Nancy Gohring

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Microsoft sues worker for spying

Robbing Bill, to sue Bill. Microsoft says former employee stole trade secrets that he used in a patent suit against the software giant

Acer smartphone up PC maker’s sleeve

At Mobile World Congress, the Taiwanese PC manufacturer plans to unveil a handset that can work on multiple networks. Find out who else is rumoured to have smart phones waiting in the wings

VeriSign buys Certicom after RIM withdraws bid

Armed with Certicom's ECC public-key encryption technology and its own secure socket layer business, VeriSign expects to be able to enter new markets, the company said

RIM pulls bid for security vendor Certicom

While RIM initially said it was reviewing the court's decision and considering alternatives, including an appeal, on Tuesday the company announced it had withdrawn its offer because conditions of the offer couldn't be satisfied

iPhone ushers in year of the mobile app

Just a couple of years ago the mobile market was virtually nothing to call home about. Apple's release of the iPhone changed all that. Here's a peak into what 2009 has in store for the mobile phone market

Microsoft offers open-source content management app

Microsoft releases a standards-compliant open-source framework that developers can use to build blogs or large Web sites

Facebook wins $873 million suit against spammer

Spammers set up bogus Facebook pages to harvest user login details

Google.org chief, ex-FCC staffers form Obama’s tech policy team

Barack Obama's transition team has appointed three people to develop the incoming administration's IT policies, but the White House CTO post remains open

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