HP Settles California 'Pretexting' Charges, Pays $14.5 Million InformationWeek
2007 is shaping up to be a good year for IT professionals, but not necessarily for IT managers, unless you take some defensive measures now, to help lock in staff loyalty and bolster job satisfaction levels.
The DIY Mobile Phone Revolution Wired News
A few big brains in Palo Alto want to ease the corporate stranglehold on mobile communication. By Robert Strohmeyer from Wired magazine.
Qualcomm Beefs Up Wireless Portfolio With Purchases TechNewsWorld.com
Qualcomm said Monday it had acquired Airgo Networks, a leading maker of next-generation WiFi tools, and purchased most of the Bluetooth chip interests of RF Micro Devices. Qualcomm did not disclose the purchase price it paid for privately held Airgo, whose technology is being built into many notebook computers, home and office-based routers and other technology.
Hewlett-Packard: The Unlikely Game Player RedNova
It's been less than a month since Nintendo (NTDOY) and Sony (SNE) rolled out their latest generation of video-game consoles, and already tech execs are talking about what's next. But these days, it's not just coming from the usual suspects.
Hewlett-Packard: The Unlikely Game Player BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
The tech giant is experimenting with next-gen video-gaming possibilities following the acquisition of Voodoo PC
U.S. Phone Data Privacy Bill Gets A Final Push InformationWeek
One of the best things about the launch of Windows Vista--finally--is that it clears the decks. Now we can look past it to the really interesting operating systems coming in the future, like Apple's version of Mac OS X that will natively run Windows XP applications. I swear I'm not making this up. But other people may be.
Wireless recharge on battery horizon Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
There may be hope – however distant – for recharging nearly drained cell-phone, laptop and other batteries without plugging them into the wall, a scientist said.
THE LOST TAPES / Conversations tape-recorded in the early years with Google's founders illuminate how their actions San Francisco Chronicle
When I contacted San Francisco's Upside magazine in late 1999 about writing freelance articles, my first assignment was to do a story about an obscure search engine with a weird name based in Mountain View. At that time, few people beyond the Stanford campus
LSI Logic acquires Agere for $4 billion ARNnet
Semiconductor manufacturer LSI Logic said Monday it would acquire Agere Systems, creating a combined chip-making company with enough scale to compete for greater market share in segments including hard disks and digital media players.
Update: LSI Logic acquires Agere for $4 billion InfoWorld
( InfoWorld ) - Semiconductor manufacturer LSI Logic Corp. said Monday it would acquire Agere Systems Inc., creating a combined chip-making company with enough scale to compete for greater market share in segments including hard disks and digital media players. LSI, of Milipitas, California, will trade stock worth US$4 billion for Agere, of Allentown, Pennsylvania. The move will push LSI
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