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Google's attorneys cried foul last week, claiming that a Microsoft expert witness improperly reviewed confidential Android code to bolster its patent ligation case against Motorola.

The judge disagreed, despite the search company's pending acquisition of Motorola Mobility in a $12.5 billion deal announced on Monday.

Google'€™s acquisition of Motorola certainly brings it a step ahead of Apple. So far, the companies seemed to be neck to neck in the smartphone race.

But because of a few key reasons, it is apparent that Google will take over the number 1 spot when it comes to smartphones.

Google announced its plans to acquire handset maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion in cash on Monday.

If the deal is approved, Google's entry into the hardware business for its open source Android platform will represent the largest acquisition in the company's history.

Twilio, GroupMe, and Google's recent acquisition, Slide, also were sued by users of group text services claiming to be flooded with unsolicited messages.

With the acquisition of Fig Card PayPal is laying down a marker that the pioneer in disruptive payment won’t be left behind in the coming e-wallet revolution.

Computerworld UK: "Chi-X acquisition leads to one Linux platform replacing another"

The H Open: "Meh – Oracle took over Sun – With the completion of Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, a new regime of Oracle's "special" brand of communications took over from Sun's bloggy, chatty style.

The Oracle brand of communications mostly involves Oracle not saying anything or so little that the community is left to fill in the blanks."

Microsoft has joined a coalition of companies that is fighting Google's plans to acquire Cambridge, Mass.-based ITA Software.