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It's been a busy week for Ericsson. It announced Wednesday a US$1.3 billion agreement to expand and upgrade the GSM network of India's Bharti Airtel , which Reuters called Ericsson's largest d... More >
According to EnterpriseMobileToday , Elan Microelectronics has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission claiming that not only is Apple violating the Tariff Act, but also inf... More >
According to BusinessWeek , a jury has sided with Novell , ruling that it owns the rights to the Unix operating system, not SCO Group. Certainly, Novell is pleased with the ruling: Novell is very p... More >
Kenneth Elan, who sued Symantec for automatically renewing his subscription to its antivirus software, has now filed suit against McAfee over the same practice. According to Computerworld ,... More >
Third-party maintenance provider Rimini Street has filed a countersuit against Oracle , claiming that Oracle's suit is groundless, anticompetitive and disparaging, according to an IDG News Service ... More >
Datamation reports that Edward Yavitz, an ophthalmologist in Wisconsin, has filed a patent-infringement suit against Microsoft , claiming that Microsoft's Zune music player's "Buy from FM" feature ... More >
Nokia is buying Chicago-based Novarra , which makes a mobile browser, for an undisclosed sum, reports InformationWeek . It says the Novarra brower supports Flash and video, DHTML, and full H... More >
Telecom gear maker Calix went public Friday with shares priced at $13, which Reuters reported was at the top of its expected range . VentureBeat says many rural telecoms use Calix's hardw... More >
Oracle reported a 17 percent increase in revenue to $6.4 billion in its third quarter, but charges related to its acquisition of Sun Microsystems dragged down profits, according to an IDG story in... More >
IDC analysts foresee growth in the global semiconductor market this year, but say continued unemployment and the end to some government stimulus programs could hamper sales. Computerworld cal... More >
Although Microsoft is not willing to follow Google's lead in China, at least one company is. U.S. registrar GoDaddy disagrees with new legislation for registering domain names in which a photo must... More >
Just as Google is exiting China , IBM has announced the opening of a lab there devoted to predictive analytics software . InformationWeek describes the planned automation tools this way: B... More >
IBM is facing yet another antitrust complaint against its mainframe business. This time the complaint was filed with the European Commission by TurboHercules, a French company active in the ... More >
AT&T has bought an 8.07 percent stake in Tech Mahindra, the parent company of troubled Satyam Computer Services , according to a Bloomberg story in BusinessWeek . AT&T had the optio... More >
Adobe reported better-than expected results in the first quarter and was bullish in its outlook, which includes new products due soon, reports MarketWatch . Quarterly revenue rose 9 percent ... More >
Market research firm IDC has lowered its projections for 2010 IT spending by small and medium-sized businesses worldwide, reports The Boston Globe . IDC says tech spending by SMBs will increase by... More >
Memory research firm DRAMeXchange is predicting three profitable years for DRAM chip makers following the economic crunch of 2009, reports Reuters . It predicts a boost in demand for DRAM chips fro... More >
On the heels if its victory in a patent-infringement suit against Microsoft, VirnetX is suing Microsoft again for the same patent infringement. The first time, VirnetX had accused Microsoft o... More >
In a case filed by French luxury goods maker LVMH concerning the use of trademarks in online advertising, the European Court of Justice has ruled in favor of Google , Computerworld reports. Google... More >
After all the hoopla , Google has announced its decision: It's closing its Google.cn site and will redirect users to a non-censored search engine based in Hong Kong , reports The New York Times . ... More >
InformationWeek reports that Apple has filed a patent that would allow mobile device users to form an ad hoc social network to communicate and share information during events like trade shows, con... More >
Novell has rejected a $2 billion buyout offer from hedge fund Elliott Associates, reports an Associated Press story in BusinessWeek. The company's board called the offer inadequate and sai... More >
According to InformationWeek , Verizon Communications has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Cablevision Systems. The complaint, which was filed with the International Trade Commis... More >
Judge Richard Seeborg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has approved Facebook's proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving its now defunct Beacon behav... More >
Court documents for Viacom's $1 billion infringement suit against Google have recently been made public. According to PCWorld.com , they shed some interesting light on the behind-the-scenes machina... More >
According to CNET News , HP has reached a settlement with two of the 11 companies it accused of violating patents related to its 02 inkjet cartridges. InkPlusToner.com and Comptree Ink have both p... More >
EMC has filed suit against two men who helped sell it a consulting firm and later started a company that EMC alleges competes against it in violation of the first firm’s sale conditions. bost... More >
According to The Associated Press , HTC plans to defend itself against charges that it infringed on iPhone technology. The Wall Street Journal quotes HTC's Jason Gordon as saying: HTC str... More >
Google's just-announced Google Apps Migration Tool makes it easier than ever to move off MS Exchange -- just four steps, reports Fast Company . It sees the tool aimed at smaller businesses ... More >
Xerox will open a research lab in Chennai, India , where it will partner with local universities to develop document-management solutions for emerging markets, reports Bloomberg . Xerox has t... More >
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Google bid to own the "Nexus One" name for its Android 2.1 smartphone, according to eWEEK . The USPTO refused Google's request because of c... More >
According to Computerworld , a jury has found Microsoft guilty of willfully infringing on two patents belonging to real-time communications vendor VirnetX. As we reported last week , Virnet... More >
SAP's new Co-Chief Executives Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe have pledged to make the company more agile , both in innovation and in acquisitions, reports BusinessWeek . They told re... More >
Pegasystems has announced the acquisition of Chordiant Software for $161.5 million, reports The Boston Globe . Writing on ZDNet , Ovum senior analyst Tony Baer says at first the deal look... More >
In addition to its just-announced acquisition of Nimsoft , CA also is buying cloud computing specialist 3Tera for an undisclosed price, reports eWEEK . And that's on top of its buyouts at Cassatt... More >
Facebook overtook Google in the week ending March 13 to become the most-visited U.S. Web site, according to numbers from Hitwise . It says Facebook accounted for 7.07 percent of all U.S. visits, Go... More >
Quelling all the pre-announcement speculation floating around, Twitter on Monday launched its "@Anywhere" platform , a way for partner sites to pull in Twitter traffic, reports CNET News . ... More >
China's General Administration of Quality Supervision is looking into consumer complaints about how HP is treating flaws in some of its personal computers, according to the San Jose Business Journ... More >
According to Reuters , Dell is suing Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba and two other companies for alleged price fixing of LCD displays . Digitaltrends.com reports that Dell claims the five companies... More >
Facebook is opening an office in Hyderabad, India -- it's first in Asia, reports The Los Angeles Times . The advertising and developer support teams are part of its strategy to offer multilingual, ... More >
Market research company iSupply predicts an increase in sales of PCs this year will drive demand and revenue for hard disk drives and optical disk drives , reports InformationWeek . It expec... More >
Nokia wants a judge to throw out Apple's antitrust claims against it, reports BusinessWeek . In papers filed in a Delaware federal court, Nokia says the claims are “designed to divert atten... More >
Although still engaged in talks with the Chinese government over the issue of censorship of its Chinese-language search engine, signs are increasing that Google could soon close the search engine. Ac... More >
Chinese computer maker Lenovo believes 80 percent of its sales in five years will be from mobile Internet-capable devices, reports electronista . It's mostly referring to smartphones, but i... More >
Intel and a gaggle of other companies have invested $20 million in social media incubator Betaworks to gain real-time insight into how people use social networks, reports InfoWorld . That s... More >
A year ago, Frank Gens, IDC senior vice president and chief analyst, said cloud computing was poised to go mainstream. This year, he says it is well on its way , despite the brutal economic downturn... More >
RPost, which provides legal proof of e-mail transmissions, is suing the Swiss post office for patent and trademark infringement, reports InformationWeek . The patents have to do with how RP... More >
CA adds to its network-management portfolio with the acquisition of IT performance-monitoring vendor Nimsoft, writes Mike Vizard over at CTO Edge . The purchase price is $350 million. He notes CA ... More >
The monthly numbers in search market share get boring pretty quickly, in my view. And the winner is .... (drum roll here), you guessed it! It's Google! Yeah, Google's share is still edging up,... More >
The market for software to manage disaster-recovery and business-continuity efforts will grow to more than $39 billion in 2015, forecasts ABI Research . That market was $24.3 billion in 2009. &nbs... More >
Last year, Google listed only two rivals -- Microsoft and Yahoo -- in its 10-K Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission. This year Google listed 10 competitors , reports The San Jose... More >
Amazon continues to play hardball with states that pass legislation requiring sales tax on online sales, reports TechFlash . Small businesses in Colorado raised a ruckus when lawmakers tried... More >
Forrester predicts online retail sales will reach $248.7 billion in the next five years, reports TechFlash . The research firm forecasts growth of 60 percent from 2009 levels. Online shoppi... More >
WiMax takes another blow with Cisco's announcement that it will stop making WiMax base stations and will concentrate on IP networks instead, reports Computerworld . The news favors Long Term Evol... More >
The Wall Street Journal reports that HP is suing several Taiwanese and Hong Kong ink cartridge manufacturers for patent infringement and selling products stolen from HP. The suit alleges th... More >
Intel is investigating how at least one counterfeit version of its Core i7-920 processor made its may into the U.S. market. According to Computerworld , the fake chip was reported by a forum membe... More >
Real-time communications vendor VirnetX is taking Microsoft to court for allegedly infringing on two of its patents, reports ZDNet . VirnetX accuses Microsoft of using its technology in Win... More >
EMC plans to buy shares of VMware on the open market to maintain its 80 percent stake in the company, reports The Boston Globe . And VMware said it will buy back as much as $400 million worth of it... More >
A Delaware federal court has decided to put the patent fight between Apple and Nokia on hold until there is a resolution of their competing claims before the International Trade Commission, accordi... More >
A Google exec told a European audience this week that the conventional PC will become largely irrelevant within three years, reports PCWorld.com , though the site's David Coursey disagrees . &nbs... More >
Microsoft plans to stay the course in China, despite the country's present rift with Google. While Google has threatened to withdraw its search service in the massively growing market due to censor... More >
According to LinuxPlanet , Microsoft has signed a Linux patent licensing agreement with Japanese hardware company I-O Data Device. Neither company has revealed details of the agreement, but... More >
Lots of states are imposing sales taxes on online retailers such as Amazon, leading that company in particular to sever ties to affiliates in those states. And those affiliates tend to be small m... More >
Hedge fund Elliott Associates, which specializes in distressed companies, has made a $2 billion offer for Novell , reports The New York Times . It already owns 8.5 percent of Novell shares a... More >
According to EnterpriseMobile Today , Apple is suing smartphone maker HTC for infringing on 20 patents relating to the user interface found in Apple's iPhone, as well as the smartphone's "underlyi... More >
Twitter says it is opening what it calls its "Firehose" of data to a new set of partners, reports v3.co.uk . That's beyond its $25 million deal with Yahoo, Microsoft and Google . The compan... More >
Google has acquired Picnik , a small Seattle startup that allows users to edit photos in the browser without downloading software, reports The New York Times . Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ... More >
The state of Texas is waving money in front of Facebook's face to lure a 200-employee sales and operation to Austin. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the state is offering $1.4 million f... More >
Dell has forged a partnership with the American Medical Association to help small medical practices make the switch to electronic medical records, reports InformationWeek . It's offering "on... More >
EMC has restated its fourth-quarter earnings to reflect a $52.3 million charge for litigation, reports The Wall Street Journal . It will shave earnings by 1 cent per share. In the case, the ... More >
Facing shareholder questions about Apple's stockpile of cash , CEO Steve Jobs said keeping money in the bank could allow the company to be bold, which he prefers to buying back stock or paying divid... More >
Global chip sales grew by 0.3 percent in January to $22.43 billion, an aberration since sales typically fall after the holidays, reports The Wall Street Journal . The numbers reported by the... More >
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