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The Research in Motion and NTP patent dispute continues its meandering path toward a resolution as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal, and a federal court judge set Feb. 24 as a key hearing date. On Jan. 23, the Supreme Court said it would not hear an appeal in the ongoing battle […]

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Jan. 30 announced that a German court has ruled in RIMs favor in a lawsuit brought by InPro Licensing, a Luxembourgian patent-holding company. InPro sued RIM in July 2005, alleging patent infringement with regard to the way BlackBerry devices send and receive data wirelessly. This was a countersuit in […]

The Research In Motion and NTP patent dispute provided a few more twists and turns this week as the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal and a federal court judge set Feb. 24 as a key hearing date. On Jan. 23, the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal in an ongoing battle that […]

Advisory firm Ameriprise Financial announced on January 25 that financial data of some 158,000 clients and 68,000 advisers was compromised when a company laptop was stolen from an employees car. A file stored on the laptop contained the clients names and internal Ameriprise Financial account identification numbers, but not their Social Security numbers, addresses, phone […]

A federal judge on Wednesday set a Feb. 24 hearing date to consider an injunction that could shut down BlackBerry wireless e-mail service in the United States. This follows the Supreme Courts official refusal on Monday to hear an appeal in the ongoing battle that has loomed over BlackBerry customers for years. The Supreme Courts […]

The Supreme Courts official refusal Monday to intervene in an ongoing patent battle over the future of the BlackBerry wireless e-mail service has left millions of customers faced with the definite possibility of losing BlackBerry service in the United States. And for millions of Research in Motion customers, a frustrating waiting game continues. Loyal BlackBerry […]

The Supreme Court Monday officially refused to hear an appeal in an ongoing battle that threatens to shut down BlackBerry wireless e-mail service in the United States. The refusal marked the latest in a series of setbacks for Research in Motion since holding company NTP sued the BlackBerry maker for alleged patent infringement in 2001. […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—The WiMax Forum on Thursday announced the first products to pass official certification and interoperability testing for the fixed wireless broadband standard. Certified products include Aperto Networks PacketMAX 5000 base station, Redline Communications Inc. RedMAX AN-100U base station, Sequans Communications SQN2010 SoC base station, and Wavesat Inc.s MiniMAX customer premise equipment or modem, […]

SAN JOSE—Cisco Systems Inc. wants to be more of a systems provider and less of a parts shop. To that end, the networking vendor of late is taking a holistic approach to its products and the way it sells them, with integration of advanced services functions into its switches and routers, a new tool designed […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—When asked for his take on the nascent wireless broadband technology known as WiMax, Brett Galloway put it like this: “WiMax is at the peak of its hype cycle and also at the peak of its confusion,” said Galloway, vice president and general manager of the wireless networking business unit at Cisco Systems […]

As IT managers continue to look for ways to lower costs and increase efficiency, IBM, Symbol Technologies Inc. and Aruba Networks Inc. are introducing new wireless LAN management products that bring the efficiency of the blade architecture to the problem of managing far-flung employees. IBM and Symbol are teaming up on a blade that brings […]

Yahoo and Sheraton Hotels & Resorts last week announced plans to test Yahoo-branded Internet lounges, including free Wi-Fi, in some Sheraton hotels. Initial lounges, with workstations and printers, debuted last week at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina and at the Sheraton Boston. Two additional hotels will include free Wi-Fi for guests in their […]