RIM posts revenue gains on BlackBerry sales
Research in Motion shipped more than 12 million BlackBerry smartphones last quarter
Paul Allen sues Google and Apple over patents
The Microsoft co-founder’s firm sues 11 companiesrnrn
Three sentenced in scam targeting tech vendors
A group of people filed false electronic payment authorizations in four statesrnrn
Trade unions want to oust Michael Dell
The AFL-CIO and AFSCME point to Dell’s SEC settlement and the CEO’s salaryrnrn
Supreme Court strikes down one part of Sarbanes-Oxley
The court rules that it’s too hard to remove members of an oversight board
Anne Mulcahy to step down as Xerox chairman
The former CEO is widely credited for turning around the company
Dell hit with discrimination class-action lawsuit
Dell’s diversity Web page says that more than half of the company’s employees are women or minorities
Miami woman goes to prison for Internet scheme
A woman is sentenced to fraud-related charges connected to the sale of Internet kiosks
HP to make massive layoffs because of EDS acquisition
High tech powerhouse announces 24,600 layoffs in wake of EDS buy
What U.S. VARs want from their next president
Industry group CompTIA surveys the channel for their thoughts on the upcoming federal election south of the border. Will Canadian VARs expect the same of the Tories, Liberals and NDP?
AMD sells digital TV business to Broadcom
Broadcom plans to acquire AMD’s digital television business for $192.8 million
Lenovo posts income gains on strong laptop sales
Chinese PC vendor Lenovo reports double-digit percentage increases in sales and net income for its most recent quarter
Security issues scuttle Bain/Huawei bid for 3Com
The application has been withdrawn but the three companies remain committed to continued discussions
New York launches antitrust investigation of Intel
State concerned Intel may have penalized customers, including computer manufacturers, for purchasing CPUs from competitors
Microsoft launches online e-health service
Platform is an effort to allow people to take control of their health records