Microsoft’s week involved Windows Phone 7 released to manufacturing, a revival of its long-running legal case with i4i and the release of a Bing app for Google Android. – Microsoft released Windows Phone 7 to manufacturing on Sept. 1. After months of updates and rumors, this is the milestone that anticipates that most final of final steps: actual product release. Now Microsofts OEMs will integrate the software platform into their devices, which will reportedly debut …
The Anti-Corruption Council has made public a list of persons facing criminal charges related to the privatization of the Port of Belgrade company. The criminal complaint was filed three months ago against 17 persons for abusing their official position during the 2005 privatization.
If you have wanted to get your iPhone onto a different network and the lack of an additional SIM spot on your iPhone 4 prevented you from doing that a solution has surfaced. A new case debuted last week that has dual-SIM card slots allowing the iPhone 4 to work on two networks. The App [...]
There has been some confusion amongst iPhone fans who want to buy the smartphone without a wireless service contract. Apparently, the only way to get one without a wireless service contract is to go into an AT&T retail store, you can’t get them online. BusinessWeek has taken a firs t look at the new iPhone [...]
Federal authorities have declined to bring criminal charges in a probe of accusations that a school district in Pennsylvania spied on a student with a Webcam. – After months of controversy, federal authorities said they do not plan to
press charges against Pennsylvania
school officials for allegedly spying on a student via Webcam.
In a statement today, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger said there was
insufficient evidence of criminal intent to charge off…
If you own one of those tiny little Smart cars you can now get the Smart Drive app on the App Store for $9.99. That is a onetime fee for the app and the hardware Smart Drive kit is available at a local dealer for charging the iPhone and more while driving.
EFO has unveiled a [...]
In case you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely heard that “Paper Planes” hitmaker M.I.A. has taken quite a beating (Figuratively speaking, of course…) since the release of her latest album, M.A.Y.A. Will colorful, sparkly images of unicorns, swans, and jaguars help the Sri Lankan rapper redeem herself? You be the judge. Take a [...]
Marsha Revel, the judge who jailed Lindsay Lohan in probation violation case, has been replaced, it has emerged. Court officials said Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel had improperly and privately contacted experts or people involved in the case. These reportedly included staff at a rehabilitation facility, which the judge chose as a place [...]
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said in an e-mail to The New York Times that HP’s firing of CEO Mark Hurd was the worst IT corporate decision since Apple fired Steve Jobs. – Oracle CEO Larry Ellison slammed the Hewlett-Packard Board of Directors for firing Chairman and CEO Mark Hurd, accusing the group of “cowardly corporate political correctness.”
In an e-mail sent to The New York Times Aug. 9, Ellison called the HP boards move “the worst personnel decision since the …
HP, Sun and Accenture were named in a suit joined by the DOJ in 2007 alleging kickbacks for favorable treatment in government contracts. In the agreement, HP reportedly will pay $50 million. – Hewlett-Packard reportedly will pay about $50 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice over alleged kickbacks in connection with government IT contracts.
HP announced a settlement in principle Aug. 2 that would reduce the companys third quarter profits by 2 cents share.
The a…
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President Boris Tadić said that he is offended by the reasons stated by the London court for denying Belgrade’s request for the extradition of Ejup Ganić. Judge Timothy Workman stated that there is evidence that the trial, if held in Belgrade, would be political motivated.
A special master appointed by a judge ruled that Intel’s business practices, including giving OEMs discounts to limit their use of AMD products, did not harm consumers, and in some cases those discounts were passed onto consumers. He denied the request for class-action status for the lawsuit. – Intel got a rare win in court when a special master in a case filed by
consumers ruled that he had found no evidence that consumers had been hurt by
the giant chip maker’s business practice of giving discounts to computer
makers.
Special Master Vincent Poppiti, ruling on the case, which was
fil…
The new dean of Harvard Business School promises “radical innovation”
HENRY KISSINGER, who started his career in the killing fields of Harvard before moving to Washington, DC, is said to have quipped that academic politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. Schumpeter has no idea whether the contest to succeed Jay Light as dean of the Harvard Business School (HBS) was vicious. But he is sure that the stakes were not small.
HBS is hugely influential. The school is a training ground for America’s business elite: a striking number of the top office holders of Fortune 500 companies, including the heads of General Electric and Boeing, sharpened their skills and elbows there. The school is also the apex of the vast global industry devoted to teaching business. It sits on an endowment of $2.1 billion and employs some terrific thinkers, including Michael Porter and Clayton Christensen. It developed the “case method”—using case studies to teach students about real-world business problems. It claims to be the source of four-fifths of the case-study materials used in the world’s leading business schools. …
Apple begins its free-bumper program for iPhone 4 owners, in its latest attempt to stifle the controversy surrounding the next-generation smartphone’s reported antenna design problems. – Apple launched its promised iPhone 4 bumper program on July 23, following
weeks of controversy over its next-generation smartphone’s reported antenna problems.
Customers and publications had complained that touching the iPhone 4′s
exterior antenna rim resulted in dampened reception, a phenomenon …
Intel and the Federal Trade Commission reportedly have reached a settlement in the agencys lawsuit against Intel. The deal would not include a regulatory fine, but would monitor Intels business practices in the future. – Intel reportedly has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade
Commission, which in December sued the giant chip maker over business
practices regulators said unfairly stifled competition.
According to a July 19 report by Reuters that
quoted an unnamed source close to the FTC, the proposed set…
Quirky makes all manner of wild products that are designed by the community. The company has a cool new iPhone 4 bumper case called the Tilt that has a flip down section to prop the smartphone up.
The iPhone 4 will eventually be offered in white and black colors, though it launched in black only. If [...]
Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić reacted to the news out of the The Hague late on Wednesday that the ICJ would rule in the Kosovo case on July 22. As the International Court of Justice (ICJ) announces its advisory opinion on the legality under international law of the unilateral proclamation of independence made by Kosovo’s ethnic Albanians, it will be a moment of truth, said Jeremić.
Lots of people really like the iPhone 4, but the device has issues for some users. Many are having antenna problems and cases like the new iPhone 4 Exolife battery case claim to help reception of the iPhone 4. The Exolife case for the iPhone 4 is available for pre-order now.
BMW has announced that it [...]
