Network World: Tessera loses patent ruling, stock dives The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that competitors did not infringe chip-packaging patents owned by Tessera Technologies, sending the semiconductor vendor's stock down nearly 10 percent at the end of trading on Monday. Network World: Pharmaceutical finds intelligent solution with BI It was a stalemate. Allergan's top executives faced each other off, refusing to acknowledge the other's sales figures. As each defended his end of the table unwilling to accept a version of the truth that the different numbers wove, the tension in the room rose. The standoff wasn't the first. Finance had a set of sales figures, the logistics department had t ... Network World: HP, Dell, Toshiba recall Sony laptop batteries again Three of the biggest laptop computer makers are recalling certain batteries because of a risk they may overheat and catch fire. Sony made the batteries and the recall mirrors -- yet appears a lot smaller than -- a similar one that occurred two years ago. Network World: Intel calls EU antitrust probe 'discriminatory and partial' The European Union's antitrust investigation of Intel is "discriminatory and partial," the chip maker complained in an action that's detailed in a recent edition of the EU's official journal, saying it's not being permitted to properly defend itself against the charges. Network World: Mumbai terrorism, worm warning, holiday woe A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners. Network World: Dell refreshes Optiplex line, offers Atom-based thin client Dell planned to refresh its line of Optiplex desktops on Tuesday with 10 new models, including a thin-client computer based on Intel's Atom processor. Network World: What tech-industry CEOs are saying about the economy Here's the latest word from tech executives about current market conditions and the outlook for the rest of this year. Network World: EFF berates Apple over open-source iTunes project Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday. Network World: Samsung settles 3G patent dispute with InterDigital Samsung Electronics entered into a patent licensing agreement with InterDigital on Monday, just a day ahead of a U.S. decision on whether or not to bar Samsung 3G handsets from entering the country. Network World: YouTube offers Japanese content owners way to make money In late 2006 a coalition of 23 of Japan's biggest TV broadcasters and copyright organizations, alarmed at the uncontrolled spread of their content on the Internet, were preparing to battle YouTube. Two years on, the video-sharing site has just signed a site-wide licensing agreement for its content and is telling Japanese content owners that user-uploads of c ... AMD accuses Intel of trying to stall EC antitrust case AMD six-core Istanbul already in Q2 2009? AMD Gets Phenom II into ... Report: AMD Phenom II chips echo Intel's i7 Compaq Presario SR5552F AMD Phenom X3 8450 2.1GHz 3G ... more AMD Phenom II, Athlon X2, X3 and X4 launch details AMD plant approved in New York NY set to vote on $1.2B AMD plant Staging a comeback, AMD hops on the virtualization trend wit AMD The Foundry Co sees opportunities in crisis

Dell news from Network World Fusion The latest Dell news and analysis. View source archive --> Search this source --> ·Dell to feature deduplication technology from EMC, Quantum Dell last week joined the data deduplication market, promising products that use software from EMC and Quantum. The company will develop a single architecture from deduplication technology from EMC and Quantum and will make it available on its PowerVault, EqualLogic and Dell/EMCstorage products. TierDisk will be the new name for the company's triumvirate of products. Dell expects to ship systems with deduplicaton cap ... ·Egenera lays off 87 workers, refocuses on software Economy, strategy shift behind Egenera's cost-cutting moves. ·Will white spaces equal more choices? The FCC has just approved the unlicensed use of the spectrum being freed up by the switch of television broadcasters from analog to digital transmission. Will the freed-up "White Spaces" give us more ISP choices? ·Dell offers unpaid time off, voluntary separation Dell hopes it can better weather the economic storm by implementing a number of new cost-cutting measures, including an enhanced severance package for employees who voluntarily leave the company. ·HP, Dell, Toshiba recall Sony laptop batteries again Three of the biggest laptop computer makers are recalling certain batteries because of a risk they may overheat and catch fire. Sony made the batteries and the recall mirrors -- yet appears a lot smaller than -- a similar one that occurred two years ago. ·Dell refreshes Optiplex line, offers Atom-based thin client Dell planned to refresh its line of Optiplex desktops on Tuesday with 10 new models, including a thin-client computer based on Intel's Atom processor. ·What tech-industry CEOs are saying about the economy Here's the latest word from tech executives about current market conditions and the outlook for the rest of this year. ·Dell bullish on Asia but cautions on rising costs in China CEO and Chairman Michael Dell expressed confidence Asian countries will weather the current financial crisis, stating that past experience showed the region to be more resilient to economic ups and downs. ·Backup in a box for SMBs and consumers from Dell, Iomega Dell and EMC's Iomega last week introduced two different backup appliances for use in small and midsize enterprises and for consumers. ·Symantec details grand product integration scheme Symantec Tuesday detailed a plan to further integrate its diverse products under a common management platform as well as support third-party products by means of its published interfaces.

Intel news from Network World Latest Intel news and analysis from Network World Fusion. View source archive --> Search this source --> ·Tessera loses patent ruling, stock dives The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that competitors did not infringe chip-packaging patents owned by Tessera Technologies, sending the semiconductor vendor's stock down nearly 10 percent at the end of trading on Monday. ·Pharmaceutical finds intelligent solution with BI It was a stalemate. Allergan's top executives faced each other off, refusing to acknowledge the other's sales figures. As each defended his end of the table unwilling to accept a version of the truth that the different numbers wove, the tension in the room rose. The standoff wasn't the first. Finance had a set of sales figures, the logistics department had their own and sales insisted that both were wrong. The conver ... ·Intel calls EU antitrust probe 'discriminatory and partial' The European Union's antitrust investigation of Intel is "discriminatory and partial," the chip maker complained in an action that's detailed in a recent edition of the EU's official journal, saying it's not being permitted to properly defend itself against the charges. ·Mumbai terrorism, worm warning, holiday woe A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners. ·EFF berates Apple over open-source iTunes project Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday. ·Samsung settles 3G patent dispute with InterDigital Samsung Electronics entered into a patent licensing agreement with InterDigital on Monday, just a day ahead of a U.S. decision on whether or not to bar Samsung 3G handsets from entering the country. ·YouTube offers Japanese content owners way to make money In late 2006 a coalition of 23 of Japan's biggest TV broadcasters and copyright organizations, alarmed at the uncontrolled spread of their content on the Internet, were preparing to battle YouTube. Two years on, the video-sharing site has just signed a site-wide licensing agreement for its content and is telling Japanese content owners that user-uploads of copyrighted content aren't necessarily a threat. ·Contact center software gains SMS support Interactive Intelligence is adding Short Message Service support to its Customer Interaction Center call center platform so businesses can provide services to more mobile devices. ·Intel joins Giga-byte, Chunghwa to launch Linux MID Intel joined Taiwanese mobile phone service provider Chunghwa Telecom to launch Giga-byte Technology's M528 mobile Internet device on Monday in Taipei. ·Judge orders Ballmer to testify in 'Vista capable' case A federal judge in Seattle has ordered Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a class action lawsuit against Microsoft that alleges the company misled consumers in a marketing campaign for its Windows Vista operating system in which computers sold with an older Microsoft OS were labeled 'Vista Capable' when in fact they could only run a basic version of Vista.

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