International Business News - IT http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The legal salvos between Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. stopped months ago, part of what officials at the wireless industry heavyweights described as a truce in a long-running battle that spanned three continents. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96785-earns-nokia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/nokia-qualcomm-settle-long-running-dispute.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/nokia-qualcomm-settle-long-running-dispute.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:43:56 EDT Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. said Wednesday they agreed to settle a high-stakes licensing dispute and end a bitter legal battle that has lasted nearly three years and spanned three continents. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/trial-delayed-in-nokia-qualcomm-lawsuit.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:35:18 EDT Many banks are unwittingly training their online customers to take risks with their passwords and other sensitive account information, leaving them more vulnerable to fraud, new research shows. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/study-online-banking-possibly-dicier-than-assumed.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:05:06 EDT Information technology service provider Pomeroy IT Solutions Inc. said Friday its chief financial officer, Kevin G. Gregory, resigned. The company did not provide a reason for the resignation but said Gregory, 44, will remain with the company until July 31. He will be succeeded by current vice president and treasurer, Craig Propst. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/pomeroy-it-solutions-cfo-resigns.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:03:55 EDT Dishing the dirt has a long history in Washington, but the Smithsonian Institution is taking it to new depths. The National Museum of Natural History opens a new exhibit on Saturday--"Dig It"--exploring the mysterious and complex world of soil. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93219-dig-it.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/smithsonian-dishes-the-dirt-on-well-dirt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/smithsonian-dishes-the-dirt-on-well-dirt.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:30:09 EDT Computer shipments rose faster than expected in the second quarter, fueled by exceptional demand in emerging markets and a decline in prices in the U.S. and Western Europe, two research groups said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/pc-shipments-grew-faster-than-expected-in-2q.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:42:14 EDT After more than five months of sparring, the battle for control of Yahoo Inc. has turned into a bare-knuckles brawl with a whiff of desperation hanging over all the key combatants. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/90563-yahoo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/yahoo-spurns-microsoft-again-blood-boils.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/yahoo-spurns-microsoft-again-blood-boils.htm Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:22:14 EDT VMware Inc. abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive Tuesday and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms that pounded the business software maker's shares to their lowest depths since the company's lucrative public offering 11 months ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/vmware-warns-on-revenue-replaces-ceo-greene.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:13:51 EDT The Louisiana State University AgCenter, citing strong demand, is hosting another round of workshops to teach people how to make their own biodiesel. Bill Carney, the AgCenter's environmental educator, said there was standing room only at a workshop series in June, each of which averaged about 100 people. The next series of one-day classes is set for July 29-31, and people are already "coming out of the woodwork" to participate, he said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/biodiesel-workshops-offered-again-in-louisiana.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:48:43 EDT Buoyed by a strong fiscal third-quarter report, electronic parts manufacturer Jabil Circuit Inc.'s shares gained more in the second quarter than other information technology companies in the S&P 500. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/jabil-circuit-is-top-it-gainer-in-s-p-500-in-2q.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:26:33 EDT Mark Hurd, the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, topped the list of the most highly paid chief executives in the IT sector. AP examined 2007 CEO pay data from the 410 companies in the S&P 500 that filed compensation disclosures with federal regulators in the first six months of this year. The following are the top earners at companies in the IT sector. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/the-highest-paid-it-company-ceos.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:09:50 EDT An old name in retail was hit by a modern scourge--a hack of its customers' credit card numbers--but didn't inform the consumers, revealing how data breaches might be heavily undercounted even with new notification laws. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/wards-didnt-tell-consumers-about-credit-card-hack.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:46:19 EDT Low-cost laptops have attracted a lot of attention from investors and philanthropists as a possible solution to the technology gap in developing countries. But for now, the gee-whiz image of children e-mailing their homework from the African savannah remains more fiction than fact. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/market-spotlight-low-cost-laptops.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:41:45 EDT The senior vice president of human resources for market research provider Gartner Inc. exercised options for and then sold 15,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/gartner-senior-vice-president-exercises-options.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:34:24 EDT A Piper Jaffray analyst said Wednesday that many U.S. hospitals will be required to update and modernize their electronic record keeping, which will benefit health care IT companies like Cerner Corp. and Eclipsys Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/sector-snap-health-care-it-companies.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:15:07 EDT The butler did it. In the West, it's a cheap way to end a second-rate whodunit. But in modern India, it's a common refrain for police. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/68012-india-the-butler-did-it.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/servants-often-the-usual-suspects-in-indian-crimes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/servants-often-the-usual-suspects-in-indian-crimes.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:02:20 EDT The patient talked a mile a minute, hopped off the exam table, paced around and poked through the cupboards when the medical students entered the exam room. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080608/fake-patients-test-vermont-medical-students.htm Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:04:39 EDT The senior vice president of human resources for market research provider Gartner Inc. exercised options for 12,003 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/gartner-senior-vp-exercises-options.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:12:45 EDT The general counsel of market research provider Gartner Inc. sold 18,826 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/gartner-general-counsel-sells-18-826-shares.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:59:36 EDT Growth in Asia and strong sales of notebook computers helped Dell Inc. beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter sales and profit. That strong report pushed shares of Dell, the world's second-largest seller of personal computers, up 9.9 percent in late trading Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/58189-earns-dell.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/dell-shares-get-boost-from-strong-earnings-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/dell-shares-get-boost-from-strong-earnings-report.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 05:19:49 EDT