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In Brief: Research in Motion and NTP resolve patent litigation

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:45:41 -0800

Research in Motion (RIM), the company behind the BlackBerry wireless e-mail device, has resolved its patent dispute with NTP, the companies announced Wednesday. As part of the settlement to resolve all legal matters between the companies, NTP and RIM will enter in to licensing agreement, the terms of which will be finalized in upcoming weeks, RIM said in a statement. In 2002, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found that RIM willingly infringed patents held by NTP, an intellectual property holding company in Arlington, Virginia. NTP was incorporated to hold patents obtained by Tom Campana for a wireless communications system he developed for his pager company. RIM, in Waterloo, Ontario, has now agreed to pay NTP $450 million to settle all pending claims, as well as for a perpetual, fully paid up license going forward, RIM said.

EU court admits Microsoft intervenors

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:59:14 -0800

The European court weighing Microsoft's antitrust appeal has approved the list of players that will be able to intervene in the case to voice their opinions for or against the rulings.

Chip industry straining at the limits of technology

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:55:17 -0800

Semiconductor makers will soon need to find a new substrate to replace the pure silicon wafers used to make chips if they are to keep pace with expected advances in chip-making technology, according to the head of a prominent industry group.

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Taiwan's HTC to put BlackBerry on Windows devices

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:51:38 -0800

High Tech Computer (HTC), one of the world's largest makers of handheld devices based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile software, has signed a deal to offer support for BlackBerry wireless services on devices that it manufactures, according to the company.

Cost of Intel's lead-free move hits $100M, and counting

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:49:20 -0800

Intel's efforts to remove lead from its chips have so far cost the company more than $100 million and there is no clear end in sight to the project's mounting costs, a company executive said Tuesday.

Microsoft developing its own paid search program

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:43:30 -0800

Microsoft is developing its own paid-search advertising program to become a player in a lucrative market where rivals Google and Yahoo have been playing for years.

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Google expands access to Gmail

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:39:29 -0800

Google opened up its Gmail Web mail service to a wider scope of users on Monday by randomly offering, for the first time, accounts to some visitors of the main Google.com page.

IT manager sentenced to prison in hacking case

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:46:04 -0800

An IT manager who earlier pled guilty to hacking into his previous employer's computer network was sentenced Monday to five months in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday.

Companies lining up to root out rootkits

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:31:48 -0800

Stealthy, remote system access programs called "rootkits" could fuel the next big wave of malicious code, and are already beginning to influence the design of new Internet worms and viruses, according to security experts. Now security software companies are sitting up and taking notice, releasing software that can spot and remove rootkits from infected systems.

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SOA emphasized by IBM exec

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:20:00 -0800

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – SOAs (service-oriented architectures) are needed to accommodate the distributed nature of today’s businesses, said an IBM official at the SD (Software Development) West 2005 Conference here on Tuesday.