News: Standards & Legal

• Will Nasty Ad Campaign against AT&T Do Verizon Any Good?
  Jacqueline Emigh
  Nov 18 2009

  As Verizon Wireless and AT&T square off in federal court today, speculation is swirling that Verizon's new Droid phone isn't selling as well as expected, and that the Palm Pre will soon join the ...

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• Shareholders sue 3Com directors over HP merger
  Greg Meckbach
  Nov 18 2009

  3Com Corp.'s board of directors is facing a lawsuit over the proposed acquisition by Hewlett Packard Development Company LP, but a financial analyst who studies Ethernet switching argued if ...

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• A quiet Palm releases WebOS update
  Galen Gruman
  Nov 18 2009

  Palm has stayed very quiet since its releases of the Palm Pre and Pixi devices this summer, which debuted the WebOS that was at one point seen as a key rival to Apple's iPhone. Other than ...

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• Essar enhances Africa position with buy of Warid operations
  Edris Kisambira
  Nov 18 2009

  One of India's largest telecommunications operators, the Essar Telecom Business Group, has enhanced its presence on the African continent by agreeing to buy a stake in Warid Telecom's Africa ...

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• China Mobile's 3G coverage to rapidly expand
  Dan Nystedt
  Nov 18 2009

  The 3G network of the world's largest mobile phone network operator will cover 70 percent of China's cities by the end of this year, the company's chairman said Wednesday. China Mobile uses the ...

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• IPhone cleared for sale by South Korean regulator
  Owen Fletcher
  Nov 18 2009

  South Korean regulators gave Apple a business license on Wednesday that would allow it to launch the iPhone in the country at any time. The license allows Apple to operate location-based services in ...

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• Feds plan 25,000 on-site H-1B inspections
  Patrick Thibodeau
  Nov 17 2009

  U.S. immigration officials are taking H-1B enforcement from the desk to the field with a plan to conduct 25,000 on-site inspections of companies hiring foreign workers over this fiscal year. The ...

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• Citrix: IT trends from now to 2012
  Jennifer Kavur
  Nov 17 2009

  Next year will be the year of the virtual desktop, according to Raj Dhingra, vice-president and general manager of desktop delivery at Citrix Systems Inc. Speaking at a press event in Budapest, ...

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• Google Updates Google Earth App for iPhone
  Jacqueline Emigh
  Nov 17 2009

  Google today announced version 2.0 of Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod touch, just over a year after releasing the first edition of the application, a piece of software which quickly turned into ...

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• Verizon Responds to AT&T Lawsuit: 'The Truth Hurts'
  Tony Bradley
  Nov 17 2009

  Verizon mocks AT&T for whining in its response to lawsuit. Verizon's legal filing says "the truth hurts" and claims AT&T is simply trying to squash the marketing before the holidays. Tony ...

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