All the week’s IT market news.
Vonage hit with injunction in Verizon case, 03/23/07
VoIP pioneer Vonage received another blow this week when the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., issued an order enjoining Vonage from using certain VoIP technology named in its patent litigation with Verizon.
EMC’s Tucci admits overpaying for RSA, 03/23/07
EMC CEO Joe Tucci Friday said he pleads guilty to “some overpayment” in the company’s $2.1 billion acquisition of RSA Security last year.
Nacchio defense plans to call former cybersecurity chief to the stand, 03/21/07
The defense team of former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio plans to call former U.S. cybersecurity chief Richard Clarke to the stand in Nacchio’s $100 million insider trading trial in a Denver federal court.
HP to acquire Web software developer Tabblo, 03/22/07
HP has reached an agreement to acquire privately-owned Tabblo, a U.S. developer of Web-based software.
Intel to build $2.5 billion chip plant in China, 03/26/07
Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini Monday confirmed the company plans to build a $2.5 billion chip plant in China. The plant, to be built in Dalian, on China’s northeastern coast, will enter production during the first half of 2010.
Motorola cuts Q1 estimate, shakes up management, 03/21/07
Motorola replaced a top executive and warned that sales would be lower than expected for the quarter and the year.
Google inks software deals with Rwanda, Kenya, 03/20/07
Google will partner with Rwanda and Kenya to make Web communication tools such as e-mail and PC-to-PC voice calling more widely available in Africa, the company said on Monday.
Yahoo follows Microsoft with changes to search group, 03/22/07
Yahoo and Microsoft have made organizational changes to their search advertising businesses, an indication that they continue to look for ways to better compete against search giant Google.
Broadcom says Qualcomm violated duty to standards group, 03/22/07
A U.S. jury ruled that a failure by Qualcomm to disclose two patents to a video standards group means the company waived its rights to enforce the patents, which are now part of the H.264 video compression standard, Broadcom said Thursday.
Microsoft, Fuji Xerox agree to cross-license patents, 03/22/07
In a move aimed at speeding up development of new document management systems, Microsoft and Japan’s Fuji Xerox Co. have agreed to a patent deal to use each other’s technology.
