD, on sales of 47 trillion won, or approximately $42 billion USD. Samsung had never reported a profit of more than 5 trillion won in a single quarter and its 5.3 trillion won profit represents a 76% increase over the holiday quarter in 2010. Samsung’s mobile business registered an operating profit of 2.6 trillion won in the fourth quarter, and operating profit from its semiconductor business accounted for 2.3 trillion won. The company’s full-year net profit of 13.7 trillion won was down 15% year-on-year, however, though full-year revenue rose 6.7% in 2011 to 165 trillion won. ”Despite intensified competition amid the global economic slowdown, our telecommunications businesses continued to post solid earnings with an enhanced line-up of high-end smartphones, resulting in higher average selling price,” Samsung senior vice-president Robert Yi said in a statement.

RADWIN’s wireless solutions empower Sasatel to deliver high-speed Internet Broadband to its valued corporate customers TEL AVIV, Israel , January 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — RADWIN ( http://www.radwin.com ), the global provider of Backhaul and Broadband Wireless Solutions, today announced that it was chosen by leading Tanzanian service provider Sasatel. Sasatel has deployed a combination of RADWIN 2000 Point-to-Point and RADWIN 5000 Point-to-Multipoint links offering secured SLA service to deliver high-speed Broadband to its corporate clients. Balton Tanzania, RADWIN’s certified partner and a leading system integrator, was in charge of project implementation. RADWIN provides the RADWIN 2000 high-capacity Point-to-Point solutions and RADWIN 5000 Point-to-Multipoint solutions. The wireless links incorporate advanced technologies and are built to withstand the toughest outdoor conditions, extreme weather, high interference and operation in non-line-of-sight. Extremely simple to install and maintain, RADWIN’s sub-6 GHz links are deployed in over 140 countries. Mr. Duncan Clarson , Acting Chief Executive Office at Sasatel stated: “Our mission is to deliver fast and affordable Internet service to Tanzanian businesses.

Sansay VSXi Session Controller is BroadWorks Compliant SAN DIEGO , Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Sansay ™ Inc. , a leading provider of high performance IP communications infrastructure, announced today the interoperability of the Sansay VSXi Session Border Controller with the BroadWorks

The ZTE Optik is a 7” tablet due to arrive on Sprint. It comes with a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory, as well as microSD slot for up to 32GB additional memory. It packs a 4000 mAh Li-ion battery and is equipped with 3G connectivity. Photos:

Sony Crystal is rumored to be an upcoming Tablet device headed to AT&T. Other details remain unknown.

AT&T Fusion is said to be an upcoming smartphone for AT&T. Other details remain unknown.

Samsung Rugby Smart is rumored to be a smartphone coming to AT&T. Other details remain unknown.

Triple Town was originally a Facebook game, so it does have some weird freemium elements that are kind of annoying: There are some weird turn mechanics where you actually need to “buy” turns, either with in-game gold or real money, that can get annoying after a while. And the graphics themselves do look as though they were created with HTML 5 — they’re serviceable, but the game definitely doesn’t take advantage of all of the power of your iOS device. All of that said, however, Triple Town still comes with this sparkling recommendation: I first fired it up late one night last week before going to bed at 3 am, and found myself still playing it two hours later. It is a really incredible take on the match-3 genre: instead of switching items around, you instead place them down on the board, and then three of any kind (in any direction) will automatically combine into one of the next kind up the hierarchy, so grass combines into bushes which combines into trees, then houses, and so on.

Reduce Complexity and Simplify Access with New AT&T Unified Communications Functionality DALLAS , Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Maximizing its expertise in cloud computing , mobility , and voice and IP networking services , AT&T * is bringing the benefits of Unified Communications to businesses of all sizes as a simple, reliable, carrier-grade service. AT&T Unified Communications Services helps organizations control costs and eliminate unpredictable expenditures. AT&T UC Services gives customers the ability to unify their communications – conveniently delivered over the highly-secure and reliable AT&T network . As with AT&T’s other cloud solutions, which are embedded directly into the AT&T managed network, AT&T UC Services is accessible from almost any device, enabling employees to collaborate and communicate in real-time regardless of location.

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If you look closely at Netflix’s fourth quarter earnings , it will become clear why the company wanted to split its DVD and streaming businesses. This is the first quarter that the company is splitting out each business and reporting revenues, profits, and margins separately. While the streaming business is growing (adding 220 subscribers domestically in the quarter), and the DVD business sis shrinking (it lost 2.76 million subscribers domestically), it’s margins are much worse than the legacy DVD business. The streaming business has an 11 percent profit margin, compared to a very healthy 52 percent margin for the DVD business. Out of Netflix’s total $847 million in revenues last quarter, $476 million came from streaming and $370 million came from DVD rentals (the remainder came from international). The streaming business also twice as many subscribers: 21.7 million versus 11.2 million. But the DVD business contributed the vast majority of Netflix’s profit: $194 million versus $52 million. If you break that down, each streaming subscriber is worth only $2.40 in profit each quarter to Netflix, compared to $17.32 for each DVD subscriber

O internacionalmente aclamado comediante Tim Minchin vai comandar cerimônia de premiação no Mobile World Congress LONDRES, 24 de janeiro de 2012 /PRNewswire/ — A GSMA hoje anunciou os indicados para o 17o. Global Mobile Awards Anual. Os vencedores ser

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Ruckus Wireless™ today announced that the Mandarin Oriental’s flagship North America property in New York has standardized on the Ruckus Wi-Fi wall switch to address explosive demand for IP-based services and wireless capacity. To…