Abstract Success in the computer desktop market is all about reading and responding to consumer demand. Although desktop competitors look at common clues for consumer preferences, they respond based on unique technology and new business models. Traditional, thick-client desktops from Microsoft, Apple, and Linux will feel competitive pressure from the [...]
The Seattle Times reports that “AT&T and Verizon Wireless, the two biggest U.S. mobile-phone companies, urged U.S. regulators to reject Google's proposal for the mandatory resale of some airwaves the government plans to auction by January. Google's plan would disrupt the auction and diminish the airwaves' value, AT&T and Verizon [...]
BusinessWeek.com reports that “[o]n May 29, Qualcomm was dealt yet another blow in its long-standing legal squabble with wireless world heavyweights, including chipmaker Broadcom and cell-phone maker Nokia. A federal jury in California found Qualcomm guilty of infringing on three Broadcom patents, awarding $19.6 million in damages.” The Mercury News [...]
According to the Register, “[a] group of small British businesses has mounted a challenge to changes made by the Intellectual Property Office's (formerly known as the Patent Office) to the scope of the monopoly a patent holder can be granted for a software patent. […] They are objecting, specifically, to [...]
Internetnews.com writes that “[a] broad coalition of some of the Internet's leading brand names, public advocacy groups and grassroots organizations called on Congress today to immediately adopt a national broadband policy. The goal, the group said, is universal, affordable broadband for all Americans.” The Register reports that “[t]he European Council [...]