research and development

Yahoo Expanding R&D in China

Loretta Chao, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 18, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Yahoo Inc. is aggressively expanding its China research and development operation, Chief Product Officer Blake Irving said in Beijing Wednesday, despite worsening tensions between the U.S. Internet company and the operator of its Chinese website, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

IBM Chief Slams HP

Spencer E. Ante, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 14, 2010 at 11:34 am PT

International Business Machines Corp. chief Samuel J. Palmisano stepped into the debate around Hewlett-Packard Co., sharply criticizing his rival for its expensive acquisition of 3PAR Inc. and giving a large severance package to former chief executive Mark Hurd.

Motorola Asks ITC for BlackBerry Block

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 22, 2010 at 2:42 pm PT

The mobile handset market is quite the hotbed for litigation these days, isn’t it? Nokia sues Apple, accusing the company of hitching a “free-ride” on its intellectual property; Apple countersues Nokia, claiming it essentially copied the iPhone; and now Motorola is joining in the fun. On Friday, the company filed a complaint against Research In Motion with the U.S. International Trade Commission, claiming the BlackBerry maker has infringed five of its patents related to Wi-Fi access, user interface and power and application management.

Tussle in Brussels: The EC’s Oracle-Sun Hearing, End Game

John Paczkowski in News on December 14, 2009 at 9:00 am PT

Looks like Oracle has managed to ease European regulators’ antitrust concerns over its $7 billion acquisition of Sun–perhaps even enough for them to approve the thing. This morning, Oracle and the European Commission both said they have had “constructive discussions” about the company’s plans for Sun and, more specifically, its open-source MySQL database software.

Apple to Psystar: And Don’t Get Any Bright Ideas About a Black Friday Sale, Either

John Paczkowski in News on November 25, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Having diligently hewn Psytar’s legal coffin over the past year and a half, Apple has now taken up its hammer and set about nailing the Mac clone maker into it. This week the company called for a permanent injunction against Psystar’s operations.

Nokia R&D Workers Researching and Developing New Job Leads, Redux

John Paczkowski in News on November 24, 2009 at 8:12 am PT

Nokia is taking the ax to its research and development group. Again. This morning the company said it would cut around 220 R&D jobs in Japan. This, just four days after announcing plans to eliminate 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark.

Nokia R&D Workers Researching and Developing New Job Leads

John Paczkowski in News on November 20, 2009 at 10:21 am PT

Nokia’s workforce is deteriorating nearly as fast as its share of the mobile phone market. This morning, the company–which sacked 1,700 employees in March and another 450 in April–said it will cut 330 more jobs in its research and development group.

Eolas Sues Internet

John Paczkowski in News on October 6, 2009 at 11:29 am PT

Three years after squeezing a settlement out of Microsoft for alleged infringements of its controversial patent on embedded Web applications, Eolas Technologies hopes to do the same to a bunch of other big tech outfits. This morning, the research and development company filed suit against nearly two dozen companies, including Amazon, Apple, Adobe and Google.