Update: TSMC wins major victory over China's biggest chip maker
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has won a major victory over China's biggest chip maker in a court case that could have wide ranging implications for the loser.
A jury at the Superior Court of California in Alameda County voted in favor of TSMC in the case against Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC). TSMC had sued SMIC in a case involving theft of trade secrets, patent infringement and breach of contract over a prior settlement between the two companies.
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Google releases search engine for large e-commerce sites
Google on Thursday launched a new search engine service specifically designed for large e-commerce sites. The product, dubbed Google Commerce Search, will bring some of Google’s best search innovations to sites like Birkenstock USA. These features include Google’s spell checker, query stemming, and synonym recognition.
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Cisco results far exceed estimates
Cisco Systems on Wednesday posted first-quarter results that far exceeded Wall Street's expectations, though revenue and profits were down from a year earlier.
Revenue for the quarter ended Oct. 24, the first of Cisco's fiscal year, was $9 billion, compared to the $8.74 billion expected by financial analysts, according to a poll by Thomson Reuters.
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Steve Ballmer wants to shout at his TV
If Bill Gates is hoping for a quiet retirement he may find it interrupted by technology.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer envisages being able to call out the Microsoft co-founder's name and have an advanced IT system spring into action and track Gates down anywhere on the planet within the next 10 years -- and he wants to give us the same power too.
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Vendors scramble to fix serious bug in Net's security
Software makers around the world are scrambling to fix a serious bug in the technology used to transfer information securely on the Internet.
The flaw lies in the SSL protocol, best known as the technology used for secure browsing on Web sites beginning with HTTPS, and lets attackers intercept secure SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) communications between computers using what's known as a man-in-the-middle attack.
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Microsoft, Yahoo search partnership could go international
Microsoft's deal with Yahoo under which the software maker's new Bing search engine will be used to power Yahoo searches and Yahoo will sell premium advertising for both companies could be expanded overseas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.
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Apache readies Tomcat Java servlet container upgrade
The Apache Software Foundation for open source projects is readying an upgrade to its Tomcat Java servlet container, eyeing improvements in areas such as scalability and security, Apache personnel said on Wednesday afternoon.
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Apache readies Tomcat Java servlet container upgrade
The Apache Software Foundation for open source projects is readying an upgrade to its Tomcat Java servlet container, eyeing improvements in areas such as scalability and security, Apache personnel said on Wednesday afternoon.
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Microsoft preps SQL Server for battle in two enterprise arenas
Routinely accused of bloating Windows and Office, Microsoft has acted more like a skinny teenage boy with enterprise apps like SQL Server: desperate to bulk up.
King of the middleweight databases, SQL Server has yet to be fully accepted by the big boys, admits Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft's Server & Tools division. "Really large data warehouses and extremely large scale-up apps are the last high-end problems" remaining for SQL Server, Muglia said in a keynote at the PASS (Professional Association of SQL Server) users' conference in Seattle on Monday.
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Microsoft preps SQL Server for battle in two enterprise arenas
Routinely accused of bloating Windows and Office, Microsoft has acted more like a skinny teenage boy with enterprise apps like SQL Server: desperate to bulk up.
King of the middleweight databases, SQL Server has yet to be fully accepted by the big boys, admits Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft's Server & Tools division. "Really large data warehouses and extremely large scale-up apps are the last high-end problems" remaining for SQL Server, Muglia said in a keynote at the PASS (Professional Association of SQL Server) users' conference in Seattle on Monday.
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Microsoft lays off 800 people
Microsoft is laying off another 800 people, adding to the 5,000 the company has already let go this year.
The Techflash blog first reported the news.
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T-Mobile plans on-bill Android application purchases
T-Mobile will let its subscribers pay for Android applications on their monthly mobile bills starting Nov. 17, also introducing its own section of the Android Marketplace that day.
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T-Mobile plans on-bill Android application purchases
T-Mobile will let its subscribers pay for Android applications on their monthly mobile bills starting Nov. 17, also introducing its own section of the Android Marketplace that day.
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