News: Standards & Legal

• US court rejects IBM appeal in executive's move to Dell
  Agam Shah
  Jul 03 2009

  A U.S. court has rejected an IBM appeal to bar David Johnson, the company's former chief of mergers and acquisitions, from working at rival Dell over concerns regarding trade secrets. The U.S. Court ...

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• Judge temporarily dismisses MySpace cyberbully case
  Agam Shah
  Jul 02 2009

  A U.S. judge on Friday overruled a jury verdict and dismissed a case against a Missouri woman convicted last November in a cyberbullying case that led to a teenager's death.U.S. District Court Judge ...

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• One headset for two phone systems? That's Savi
  Keith Shaw
  Jul 02 2009

  The scoop: Savi Office, by Plantronics, about $380. What it is: This device combines the traditional desktop phone wireless headset with a VoIP headset connected to a PC. Before the Savi, users ...

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• When your phone rings, the copyright police may come calling
  Jeremy Kirk
  Jul 02 2009

  A digital rights group is contesting a U.S. music industry association's assertion that royalties are due each time a mobile phone ringtone is played in public.The American Society of Composers, ...

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• Medical center seeks 'Holy Grail' of mobile devices
  Matt Hamblen
  Jul 01 2009

  Andrew Pizzimenti is in search of the Holy Grail of mobile devices. Pizzimenti is senior director for voice and data services at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, part of the Mount Sinai Medical ...

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• US agencies require net neutrality with broadband grants
  Grant Gross
  Jul 01 2009

  Two U.S. agencies tasked with distributing about US$7.2 billion in broadband deployment grants and loans over the next 15 months have released an official list of funding rules, imposing ...

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• Nokia N97 debuts with widgets and Ovi store
  Rodney Gedda
  Jul 01 2009

  Nokia's latest-generation Nseries phone, the N97, was released today officially beginning the era of programmable widgets and the bundling of the Ovi apps and content store. The N97 has no shortage ...

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• Mobile roaming costs fall as EC announces end to rip-offs
  Paul Meller
  Jul 01 2009

  The cost of calling and sending text messages on your mobile phone from abroad in the European Union became cheaper Wednesday, as the new roaming regulation came into force. Similarly, the price for ...

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• Uganda fixes set rate for telco interconnection fees
  Edris Kisambira
  Jun 30 2009

  A new telecommunications interconnection framework that will see mobile phone providers in Uganda charge each other a similar fee when they carry the other's traffic will come into force on Sept. ...

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• Adobe Flash now widely available to Android device vendors
  Eric Lai
  Jun 30 2009

  Embedded software maker Bsquare Corp. confirmed today it has ported Adobe System Inc.'s Flash mobile player to ARM-based smartphones and smartbooks running Google Inc.'s Android operating ...

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