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Court Upholds RIM Patent Infringement, Sends Case Back for Further Review
The three-year patent dispute between BlackBerry device maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent holding company NTP Inc. isnt over yet.A U.S. appeals court...
Linux Kernel Review Shows Far Fewer Flaws
An extensive review of the Linux kernel using a source-code analysis tool found that the core components of the operating system contain far fewer...
Storage Startup Candera Calls It Quits
Sometimes even the best-laid plans go awry. Nobody knows that lesson better—at least this week—than the founders of Candera Inc.
Despite raising more than $59...
Microsoft Plugs Code Execution Holes on Patch Day
Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for five vulnerabilities in Windows products, including a patch for a known security issue in the WINS (Windows Internet...
Hotmail Founder Has Lots More in Store
Celebrated Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia recently returned from a global business trip that took him to India, New Zealand, Australia and England, and he...
Symantec Reportedly in Talks to Buy Veritas
Symantec Corp., the ubiquitous security vendor, is in talks to acquire Veritas Software Corp., the dominant data backup player, in a bold move that...
IBM-Lenovo Deal Looks Like an Opportunity to Dell CFO
IBM Corp.s plans to sell off its PC business to Chinas Lenovo Group will probably bring an opportunity to nail greater sales in China,...
Every Machine Needs an Off Switch
Remember Robert McCloskey’s story of Homer Price and the doughnut machine? The thing made doughnuts beautifully, but they couldn’t figure out how to turn...
3Com to Acquire IPS Vendor TippingPoint
The consolidation continues in the intrusion prevention system market, as 3Com Corp. announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire IPS vendor TippingPoint Technologies...
Clinton Stumps for Newest Search Engine
Ex-president Bill Clinton last week delivered the keynote address at the launch of a new business-focused search engine at Accoona.com."When I became president in...