Nokia sues Apple over iPhone ‘free ride’
Nokia today said it has sued Apple in federal court, charging that the iPhone infringes on 10 patents owned by the Finnish mobile phone maker.
The patents have been used by the iPhone since it was introduced in June 2007, Nokia said, and relate to several technologies “fundamental to making [...]
Nokia today said it has sued Apple in federal court, charging that the iPhone infringes on 10 patents owned by the Finnish mobile phone maker.
The patents have been used by the iPhone since it was introduced in June 2007, Nokia said, and relate to several technologies “fundamental to making devices which are compatible with one or more of the GSM, UMTS (3G WCDMA) and wireless LAN standards.” According to a statement from Nokia, the patents cover wireless data, speed encoding and decoding, security and encryption.
Microsoft began offering this week Beta 2 releases of its free Visual Studio 2010 Express products, which are intended to enable students, hobbyists, and novices to build Windows and Web applications.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage in New York Thursday, playing the role of chief salesman in a day of worldwide launch events, executive speechmaking and sales promotions meant to persuade consumers and businesses to migrate to Windows 7.
With characteristic high energy and in his booming voice, Ballmer evoked the Windows 7 marketing mantra of “simplicity” to a crowd of about 250 journalists and analysts in a Soho loft space.
The ongoing search war between Google and Microsoft is intensifying as both companies battle to outpace the other in real-time search.
In a dance of timing yesterday, both companies announced major real-time search deals at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward creating formal net neutrality rules, despite a huge lobbying effort from opposing groups in recent days.
The FCC voted Thursday to open a rulemaking process and begin receiving comments on a proposal to create new net neutrality rules following a contentious debate on whether new regulations are needed.
Equinix has agreed to acquire Switch & Data Facilities in a $689 million deal that will bring together two of the world’s largest operators of datacenters.
Equinix already operates 45 datacenters in the U.S., Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, which house infrastructure for customers including Google, Verizon, Sprint Nextel, Netflix and the Nasdaq stock exchange. With the Switch & Data acquisition, expected to close in the first quarter of next year, it will add 34 more across the U.S. and Canada.
The global economy may not be robust, but the PC and chip sectors are hoping to gain some ground with the help of Microsoft’s Windows 7 OS, which will start shipping on Thursday.
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