Just days after Microsoft fell out with Novell over its allegation that Linux contains its intellectual property; the software giant has become embroiled in another patent dispute.
Microsoft has been ordered to pay US$1.5 billion to Alcatel-Lucent in a patent dispute over MP3 audio technology used in Windows.
Nortel is attempting to revamp its image with a move into software.
The local arm of mining machinery group Joy Global is close to completing a corporate telephony refresh, a move taking place in the context of a wider international push to consolidate the group's ICT resources.
A week after Microsoft was ordered to hand over US$1.5 billion in an Alcatel-Lucent MP3 patent dispute, a federal judge has ruled that the Windows maker did not violate a patent at the heart of a second trial that was set to begin soon.
With Redmond on the hook for US$1.5 billion, should other audio tech users be worried about what's next?
Intel chief technology officer Pat Gelsinger says every computer-related wire, except the power cord, should be done away with. Additional reading: WiMax: The saviour of rural broadband?
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New firewalls, switches, MP3 players and business applications feature in this week's Australian announcements.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
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Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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