HTC Tells Apple It's Going To Fully Defend Itself (AAPL)

When Apple filed its lawsuit against HTC, HTC was totally blindsided.

The first official statement it put out was to Engadget saying, "We only learned of Apple's actions based on your stories and Apple's press release.

Barnes & Noble CEO Steve Riggio Out; Digital Guy William Lynch Takes Over (BKS)

Barnes & Noble Inc. CEO Steve Riggio is stepping down, the company announced this morning.

New York Times Ropes In More Cheap Hyperlocal Content With Fwix Deal (NYT)

The New York Times Co. (NYT) is roping in more hyperlocal news content with a new announcement: They just made a deal with Fwix, the real-time newswire that filters and finds local information on blogs, news sites, and social media sites.

The 20 Hot New York City Startups You Need To Watch

The New York digital scene has had a major renaissance in recent years.

We've written a lot about this, as well as the differences between New York and the Valley and the reasons many entrepreneurs have foregone the west coast and instead launched their startups here.

Google Prepares To Become Latest Failure In Taking On The American Living Room

About ten years ago, Microsoft (MSFT) made an effort to invade the American living room by offering connections among PCs, TVs, DVRs, game consoles, and broadband.

Kindle For Mac Now Available -- How About An iPad Edition? (AMZN, AAPL)

Amazon's Kindle app is now finally available for the Mac, something Amazon announced way back in October, 2009.

AWESOME: SkiFree For iPhone Now Available! (MSFT, AAPL)

Retro gaming fans are going to LOVE this one. SkiFree is now available as a free download for Apple's iPhone!

If you liked playing the lo-fi skiing game on Windows 3, you'll love it on the iPhone and iPod touch.

Foursquare And Gowalla Still Duking It Out At SXSW

So far this evening, "check-ins" in Austin for the dueling-to-the-death location-based services Foursquare and Gowalla look pretty even.

Uh Oh: Now Everyone And Their Brother Is Suing Yelp

This is a tough one. 

Hard to see how a Yelp salesperson calling and trying to sell a company a listing won't play up the ability to minimize (or delete) negative reviews that the company says are bogus, given that Yelp deletes bogus reviews.

The Future Of Newspapers, Seattlepi.com, Celebrates 1 Year Of Web-Only News

As you'll recall, the Seattle P-I was forced to shut down its print edition last year after all other attempts to stop the bleeding failed.