IBM has had a record year for patent grants and once again tops the league with 6,180 US patents in 2011, the first company to achieve over 6,000 in a year
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Kodak Files Patent Lawsuits Against Apple and HTC
Struggling Kodak accuses mobile companies of violating image patents
Apple’s Tim Cook Gets Top 2011 Salary: $378m`
Apple's Tom Cook took home a giant pay package worth £244 million in 2011
Cloudera-Powered Big Data Appliance Announced By Oracle
Oracle has launched the Big Data Appliance which was forged from a partnership with Cloudera, the Apache Hadoop interface/tools provider
Nokia Acquires Feature Phone OS Developer Smarterphone
Nokia buys Norweigan developer for undisclosed amount to strengthen its feature phone offering
Kickbacks And Corruption Undermine African Innovation
As global leaders look to international aid to support the developing world, SOFTtribe’s Herman Chinery-Hesse, argues that aid actually damages technology and innovation by local businesses
Gartner Lowers 2012 IT Spending Predictions
Gartner has lowered its 2012 IT spending forecasts but predicts strong growth in telecom equipment spending
Quanta Sues AMD Over ‘Defective’ Chips
AMD denies its chips caused Quanta-built NEC laptops to malfunction
If Yahoo Gets The Wrong CEO, Who Cares Anymore?
Scott Thompson is a technologist, but Yahoo's problems are existential. What is the point of Yahoo in a post-portal age? asks Peter Judge
Businesses Overlook Power Management Cost Savings
Businesses are not taking advantage of the potential cost savings associated with built-in power-saving technologies
Yahoo Appoints PayPal Boss Scott Thompson As CEO
Troubled Internet company Yahoo ends its five month wait for a new leader
Enterprises Need To Secure Private Data With Encryption
Security experts are urging users and businesses to adopt full disk encryption to secure sensitive data
Key Management Changes As New IBM CEO Rometty Takes Over
Ginni Rometty IBM's new CEO, has made her first move by adding new blood to the sales, growth markets and services divisions
Data Management Software Revenue To Grow 21 Percent This Year
The market for customer data management is expected to grow to $644 million in 2012 and exceed $1 billion in 2015, says Gartner
RIM CEOs Could Be Ousted As Chairmen As Playbook Price Slashed
RIM co-chief executives could be ousted as chairmen of the board, as Playbooks get as $400 price cut
TechWeek Europe Readers Prefer Their Own Clouds
Our readers like cloud computing, but on their own terms, according to a series of polls on TechWeekEurope
Sony And Samsung End LCD Panel Joint Venture
Samsung will become Sony's supplier as it acquires S-LCD, the two companies' panel manufacturing joint venture
Top Glitches Played Havoc With Reputations in 2011
As the year winds to a close, Susan Chadwick, of Edge Testing Solutions explores the minefield that is risk-based software testing and rates her top glitches for 2011
Rambus and Broadcom Settle Patent Dispute
Broadcom negotiates five year licensing deal to use Rambus technology in its products
German Court Likely To Allow Samsung Galaxy 10.1N Sale
A German regional court says that the device is sufficiently different from Apple's iPad
Database And Systems Management Markets Grew In 2011
The global database and systems management markets grew in 2011defspite a weak economy, according to IDC
Hasbro Sues Asus Over Transformer Prime Trademark
Hasbro says Transformer Prime tablet infringes its trademark for the popular toys and movie franchise
IBM Takes Its Big Data Analytics To Academia
IBM's programme to spread its business analytics products to universities embraces Scotland and Northern Ireland
Anonymous Beards The Banks To Play Twisted Santa Claus
Anonymous is playing Santa with a Robin Hood twist by hacking into banks to buy Christmas gifts for the "needy"
IBM’s Curam Buy Will Enhance Its Smarter Cities Effort
IBM's Curam Software acquisition will add a social services element to its Smarter Cities strategy
ITC Rules Motorola Infringed Microsoft Patent
Microsoft manages to convince ITC that Motorola infringed just one patent out of seven
Amazon, Nokia and Microsoft All Considered RIM Takeover
Potential suitors for BlackBerry manufacturer increase as share price plummets.
HTC Phones Face Ban Unless Apple Patented Feature Is Removed
HTC has been found guilty in the US of infringing only one patent of ten asserted by Apple
BlackBerry OS 10 Smartphones ‘Delayed until late 2012’
Canadian brokerage firms indicate that RIM's next generation smartphones will be delayed
Preventing ITIL Failure in Four Easy Steps
Twenty years on, ITIL best practice is still widely used and implmented. Philip Lieberman explores the pitfalls that may lead to failure and offers ways to prevent it