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Broadcom Says Qualcomm In Contempt On Patents
The complaint is related to chips used in phones with high-speed Web links and royalties Qualcomm should pay for its walkie-talkie feature QChat, used by Sprint Nextel.
Lenovo Unveils Low-Power Business Desktop PC
The ThinkCentre A62 is also available with Lenovo's optional Dash 1.1 card, which lets an IT department remotely manage, boot, audit and update a desktop.
Veoh Lawsuit Dismissal Provides Hope For YouTube
A U.S. District Court judge said the adult entertainment company Veoh is not responsible for users who upload copyrighted material to its video-sharing Web site.
EU Court Won't Save McKinnon From U.S. Trial
The hacker, who deleted data from U.S. military and NASA computer systems, claimed he would be subjected to inhumane treatment in the U.S. justice system.
Alcatel-Lucent Considers Former Exec Mike Quigley For CEO Post
The company has been looking for a new chief executive ever since chief executive Patricia Russo and chairman Serge Tchuruk resigned their posts last month.
Oracle Tabs New CFO, Reporting To Safra Catz
Jeff Epstein most recently served as CFO of Oberon Media, a privately held Internet game technology provider and publisher.
Nortel Demo Puts 4G Wireless One Step Closer
The company demonstrates the first live Long Term Evolution handoff between cell sites, but data speeds were lower than what's been promised.
Dell Explains Cloud-Computing Trademark Attempt
The computer maker can appeal the Patent Office's rejection of its trademark application for the commonly used term.
Immersion To Pay Microsoft $20.75 Million To Settle 'Force Feedback' Suit
The agreement stems from a complex arrangement under which Immersion agreed to pay the software maker a portion of moneys obtained from a similar settlement with Sony.
Amazon Buys Social Network For Book Lovers
Shelfari is a nearly 2-year-old social networking Web site in which users build virtual bookshelves of the book titles they've owned or read.
Inventor Sues Google, Verizon, Others On 'Visual Voicemail'
Klausner Technologies previously sued and won settlements from Time Warner's AOL and Vonage Holdings.
Nations Respond To Google Earth Threat
From banning Google Earth to simply ignoring the mapping service, countries are working to deal with potential security violations arising from the images Google makes available online.
Online Pharmacy Risks Rising, Report Finds
Criminals are trying to take advantage of consumer interest in low-cost medicines by offering counterfeit drugs and spamming to drive sales at online pharmacies.
Disney Exec Wins Award Named For 'Last Lecture' Author Pausch
Ed Catmull is the first winner of the award, which will be given annually by Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center.
National Tech Medal Winners Include eBay, OS Creator, And Net Engineer
The National Medal of Technology and Innovation is the nation's highest honor for technological achievement.
HP Closes $13.9 Billion EDS Acquisition
The deal creates the world's second largest IT services and outsourcing vendor, trailing only IBM.
Embarq To Trim 4% Of Workforce
The former Sprint landline operator will confront its declining customer base by dropping 1,000 company and contract positions.
Obama Announces Biden Veep Pick Via E-Mail, SMS
Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
FCC Puts Off Plan To Change Cell Roaming Rules
Chairman Kevin Martin had proposed guaranteeing that carriers who owned unused spectrum could continue roaming for four years before they lost roaming rights.
Orville Wright, Former MCI Exec And AT&T Challenger Remembered
Wright was also the driving force behind MCI's e-mail service -- MCI Mail -- which was popular in the 1990s.
Alaska Air's CIO Weighs In On In-Flight Internet Services
As American Airlines begins to offer passengers Aircell's Gogo, Alaska Air is going with a satellite service. CIO Robert Reeder explains why.
Motorola's Jha Shuffles Management, Unveils Multimedia Phones
John Cipolla will replace Rob Shaddock, who had been named to head consumer products in April and who is now leaving the company.
Apple Sued Over iPhone 3G Reception Problems
An Alabama woman alleges that the handset isn't as fast as advertised, and she's seeking class-action status to represent other customers affected by the "defective" iPhone 3G.
Wind Turbine Success Story At Jiminy Peak
One year after coming on line, a $3.9 million wind turbine is generating a third of a Massachusetts ski resort's power. See images of how the turbine was installed.
Corel Receives Private Equity Buyout Offers
The proposals came after Vector Capital, a private equity firm that owns 69% of the company, offered in March to buy out the remainder of the company.
Chinese Gold Medalist Too Young To Compete, Finds Security Consultant
Mike Walker's Web search turned up an official Chinese Excel spreadsheet that indicates that gymnast He Kexin is only 14 years old.
Judge Lifts Gag Order On Student Subway Hackers
Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority had tried to prevent MIT students from discussing security flaws in Boston's transit fare card system.
Cox Confirms Wireless Ambitions
The cable company said it will be using its share of the 700-MHz spectrum to offer mobile content and services.
iPhone, BlackBerry Owners Need Their News Fix
A new Pew Research Center report suggests 37% of next-generation smartphone users are continually scanning headlines.
Payoffs Harder To Come By, But Silicon Valley VC Money Still Flows
VC money has been flowing, but money going into the startup pipeline is now failing to come out the other end, and IPOs have dwindled significantly.
Visa Pilots Mobile Banking Program
The test program will let cardholders get near real-time alerts of transactions via text message or mobile e-mail.
Dell Cuts Transport Costs Using Probability Theory
Beyond saving money, the supply routing system developed for Dell by MIT researchers has made the computer maker more nimble in its movement of goods.
Intel Offers $100,000 Prizes For Innovative Ideas
In his Intel Developer Forum keynote, Intel chairman Craig Barrett stressed the importance of investing in technology to improve lives of people in developing nations.
Microsoft's Manhattan Office Ruined By Flood, Suit Claims
The software company says in the lawsuit the flood caused more than $1.2 million in damage, and claims that Plaza Construction is to blame.
Google, Apple Score High In Michigan Customer Satisfaction Survey
Apple tallied a score of 85 in the PC segment, compared with 75 and 73 for Dell and HP, respectively.
FCC Moves To Publicize Digital TV Switch-Over
The public outreach campaign is targeted at local markets in which more than 100,000 households, or at least 15% of the households, rely solely on over-the-air signals.
Google Wants The Airwaves
The Free The Airwaves campaign is rallying support to open unused TV spectrum, called white space, to carry high-speed wireless Internet signals.
Unisys To Manage Republican National Convention IT Services
The company will oversee computer operations for the political convention, which is expected to draw 45,000 delegates, volunteers, news reporters, and other guests.
CompTIA, OnForce Team For Membership Benefits, Training
The agreement allows contract professionals, who make up OnForce's community of more than 12,000 people, to earn several certifications.
Zi Rejects Takeover Bid By Nuance
Nuance's takeover proposal was made just hours after Zi reported deteriorating financial conditions in its second quarter.
8 Ways To Make Money Online
You won't get rich (probably), but you can pad your income by turning your knowledge, skills, and talents into blogs, online videos -- and cash money.
Cadence Withdraws $1.5 Billion Offer To Buy Mentor Graphics
Cadence, whose products are used by engineers to design microchips, disclosed its $16-a-share offer for Mentor in June
Kansas Man Seeks Cable-Box Choice, Sues Time Warner
The antitrust lawsuit claims it's unfair that customers can't get premium cable service from Time Warner unless they use the company's box and pay a monthly rental fee.
Social Networking Site Hi5 Nearly Doubles Monthly Visitors
The site adds executive positions as it marks a 79% increase in monthly visitors, ranking the site ahead of its competitors for its speed of growth worldwide.
Netflix Resumes Some DVD Shipments
Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix resumed some shipping Thursday after the most severe outage in its history stopped distribution to a third of its 8.4 million customers.
Ariane Rocket Launches Satellites For Japan, U.S.
A heavy-lift Ariane-5 rocket blasted off from French Guiana on Thursday putting into orbit satellites for Japan's Space Communications and U.S. operator SES Americom.
Yahoo Board Adds Icahn Nominees Chapple, Biondi
Yahoo said Thursday it had appointed former Viacom CEO Frank Biondi and former Nextel Partners CEO John Chapple to its board as part of a settlement with investor Carl Icahn.
YouTube User Sues Google Because He Feels He Deserves Something
A Massachusetts man claims to have applied but been rejected from YouTube's revenue-sharing Partner Program, a slight he attributes to a deliberate attempt by the video site's staff to mislead him.
Open Source Code On Firmer Ground After Jacobsen Ruling
Before the decision, it wasn't clear whether a court of law would regard an open source license as being capable of imposing enforceable copyright restrictions on the use of computer code.
Ex-Apple General Counsel Settles Backdating Charges With SEC
The complaint accused Heinen of fraudulently backdating two large options grants to Apple senior executives, including CEO Steve Jobs.
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Sued In India For Ads On Infant Gender Selection
A doctor in India filed suit to prevent the tech companies from showing search ads that promote pre-natal sex selection in violation of Indian law.
Silicon Valley Music Teacher Accused Of Soliciting A Minor Online
Police say a 37-year-old high school teacher's arrest was part of their routine monitoring of the Internet.
McCain Unveils Tech Policy, Opposes Net Neutrality Regulations
The presidential candidate outlined his vision for tax breaks and incentives for research, workforce training, open trade, a reduction in business regulations, and protection of intellectual property.
Open Source Copyrights Legally Enforceable, Appeals Court Rules
The federal appeals court said open source users that do not comply with the software's strict licensing terms can be sued for copyright infringement -- even if the software is free.
Microsoft's Cambridge Campus Plan Hits Legal Snag
InterSystems, a longtime occupant in the building at One Memorial Drive in the shadow of MIT, maintains that it, and not Microsoft, has rights to a coveted space.
Psystar 'Definitely Still Shipping' Mac Clones
In further defiance of Apple, Psystar also this week said it is making Leopard OS restore disks available to its customers.
Air Force Suspends 'Cyber Command' Program
The delay in the program does not necessarily mean the Cyber Command at Barksdale Air Force Base will not be created, but that could be one option, officials said.
Google 'Ransoming' Customers Searching For Trademarked Brands, Lawsuit Claims
A packaging company claims that until May 2008, Google actively hid the extent to which its AdWords program monetized low-quality pages, parked domains, and error pages.
Google Searches Sought In Defamation Suit Against Cisco
The subpoena demands Google reveal information associated with blog postings, Internet searches, and financial data related to a libel lawsuit filed last year against Cisco.
Lenovo Provides Grant To Train New Tech Workers
The money will go to CompTIA's Creating Futures program, which offers tech training to military veterans, dislocated workers, at-risk youth, and people with disabilities.
Best Buy To Sell iPhones, Right Next To BlackBerrys
The big box electronics retailer said it will begin selling the hot Apple device in its retail outlets after Labor Day.
Dell Updates Business Laptops For 'Digital Nomads'
The PCs include a security subsystem to protect data and prevent unauthorized network access, and technology to extend battery life to as much as 19 hours.
GSA Deploys IPv6 From Level 3
Level 3 Communications said it has migrated the government agency from IPv4 to IPv6 as part of the government's wholesale move to the new Internet Protocol.
State Regulators Consider Safeguards Against 'Early Termination Fee' Abuse
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners said it stands with the FCC in revising "an oversight regime" of the wireless carriers.
Online Job Board Uses Web 2.0 Features To Link Employers, Job Seekers
Jobfox Intros identifies high-match job seekers and moves them to the top of the resumé stack.
Debate To Highlight Candidates' Views On Space Exploration
Sen. McCain will send Apollo VII astronaut Walt Cunningham and Sen. Obama will send former NASA Associate Administrator Lori Garver to speak at the Mars Society debate.
Liberty Media Open To Discussing AOL Dial-Up Deal
Liberty Media would be open to discussing a deal to swap its stake in Time Warner for the media conglomerate's AOL dial-up Internet business, Liberty Chairman John Malone said on Monday.
Japan's Cost-Squeezed NEC Considers PC Price Hike
Japan's No.1 PC maker NEC is considering a hike in wholesale prices of new personal computer models to offset rising costs, it said on Tuesday, but the plan could mean losing domestic market share.
Starbucks Canada Offers Free Wi-Fi
Bell Internet subscribers now have access to free Wi-Fi service at more than 650 Starbucks stores across Canada.
Qwest, Unions Seek Pact As National Political Conventions Loom
Around 93% of the Communications Workers of America membership voted to authorize a strike, strengthening the union's negotiating hand.
Verizon, Unions Reach Agreement On Three-Year Contract
The deal provides 11% pay raises over a three-year period to some 65,000 members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Small, Midsized Firms To Spend $280 Billion On Technology By 2012
Businesses with five to 99 employees will represent 32% of information and communications technology spending this year alone, according to a Compass Intelligence report.
Metamaterials Hold Promise For Invisibility Cloaks
Researchers used 3-D metamaterials, or composites with the ability to bend electromagnetic waves, to negatively refract light.
JDA Software To Pay $346 Million For i2 Technologies
The combination will create a supply chain management software company with revenue of more than $600 million that can better compete with SAP and Oracle.
Hollywood Webmasters Dish On Celebrity Web Sites
Webmasters to celebrities Jeff Bridges, Ben Stein, Harry Shearer, and Lord of The Rings star Ian McKellen reveal that heading off -- or squashing -- tabloid rumors is just as important as SEO, compelling content, and server uptime.
Analyst Says HTC Android Handsets Delayed
Despite new reports of a delay, Google maintains that its Android mobile operating system is on track.
Sprint Eyes Sale Of Nextel's iDen Network
Sprint Nextel is considering a sale of the Nextel wireless network it bought in 2005, but may have trouble finding a buyer for an asset whose value has plunged about 80 percent to an estimated $5 billion.
NBC Bringing Olympics To Your Cell Phone
The network's mobile site will offer live results, news, photos, and video highlights.
Electronic Voting Machines At Center Of Ohio Lawsuits
Premier Election Solutions, formerly Diebold, is accused of supplying the state with malfunctioning e-voting machines, which the company blames on antivirus software.
Verizon Unions Set Sunday Deadline For Labor Talks
Verizon Communications' two major unions set a new Sunday midnight deadline to complete negotiations over a labor contract for 65,000 workers, saying they may strike if a deal is not reached by then.
Sprint Cancels $3 Billion Convertible Sale
Sprint Nextel, the No. 3 mobile phone service, canceled its $3 billion convertible sale a day after announcing it, saying the terms being offered were not favorable for a deal.
SEC Web Guidelines Vex Press Release Services
A decision that may allow U.S. companies to use their Web sites to release market-sensitive information could hurt firms that distribute press releases and give some investors an edge over others.
IT And Media Cut 13,000 Jobs In July
It was the biggest one-month decline in more than year, as publishing houses and tech firms implemented cutbacks driven by declining ad revenues, industry consolidation, and offshoring.
Google Admits Its AOL Investment May Be Impaired
Google's 5% stake in Time Warner's AOL unit may be worth less than the $1 billion the Web company paid for it in 2006, Google warned in a regulatory filing Thursday.
U.S. Appeals Court Reinstates Claims Against AT&T's Cingular
The decision is the second significant court loss over billing issues for the wireless industry.
Warily, Small Businesses Look To Cloud Computing
MyBizHomepage has introduced an online platform for small companies' financial records, aimed at small-business owners who need fast and easily understood insight into key accounting data.
Black Hat: Come Together, Over Security
In his keynote address, the director of the National Cyber Security Center invoked Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and even Benedict Arnold to describe today's open source community.
Interest Increasing In RFID Applications, Survey Shows
Nearly half of IT companies worldwide say their customers have implemented at least one radio frequency identification project.
Vonage Loss Narrows, But Subscriber Growth Weakens
Internet-based phone company Vonage Holdings reported a narrower quarterly loss Thursday as customer cancellations fell but subscriber growth was weaker than it expected.
Social Networking Site BeatThat Focuses On Shopping Bargains
BeatThat's community members help each other find the best deals online.
Tech Industry's Financial Results Show Sky Isn't Falling
An analysis of second-quarter results for Cisco, SAP, IBM and others shows that businesses are still spending on IT despite the poor economy.
World's No.4 PC Maker Lenovo's 1Q Net Up 65%
Lenovo Group, the world's fourth-largest PC maker, posted a 65.3 percent rise in net quarterly profit, the slowest growth in a year, as it copes with a U.S. slowdown and weaker Chinese demand after a devastating earthquake.
New Yorkers Addicted To E-Mail More Than Most, Offered 12-Step Program
AOL's fourth annual e-mail addiction survey shows that 62% of people check work e-mail on the weekends.
Cisco CEO Says Not In Talks To Buy Big Companies
Cisco is not in deal talks with any big companies, Chief Executive John Chambers said in response to a question about his interest in buying giant storage company EMC Wednesday.
New Yahoo Election Tally Reveals Big Protest Vote
Yahoo on Tuesday released a recount of the vote for its board that revealed a strong protest vote against five of nine directors, including Chief Executive Jerry Yang.
CSC Reports Strong First Quarter But Outlook Disappoints
For its fiscal first quarter, CSC reported record revenue of $4.44 billion, up 16% from the previous year, on the strength of a 39% increase in sales of business services and a 12.3% gain in technology outsourcing sales.
Sprint Beats Street, Shares Off On Planned Offering
Sprint Nextel posted higher-than-expected second-quarter results on Wednesday as the No. 3 U.S. mobile service lost fewer subscribers than expected due to sales of a new phone and new service plans.
IBM Joins Linux Distributors In Attacking Microsoft Windows, Office
At LinuxWorld, IBM threw its support behind Microsoft-free PCs for business and introduced a package of open source software for Linux-based supercomputers.
DOJ Charges 11 In Retail Hacking, ID Theft Scheme
Some 40 million credit and debit card numbers reportedly were stolen from TJX, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, and others.
Microsoft To Counter Open Source With 'Basic' Software Line
The software vendor plans to develop versions of its products with "basic functionality" to be sold at lower prices than its standard offerings.
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