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Computerworld reports that U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman has thrown out a year-old lawsuit against Microsoft over alleged antitrust violations for the "downgrade" rules it set for Windo... More >
IBM has come up with an algorithm that would allow a laptop in minutes to analyze terabytes of raw data -- a process that now requires days on a supercomputer, reports PCWorld.com . Two of I... More >
According to Wired , a class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles accuses Yelp, an online review site, of extortion . According to the suit, Yelp tried to get a Long Beach veterinary hospital... More >
Though Google canceled its Nexus One event in Beijing , Bloomberg reports the company is still hiring in China and advertisers are returning. Though last month it threatened to pull out ... More >
Yahoo, Google and YouTube are facing a patent infringement suit filed by Xerox , according to Computerworld . Xerox alleges that the companies infringe on its patents on search and integration tech... More >
Citrix Online, the division of Citrix Systems that provides remote, Web-based services, announced the acquisition of Paglo Labs , reports TechCrunch. The acquisition will allow Citrix to add IT ma... More >
Twitter reports its traffic is hitting 50 million tweets a day and that the site grew by 1,400 percent in 2009, reports PCWorld.com . Fueled in popularity by media attention and celebrities ... More >
In a complaint filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission, Infineon AG accuses Japan’s Elpida Memory Inc. of infringing on four patents related to dynamic random access memory, reports Blo... More >
The market for Ethernet switches grew by 20 percent in the fourth quarter , largely due to the popularity of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the data center, according to a report by Dell’Oro Group. In fact,... More >
Intel and 24 venture-capital companies will invest $3.5 billion to boost job growth at U.S. tech companies, reports Bloomberg . Intel has created a new $200 million fund that it's focusing on IT, b... More >
According to The Washington Post , Microsoft and Amazon have entered into a cross-licensing patent deal . Few details are known except that Amazon will pay Microsoft an undisclosed amount of money.... More >
Document management company Iron Mountain announced Monday that it's buying Mimosa Systems for $112 million in cash, reports Xconomy . Mimosa’s NearPoint software operates inside the corpo... More >
The battle between Apple and Nokia is intensifying. According to V3.co.uk , the International Trade Commission plans to investigate Nokia after Apple complained that the company infringed o... More >
Application lifecycle management software vendor CollabNet is buying out Danube Technologies , which provides project management for Scrum-based software development projects, reports InfoWorld . D... More >
Facebook is calling its acquisition of Malaysian startup Octazen Solutions a “talent acquisition,” noting that the company's two employees have signed on as as engineers, reports GigaOm . Fa... More >
Hewlett-Packard reported a 25 percent increase in profit in its fiscal first quarter, as compared with that dismal period for everyone a year ago, reports InformationWeek . The company repor... More >
Google has been cleared by federal regulators to become a power broker, buying and selling electricity like a utility, reports The Wall Street Journal . The Federal Energy Regulatory Commiss... More >
As of April 30, the partnership between Cisco and Hewlett-Packard is kaput , reports Channel Web . Keith Goodwin, a Cisco senior vice president, wrote in a blog post : Over the last few yea... More >
Wall Street wasn't pleased with Dell's margins as the company posted fourth-quarter profits below expectations, reports Bloomberg . The story cites price-cutting and higher component costs as reaso... More >
TG Daily reports that the U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Eastman Kodak's claim of patent violation by Apple and Research in Motion. Kodak claims that Apple's iP... More >
A former Microsoft general manager, now a Washington state representative, has introduced a bill that would change the state's business and occupation royalty tax in Microsoft's favor, according to... More >
Supercomputer maker Cray reported fourth-quarter net income of $3 million, but a loss for its full year, reports TechFlash . For the quarter, revenue was $88.2 million.That compares to a net... More >
A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California claims that the privacy setting changes that Facebook made at the end of last year have in reality reduced privacy prot... More >
There are a number of unauthorized biographies of Apple CEO Steve Jobs out there, but according to The New York Times , Jobs will work with writer Walter Isaacson, on an authorized account of Jobs'... More >
IBM has acquired Intelliden , which makes network automation software, for an undisclosed price, reports the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal . It plans to fold the assets into its Tivoli so... More >
Office-equipment vendor Staples is making a play for the IT services market with a rebranded unit aimed at small businesses, reports ChannelWeb . Staples Technology Solutions will integrate... More >
Motorola announced two years ago that it would spin off its struggling handset business , but on Thursday announced different plans to divide the company . One will focus on cell phones and televis... More >
Just days after launching Buzz , which incorporates social media tools like photo and video sharing and status updates in Gmail, Google has acquired Aardvark, a startup that routes members' questio... More >
There's a bunch of new executive titles at SAP after the departure of CEO Leo Apotheker earlier this week but probably the most interesting news Thursday is the departure of executive board member ... More >
Dell announced Thursday that it's buying KACE , which makes systems management appliances for the midmarket, reports Network World . Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The appli... More >
Oracle makes it a two-fer this week with the announcement of a second acquisition. This time it's the Israeli startup Convergin , bought for an undisclosed price. Convergin's software allows telcos ... More >
Trying to counter all the hoo-haw suggesting that Microsoft's Bing search engine will overtake Yahoo in no time, Yahoo, as BBC News puts it, is trying "to get its search mojo back." At an ... More >
Alcatel-Lucent, which just landed a contract to supply equipment to AT&T's Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network , posted a small profit in the first quarter , reports PCWorld.com . Its... More >
Bankrupt Nortel reported that it has made about $2 billion from the units it has sold off so far and expects to generate another $1 billion from sales of its other businesses, including its optica... More >
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones has dismissed a 3-year-old lawsuit that claimed Microsoft tricked customers when it sent them anti-piracy software as a critical security update. According to... More >
The largest U.S. memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology has agreed to acquire Numonyx , the world's largest supplier of NOR flash, reports CNET News . The all-stock deal is valued at about $1.2... More >
The Wall Street Journal played up the fact that the Sprint had narrowed its loss in the fourth quarter. But other sites pointed out that it missed Wall Street expectations and continued to lose co... More >
Monday morning quarerbacking is pretty easy, what with that 20-20 hindsight. But after the departure of SAP CEO Leo Apotheker, BusinessWeek's Aaron Ricadela is johnny-on-the-spot to advise the comp... More >
Oracle just closed its purchase of Sun Microsystems, then announced Monday the acquisition of AmberPoint for an undisclosed sum. AmberPoint provides service-oriented architecture (SOA) manag... More >
According to V3.co.uk , Nokia plans to vigorously defend itself against a lawsuit filed by U.S. investors in the company's American Depository Receipts, which allows US investors to buy shares in ... More >
Acer plans to go after more of the market for servers , taking on Hewlett-Packard and Dell in its hardware offerings to companies, reports Bloomberg . Acer bypassed Dell in the third quarter... More >
Dell is facing a class-action suit again for alleged selling faulty Inspiron notebooks that contained poor cooling systems and power supplies, reports V3.co.uk . In 2008, a federal district ... More >
SAP CEO Leo Apotheker has resigned after the board voted not to renew his contract, which would have expired at the end of the year, reports Bloomberg . Executive board members Bill McDermo... More >
Symantec is facing a lawsuit by New Yorker Kenneth Elan for allegedly automatically renewing his Norton Antivirus subscription without notifying him before charging $76 to his credit card, reports ... More >
Sharp and Samsung have struck a deal that puts nearly three years of patent-infringement disputes to rest, according to Computerworld . The squabble over LCD panel and module patents began i... More >
Google lawyers in China have written to a Chinese copycat Web site over its use of a logo that bears a striking resemblance to the one that the U.S. search giant uses on its own site. Accordin... More >
Germany's Software AG added its voice to the tech companies reporting that things are looking up, according to an Associated Press story in The San Jose Mercury News. The company reported a ... More >
Sybase has acquired the assets of complex event processing vendor Aleri for an undisclosed price, boosting its position in real-time analytics, reports InfoWorld . Sybase was already using C... More >
Financial crisis Stalled too many customers CEO no more That’s how Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz bid adieu on Twitter in a haiku, reports The New York Times . Sun co-founder... More >
Cisco CEO John Chambers’ optimistic outlook that business spending is returning stood out even among the generally upbeat tech crowd as he reported on the company’s second quarter, reports The New Y... More >
Amazon has acquired Touchco , a New York –based startup that produces a flexible touchscreen, reports The New York Times . The company’s six employees are to become part of Amazon’s Kindle ha... More >
AOL posted a profit in the fourth quarter and beat Wall Street expectations, reports MarketWatch . The company reported net income of $1.4 million, or 1 cent a share, compared with a loss of... More >
Market research company The NPD Group reports business spending picked up in December, though not at any great rate, by any means. According to eWEEK , the group reported sales through resel... More >
A judge has ruled in Oracle's favor concerning how damages can be calculated in its intellectual property lawsuit against SAP that is scheduled to go to trial in November, reports Computerworld . &... More >
Virginia-based Intellect Wireless is suing Apple for infringing on its picture/video messaging technology, according to TechCrunch . Although the company successfully patented the technology... More >
In yet another good news/bad news scenario, the Semiconductor Industry Association reports global chip sales fell 9 percent last year. But its estimate in November that sales would take an 11 perce... More >
Chinese company Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial is not ruling out a possible lawsuit against Apple which it claims copied its tablet PC design, according to Computerworld . Last yea... More >
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