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Two more executives have left troubled Motorola, with Larry R. Raymond replacing treasurer Steve Strobel and Stephen Nolan taking over for Mike Fenger as the head of the company’s mobile devices group in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Since Greg Brown took over from Ed Zander as CEO in January, Motorola has brought in new […]

Online advertiser ValueClick was hit with a record $2.9 million fine March 17 for deceptive online advertising and failing to properly secure consumers’ sensitive financial data. The fine is the single largest ever levied for a violation of the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act, according to the Federal Trade Commission. ValueClick neither admitted nor denied the charges […]

Tech sector analysts continue to predict that the country’s deepening financial woes will have little to no effect on the IT industry, pointing to no downturn in IT spending and a continuing, vibrant acquisitions market. “Tech is still maintaining its strength. We’re still seeing lots of deals getting done,” Ward Carter, president of mergers and […]

Motorola joined the 802.11n parade March 11 with the release of WLAN switches to support the company’s vision of an all-wireless enterprise. The 802.11n standard, which is still in draft stages, promises speeds of up to four times faster than those of 802.11a/b/g and works over much longer distances. While the 802.11n standard has not […]

WASHINGTON-Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates praised government technology policy March 13 but warned that lawmakers’ desire for an instant return on long-term investments threatens what he termed “a good job of making the right decisions.” After spending March 12 jousting with members of the U.S. House Science and Technology Committee over contentious tech policies such as […]

WASHINGTON-The United States is at an innovation crossroads that requires Congress to move decisively if America is to remain competitive in the global marketplace, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said March 12. Testifying before the House Committee on Science and Technology, Gates urged lawmakers to increase the number of H-1B visas, to invest heavily in education […]

Bill Gates makes one of his periodic Washington appearances this week to stump for his favorite Capitol Hill subjects: more H1-B visas, more public-private partnerships and more federal spending on math, science and technology. The Microsoft chairman’s two-day trip includes testifying before the U.S. House and Technology Committee March 12 and keynoting a sold out […]

Rumors are floating around Florida that the state could resort to Internet voting as part of a makeover primary election. Under the plan, Florida Democrats could cast votes by mail, the telephone or over the Internet. Florida held a primary Jan. 19 but the DNC (Democratic National Committee) refuses to recognize the results because the […]

Tata Communications of India plans to install and deploy a WiMax network across 115 Indian cities within the next two years. With a price tag of $100 million, the goal is to establish 20 million broadband connections. The Indian broadband market currently serves only 3.1 million customers in a nation with a population of more […]

A second whistle-blower has come forward with accusations that an unnamed major wireless carrier widely cooperated with the Bush administration’s warrantless domestic spying program. Babak Pasdar, a computer security consultant, claims in a Feb. 28 seven-page affidavit that the carrier granted the government an open gateway known as the “Quantico circuit” to customer voice and […]