Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG): Google plans to send a letter to standards organizations reassuring them that it will license Motorola Mobility Holdings (NYSE:MMI) patents on a fair and reasonable basis, sources say, reports Bloomberg Businessweek

Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM): Research in Motion says BlackBerry users have embraced smartphone apps, downloading 6M apps from BlackBerry’s App World daily, or nearly 150M a month, reported CNET, quoting the company’s statements at its DevCon Europe event.

Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL): Oracle Corp. rejected a $272M award in its intellectual-property theft case against SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) which sets the stage for a new trial between the software rivals, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX): “Lilyhammer,” a fish-out- of-water story set in Norway and starring “The Sopranos” mainstay Steven Van Zandt, is a new Original Series premiering on Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) to watch instantly beginning today, February 6, 2012, in the USA, Canada and Latin America, the video streaming company said. “Lilyhammer,” follows New York mobster Frank “The Fixer” Tagliano as he enters the federal witness protection program after ratting on his boss. All eight first season episodes of “Lilyhammer” are available beginning today for Netflix members to instantly watch by streaming over the Internet to connected TVs, tablets, game consoles, computers and mobile phones, Netflix announced.

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