Cisco Fellow Bruce Davie Joins Stealth Start-Up Nicira

All these hires are making the secretive networking start-up look ever more interesting by the day.
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Trio Uses Handful of Android Phones to Offer a 360-Degree Bike Ride

The result is an interactive video, playable on the Web, that lets one view a run down a Utah desert from any angle.
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Sony to Buy Out Ericsson in Cellphone Joint Venture

Sony will pay 1.05 billion euros to Ericsson to get full control of the 10-year-old handset maker.
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Sony Nears Deal to Buy Out Ericsson From Joint Venture

In a sign of the central role smartphones will play in its future consumer-electronics strategy, Sony Corp. is nearing a deal to buy out Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson’s stake in their mobile phone joint venture, according to people familiar with the matter.

U.S. Steps Up Probe of Nortel Patent Deal

The Justice Department is intensifying an investigation into whether tech giants including Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion could use a recently acquired trove of patents to unfairly hobble competing smartphones using Google’s Android software.

Is Google the Biggest Loser After Nortel Patent Auction?

Google admits the outcome of the patent auction was “disappointing,” while some outsiders say the company missed a golden opportunity to bulk up its patent portfolio at a time when Android is coming under increasing legal attack.
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Nortel Patents Go to Group That Includes Apple, Microsoft, RIM and More

The networking company, which is currently in bankruptcy proceedings, said late Thursday that it will receive $4.5 billion from a consortium of tech companies made up of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion and Sony. The patent collection includes some 6,000 patents including key patents in the areas of wireless and networking.
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Sony Ericsson Says Quake Aftermath Will Continue to Cloud Component Picture

Supplies of screens, batteries and camera modules are among the parts most affected by the March 11 quake, Sony Ericsson told investors on a conference call on Tuesday. The company said it expects an impact for several quarters, but said the effect is tough to quantify.

Alcatel-Lucent Considers Sale of Telecom-Gear Unit

Alcatel-Lucent is exploring the sale of its business unit that sells phones and other telecom gear to corporations, which could be worth $1.5 billion or more, people familiar with the matter tell The Wall Street Journal. The Franco-American company has hired advisers and in recent days began to examine options for the business, which has about $1.5 billion in annual sales.

Mobile World Congress Notebook: Battle of the Behemoth Booths

Aiming to capture the flavor of Barcelona, Mobilized’s Ina Fried reports back on some of the more massive booths at Mobile World Congress, including a two-story booth devoted to Android and an entire hall of wares from Sweden’s Ericsson.

Who Wants Nortel’s 4G Patents?

Ericsson Posts Q4 Layoff Surplus

Ericsson: Thanks a Lot, Sony

Weekend Update, 1.24.09

Apple Q1: Boom

Ericsson Sacking 5,000 Just in Case