Nokia, HTC avoid European smartphone sales ban
Finland’s Nokia and Taiwan’s HTC won a key European ruling that a patent of German firm IPCom, which was threatening sales of their phones in Germany, was invalid in its current form
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Google chairman defends “legally developed” Android
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Microsoft Xbox infringes on Motorola Mobility patents
Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility’s patents in making its popular Xbox gaming consoles, a judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled on Monday
Facebook buys Microsoft patents worth R4.3 billion
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MTN CEO earned R22.5m pay
MTN’s group chief executive officer, Sifiso Dabengwa received R22.528 million in compensation this past year.
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Apple, Google, Intel won’t avoid staff-poaching lawsuit
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Apple wants trial to defend e-book price-fixing allegations
Apple Inc wants to go to trial to defend itself against U.S. government allegations that it conspired with publishers to raise prices of electronic books, a lawyer for the Silicon Valley giant said in court on Wednesday
The right IT skills in high demand
The demand for IT skills has been growing steadily over the last 6 months, says a new jobs report