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According to InformationWeek , Apple has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Media Solutions Holdings for allegedly selling knockoff Apple products through several Web sites, including pow... More >
In October, chip sales were down, but they were up at the same time. How so? Global sales reached $21.7 billion for the month, a decline of 3.5 percent from October 2008, but still 5.1 percent bett... More >
According to Computerworld , Apple is asking a Florida judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed in August by Psystar , saying that the case is virtually identical to the one in California. Failing an outri... More >
India's Central Bureau of Investigation says the Satyam fraud is 40 percent larger than former Chairman B. Ramalinga Raju admitted in January , reports Bloomberg . It says it has found 28.09 bill... More >
Privately held Facebook has created two classes to stock to ensure current owners retain control should the company eventually go public, reports Reuters . But it says the move doesn't necessarily... More >
Sweden's Ericsson, which bought Nortel's wireless assets for $1.13 billion, is buying another piece of the bankrupt Canadian company. Its joint bid with Austria-based Kapsch CarrierCom AG won the ... More >
According to court documents, Apple has asked U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup to shut down Psystar's Mac clone operation and to pay more than $2.1 million in damages, reports Computerworld... More >
Google has snatched up another ad company, Teracent, which can tweak display ads in real time, according to The Register . Financial details were not disclosed. As Forbes explains it, Ter... More >
Hewlett-Packard reported net income rose 14 percent in its most recent quarter, though sales were down 8.4 percent to $30.8 billion. The Wall Street Journal notes the company was touting its ... More >
Ciena has trumped a competing bid by Nokia Siemens to win the auction of Nortel's optical networking and carrier Ethernet business for $769 million, reports MarketWatch . It offered $530 mi... More >
The European Commission has granted Oracle a six-day deadline extension to address antitrust issues in its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, reports Bloomberg . That will push the European r... More >
Dell reported profits for the third quarter fell 54 percent , which sent its stock price reeling. Bloomberg blamed lost market share and higher PC component costs. The PC maker reported net ... More >
In another hit to North Carolina's high-tech industry, Sony Ericsson announced plans to move its North American headquarters from the Research Triangle area to Atlanta, according to an Associated ... More >
American Express has agreed to buy person-to-person online payment startup Revolution Money for $300 million , reports The Washington Post . Revolution Money launched in 2005 under an umbrel... More >
U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten has declined to grant AT&T's request for a temporary restraining order against Verizon's "There's A Map For That" campaign, reports ChannelWeb . Earlier this... More >
It's not Target's $3 appliances , but Microsoft is offering a holiday special on Office 2008 for Mac , reports Computerworld . It's cutting the price of the Home and Student edition, which ... More >
In a move that Seeking Alpha likens to Microsoft teaming up with Yahoo to fend off Google, Microsoft is pairing up with SAP to take on Oracle. Microsoft is expected to announce Wednesday tha... More >
IT Business Edge's Ann All has been writing about how software-as-a-service has fared pretty well in this recession. That's being borne out in Salesforce.com's third-quarter results. The SaaS... More >
There were two records in comScore's October numbers for U.S. search traffic , according to TechFlash . Google's market share rose to 65.4 percent and Yahoo's share fell to 18 percent. Meanw... More >
Computerworld reports that Michael Kent of Arvada, Colo., is suing HP, saying that its Pavilion Elite desktop computers are "inherently defective." Kent claims that the PCs constantly lock up with... More >
Time Warner has finally set a date for its messy divorce from AOL: Dec. 9. USA Today calls it "one of the most disastrous mergers in business history." Reuters puts the value of the new c... More >
According to The Wall Street Journal , Vonage has agreed to pay $3 million to 32 states to settle an investigation into some of its business practices. The company also will provide refunds to aff... More >
Applied Materials, which makes chip-making equipment, will pay $364 million for Semitool , to acquire capabilities in advanced packaging and its conversion to copper, reports MarketWatch . R... More >
Intuit has released a CRM application called Customer Management aimed at the same small businesses that use its Quicken and QuickBooks applications, reports VentureBeat . That puts it into competi... More >
It seems I got ahead of myself last month when I wrote that Cisco was acquiring videoconferencing company Tandberg. I should have said it wanted to buy the Norwegian company. Most of the co... More >
PCMag.com reports that Apple has won a motion for summary judgment in its suit against Psystar. The ruling covered copyright infringement. Judge William Alsup found in Apple's favor on ever... More >
Just after settlling its long-standing dispute with AMD , Intel has named Douglas Melamed , a lawyer with decades of experience in antitrust issues, as its general counsel, reports eWEEK . ... More >
According to eWEEK , Google Voice will become that much closer to rivaling Skype with Google's purchase of Gizmo5, which makes VoIP calling software for mobile phones and computers. Financial detai... More >
India's Infosys Technologies has agreed to pay up to $58 million for Atlanta-based McCamish Systems , a business-process outsourcing operation, reports BusinessWeek . The deal calls for a pa... More >
Apple plans to open 40 to 50 new retail stores next year, including outlets in London, Paris and two in Shanghai, reports Reuters . More than half will be outside the United States and the c... More >
AT&T is expanding its original lawsuit filed against Verizon earlier this month. According to DailyTech , AT&T now wants a complete restraining order both on the older commercials and the... More >
Amazon plans to offer its cloud services in Asia starting next year. Multiple "availability zones" will be offered, first in Singapore during the first half of 2010, with others coming online in the... More >
Following a fourth-quarter net income drop of 40 percent, Applied Materials has announced that it will cut 1,300 to 1,500 jobs to save money , according to an Associated Press story on boston.com... More >
Motorola, which already is spinning off its handset division , is looking to sell off its largest division, which makes set-top boxes and networking gear , reports The New York Times . The story ... More >
internetnews.com reports that Intel and AMD have reached a settlement . Under the agreement, Intel will fork over $1.25 billion to AMD and has agreed to follow a set of undisclosed "business... More >
Hewlett-Packard announced Wednesday plans to buy 3Com for $2.7 billion, a deal InformationWeek bills as heating up the battle to control the virtualized data center. The story quotes HP E... More >
Swiss computer-peripherals maker Logitech has agreed to buy Austin, Texas-based buy LifeSize Communications , which makes high-definition videoconferencing equipment, for $405 million in cash, repor... More >
Calling the deal a bridge between .Net and Java development, Microsoft has acquired SourceGear's Teamprise unit for an undisclosed sum, reports The Register . As seattlepi.com explains : T... More >
Nortel is giving potential bidders for its optical-networking business more time to make an offer, according to a Bloomberg story that quotes two anonymous sources. The story says bidding was supp... More >
Google will pay $750 million in stock for mobile advertising specialist AdMob , reports TheStreet.com . Bloomberg quotes Susan Wojcicki , Google’s vice president of product management, saying: Mobi... More >
Sprint is preparing to pump $1 billion more into Clearwire. Sprint's joint venture partners on Clearwire, a group including Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, are prepared t... More >
Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have settled their battle with eBay , reports InformationWeek . It seems the founders got what they wanted with a 14 percent stake in the Vo... More >
Following reports that agreements will soon be reached on three outstanding lawsuits, Skype co-founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis may be coming into quite a bit of cash. According to V... More >
IBM is offering cloud services that offer a place for developers to create and test cloud applications, reports ReadWriteWeb . IBM Smart Business Development and Test on IBM Cloud is designe... More >
Microsoft plans to offer a marketplace for third-party applications within SharePoint 2010 , reports ReadWriteWeb . No date has been set for its launch. Microsoft's Christian Finn said the... More >
According to research firm IDC, shipments of smartphones climbed 4.2 percent to 43.3 million in the third quarter from a year earlier, reports TG Daily . Handsets using Google's Android operatin... More >
A jury at the Superior Court of California in Alameda County has ruled in favor of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in its case against Semiconductor Manufacturing International, reports Compute... More >
Microsoft has signed an agreement with Taiwan's economics ministry to build a cloud computing research center on the island. PCWorld.com quotes a joint statement from the companies describi... More >
Sprint announced that later this month it will begin offering redesigned environmentally friendly packaging for wireless accessories. The packaging will be fully recyclable and 20 to 40 percent sma... More >
Cisco joined the chorus of "the worst is behind us," in reporting on its fiscal first quarter. Cisco CEO John Chambers told USA Today the "tipping point" came last summer. MarketWatch quotes him s... More >
A delay in the finalization of the search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo has not stopped the two tech giants from at least thinking about extending the partnership agreement outside the United St... More >
Wireless chip supplier Qualcomm has forecast weaker-than-expected full-year results, but said it has extended its license agreement with Samsung to cover both 3G and 4G technology. Chief Finan... More >
Chinese PC vendor Lenovo's profit more than doubled and handily beat analyst expectations in the third quarter, reports Reuters . Bloomberg credits job cuts and the sale of assets for the rosy perf... More >
JDA Software has announced plans to buy out rival i2 Technologies for about $434 million, according to an Associated Press story in the Los Angeles Times . JDA Software makes inventory-mana... More >
IBM has launched what it's calling the Cloud Academy , involving 17 school systems and U.S. and overseas colleges to help educators and students pursue cloud computing initiatives, reports CNET New... More >
New York’s attorney general Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday filed an antitrust suit against Intel , claiming the chip maker has abused its dominant position in the market in an attempt to crush rival AMD,... More >
AT&T is suing Verizon over its " There's a Map for That " commercials. In a lawsuit, filed with the U.S. Court for the Northern District of Georgia, AT&T alleges that the advertisements are ... More >
Nokia Siemens Networks announced Tuesday it plans to cut its global work force by as many as 5,760 jobs , reports Bloomberg . The joint venture between Finland's Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG o... More >
James Bara, a former Google employee and practicing Wiccan, is suing the search giant for sexual and religious discrimination in violation of the Civil Rights Act. According to InformationW... More >
The city of Los Angeles' decision to switch to Google Apps was just the latest -- and biggest -- blow to Microsoft's dominance in the e-mail market. But Microsoft isn't taking it lying down.... More >
Psystar is asking a judge to rule that its business is legitimate , and to stop Apple from saying otherwise, reports Computerworld . The Florida clone maker wants U.S. District Court Judge Wi... More >
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told executives in South Korea that IT spending might not return to previous levels once the recession is over, reports The Associated Press in a story in The Washingt... More >
Hector Ruiz , former head of AMD who has been linked to the Galleon insider-trading scheme, is resigning as chairman of AMD spinoff Globalfoundries , reports Bloomberg . The New York Times ... More >
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