17th April 2004 Archive

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• Qualcomm hit with anti-trust suit

  Show or tell

  Maxim, a billion dollar a year supplier of analog integrated circuits and owner of Dallas Semiconductor, has filed an anti-trust suit against Qualcomm. In a terse statement, Maxim accuses the CDMA pioneer of misusing its patents in "maintaining dominance in the market for CDMA technology by improperly seeking to exclude …

  Mobile 17 Apr 2004, 00:51

• PC makers win back right to sue Microsoft

  You've infringed my patent

  PC manufacturers have regained the right to sue Microsoft for patent infringement, according to the latest report on Microsoft's compliance with the Antitrust settlement. The report was issued this week by the US Department of Justice, and the Assenting States who settled their own litigation with Microsoft. Massachusetts …

  Channel 17 Apr 2004, 01:35

• Tech worker body count reaches 160,785

  Offshore job watch

  The number of IT jobs that moved offshore has reached 160,785, according to the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers. The organization claims to maintain the only web counter of job losses overseas from the United States. Almost 100,000 net jobs were lost to the US tech sector in this period. The researchers say that …

  IT Director 17 Apr 2004, 01:50