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A Texas jury decided to fine Google Inc. (GOOG) $5 million for infringing on Linux technology patents owned by Bedrock Computer Technologies.Google’s Android operating system uses the Linux kernel code, …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Some may have been surprised to see Oracle Corp. presenting at the LTE Latin America conference in Rio De Janeiro on Tuesday, but Leonard Sheahan, a …

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SAN FRANCISCO — To get a sense of how important the Java language is to mobility, here’s a smattering of stats presented at Oracle Corp.’s OpenWorld conference this week: Java …

The Palestinian telecom sector is growing. Exports in IT, software and mobile are finding customers in regional markets. Access to capital is improving with new VC firms dedicated exclusively to …

Motorola Inc. has named a new chief financial officer from outside the company. Paul Liska, a former Sears, Roebuck and Co. CFO, will take over March 1 for Tom Meredith, …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in …

Sun Microsystems Inc. raised eyebrows and garnered splashy headlines when it announced plans to acquire MySQL Inc. for $1 billion. But what the deal means in mobile – or just …

Like Daryl Hannah in “Blade Runner,” Google Inc. last week showcased an attention-grabbing Android. But while the Internet giant garnered headlines and wowed fanboys with its latest move in wireless, …

Sun Microsystems has tapped Synchronica plc to provide synchronization and device-management software.Sun will license components of Synchronica’s mobile gateway for wireless synchronization of contacts, calendars, tasks and other enterprise-related data …

Sun Microsystems Inc. previewed a simplified way to write Java applications for mobile phones, DVD players and Internet browsers at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco.The developer unveiled JavaFX Script, …

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced it acquired SavaJe Technologies, which sold a Java-based operating system for cellphones. Sun provided no information on the deal, including the purchase price, and instead said …

DanielsDavid Parker has been promoted to managing director at Daniels & Associates. Parker is a member of the firm’s Telecommunications Group and is responsible for advising communications service providers and …

Digital payment technology company Valista Ltd. named a new CEO, promoting former Vice President of International Sales Arlene Adams.The Dublin, Ireland-based firm said founder and current CEO Raomal Perera will …

Executives come and go as corporate fortunes rise and fall, as surely as the sun rises and sets. It is rare, however, that that mobility is as seamless or as …

HONG KONG-Sun Microsystems Inc. used the ITU Telecom World 2006 trade show in Hong Kong to launch a new industry association that says its aim is to simplify technology integration …

Revenue assurance company Subex Azure Ltd. has added to its product portfolio with features designed to help operators better judge their risk of losing revenue on a customer, and an …

LOS ANGELES–Motorola Inc. is putting the pedal to the metal on getting ideas more rapidly transformed into services with its “Fast Track” program, part of its MotoDev effort to spur …

The big issue for some players in the wireless community regarding Java ME revolves around its owner, Sun Microsystems Inc., which announced at its May JavaOne conference that it was …

Sun Microsystems Inc. is hoping to boost sagging revenues by making its Java programming language available as free open-source software. Jonathan Schwartz, who took over as Sun’s chief executive officer …

SAN FRANCISCO—The world’s two largest phone manufacturers are hoping to give Java developers a push with separate initiatives. Motorola Inc. is embracing open-sourcing with the launch of an Internet site …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. hopes to simplify application developers’ access to the company’s resources with a new network dubbed Motodev, the company announced. The program will combine Motorola’s current developer efforts—including …

In the wake of reports that a mobile trojan dubbed Redbrowser.A had been encountered in Russia, the major security firms working in the mobile space issued cautious alerts to their …

Openwave Systems Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. this week will unveil an agreement to share technologies in an effort to whittle time-to-market for applications from operators and software developers. The …