Microsoft to pay Alcatel-Lucent $500M for patents
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| A U.S. District Court judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Microsoft Corp.
| will have to pay Alcatel-Lucent more than $500 million for infringing on two
| patents.
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| One patent covers how software users to fill out forms. The other is related
| to the use of a stylus on a tablet computer.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008009097_apmicrosoftalcatellucent.html
Recent:
Alcatel-Lucent to integrate Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Realtime
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| The collaboration supports Alcatel-Lucent's Dynamic Enterprise commitment to
| interconnecting people, networks, process and knowledge in a flexible, open
| environment while helping Red Hat expand its business.
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http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-networks/20080318/NYTU04918032008-1.html
Red Hat, Alcatel-Lucent join forces on unified comms
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| Alcatel-Lucent SME products include the OmniPCX Office line of IP PBX systems
| and the Extended Communication Server line of collaboration and
| unified-communications servers, all of which are based on Linux
| distributions.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39336497,00.htm
Aternity Joins Red Hat ISV Partner Program
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| By joining the Red Hat ISV Partner Program and the Red Hat Ready Partner
| Program, Aternity will take advantage of the program's co-marketing and
| co-branding offerings to further its footprint among the global community of
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux customers.
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http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/CorporateNews/en/15963615/Aternity+Joins+Red+Hat+ISV+Partner+Program
Alcatel-Lucent locks down laptops
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| Running an embedded Linux OS enables third parties to develop software to
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| utilise the capabilities of the PCMCIA card or to interoperate with the
| management gateway.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2210112/alcatel-lucent-locks-laptop
Related:
Alcatel-Lucent 'Guardian' Locks Up Your Data
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| The Guardian is a Linux-based notebook PC card loaded with security
| software that checks against a remote server to validate that the
| notebook hasn't been reported lost or stolen.
|
| [...]
|
| Skuler declined to comment on which particular vendor of version of
| Linux Alcatel-Lucent was running on the card other than to say it's
| from a major Linux vendor.
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http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3679026
NEC shows off Linux mobile phones
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| NEC has thrown its weight behind mobile Linux with the introduction of four
| handsets based on the LiMo specification.
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| [...]
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| Among NEC's new phones is the N905i, a 3G/GSM phone with HSDPA for data
| connectivity, mobile TV reception, GPS and support for wireless payment
| services.
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http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2209439/linux-mobile-phone-debut
Alcatel-Lucent says $1.5 billion not enough from Microsoft
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| Alcatel-Lucent said in a court filing that $1.5 billion is not
| enough to properly compensate it for Microsoft Corp.'s infringement
| of two digital audio patents.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/alcatel-lucent-says-15-billion-not/story.aspx?guid=%7B3B7D3262%2DF68F%2D4BEC%2D94C1%2D5C0A0EEE8021%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/36hu5v
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