America Department of Justice didn't just give the go-ahead to Google's acquisition of Motorola today, it also gave the greenlight to a $4.5 billion bid on Nortel's patents from a consortium of businesses including Apple, Microsoft and RIM (who've dubbed themselves Rockstar Bidco). Nortel's portfolio includes some 6,000 patents, and the DOJ says the approval comes after it received… »

Open-source friend to all of the video codecs, VLC media player , has hit version 2.0, bringing with it a raft of recent features across Mac OS, Windows and Unix versions. VideoLAN's also brought the player kicking and screaming into this decade with a closer (read; less Windows 98-looking) makeover. The computer version will include a brand new 64-bit edition, while Mac OS X users… »