SAN FRANCISCO - Companies working with popular standards for wireless technology may have a patent infringement problem. A federal judge in Tyler, Texas, ruled last week that an Australian government agency holds the rights to patents on the underlying technology used in two Wi-Fi standards and a third proposed standard. The decision-if it survives what
RESTON, Va. - During the first 19 days of November, total online non-travel retail spending reached $6.35 billion, a 23 percent increase from 2005, while online spending during the four-day Thanksgiving weekend is expected to top $1.15 billion, comScore Networks reported Tuesday. "Online holiday retail spending is once again strong coming out of the gate,"
CUPERTINO, Ca. - A security researcher has published attack code for an unpatched flaw in Mac OS X, the latest vulnerability in the Month of Kernel Bugs campaign. The proof-of-concept code exploits a security hole in the way Apple Computer's operating system handles disk image files, the researcher wrote Monday on a blog devoted to
BEIJING, China - The Automotive Industry Action Group and the Society of Automotive Engineers of China on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to promote dialogue and collaboration between the North American and Chinese automotive industries in the areas of technology, management and standards development. The agreement establishes a foundation for both associations to work
DETROIT ? Last Thursday's Fundraising Auction held Nov. 16 by the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation raised $33,126, more than three times the amount raised at last year's charity silent auction. The beneficiaries will be young women pursuing technology careers. Those women could win scholarships worth up to $20,000 over four years, or
LANSING - Michigan legislators should add further competition and customer protection provisions to the cable franchise bill passed last week by the Michigan House, a Google official said Monday, to ensure residents have unfettered access to YouTube, the video Internet service recently acquired by the California-based search engine, which is building its Midwest headquarters in
ANN ARBOR ? As if Michigan hasn't had enough bad news lately, more came Friday from the University of Michigan. Michigan has endured six straight years of job losses and the next two years will see even more - the longest stretch of employment loss in the state since the Great Depression. Since mid-2000 to
LANSING - In just over two weeks a proposal on a replacement tax for the Michigan Single Business Tax is due according to a de facto if not de jure deadline from the joint Select Committee on Economic Growth, but it is unlikely that such a report will come on December 1. Senate Majority Leader
ANN ARBOR - Despite solid growth the past three years, America's economy will be subdued through 2008, University of Michigan economists predicted Thursday. Moderate job gains, rising interest rates and the continuing slump in housing starts and vehicle sales will account for a somewhat restrained economy over the next two years, they said. "The economy
GRAND RAPIDS - Kent County would get additional tools to promote the west Michigan region and lure national and regional conventions under HB 6606 approved by the House Commerce Committee. The bill permits Kent County, with the support of hotels and motels, to levy a tax of up to 2 percent to support promotional activities.