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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Motorola Inc has sued a former executive for allegedly violating a non-compete agreement and threatening to reveal its trade secrets by taking a job with Apple Inc's iPhone division, the cell phone maker said in a lawsuit.

Michael Fenger accepted "millions of dollars in cash, restricted stock units, and stock options" in exchange for agreeing not to join a competitor for two years after leaving Motorola, where he oversaw mobile devices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the lawsuit said.

AT&T issued its second mea culpa in the last two months, retracting a free Wi-Fi notice that had been posted on the AT&T Web site.

Morgan: [scoffs] That's wishful thinking if ever I heard it. Julian Osborne: I'm not against wishful thinking.

Top vendors including Hewlett-Packard , Lenovo and Fujitsu have announced consumer and business laptops that will use Intel's new Centrino 2 platform, which is being introduced on Monday.

According to ABI Research's WI-FI Hotspots Forecasts, by the end of this year global hotspots will grow by 40% over 2007.

The initiative to create a standards group to define a Gbit/s version of Wi-Fi is getting a significant push back from a separate group that sees conflict with its work in the 60GHz space.

AdaptiveMobile, , the leading security provider of mobile subscriber protection for enterprises and individuals, today recommends mobile operators step-up security for their subscribers, as it witnesses a ...

Poor coverage and unworkable business models have plagued many municipal Wi-Fi projects, but the city of Lompoc, California, says managing subscribers was one of the things it needed to improve before getting ...

BROADBAND WORLD FORUM ASIA 2008 -- Motorola, Inc. today announced that two of its innovative broadband solutions have been awarded the InfoVision Award, presented by the International Engineering Consortium at ...

Panasonic Computer Solutions Co. upgraded its semi-rugged desktop replacement Toughbook CF-52 and mobile workhorse Toughbook CF-74 to incorporate the new Intel Centrino 2 processor technology and also expand ...

The world's No. 1 mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. on Thursday said profits fell 61 percent in the second quarter from the same period a year ago, when the company booked a large gain from a joint venture with ...

July 16, 2008 Lenovo has released a trio of ThinkPad notebook PCs for the small to midsize business market, with multiple wireless connectivity options, including an aggressively priced cellular data modem.

The Centrino 2 platform is based around the Intel Mobile 4 Series Express chipset.

BT Total Broadband's stylish new Home Hub gives customers the best wireless signal of any UK broadband provider - ' thanks to next-generation wi-fi technology that enables reception even in areas that other ...

UTStarcom Inc. signed a contract with Aksh Optifibre Ltd., its second deal with the Indian maker of fiber optic cables.

"We already work together and so whatever collaboration, if there is an opportunity, we will be happy to collaborate with them," Symbian chief executive Nigel Clifford told reporters in Tokyo.

Brother's MFC-7840W is a multifunction device with a monochrome laser printer , copier, scanner , fax machine, and wired and wireless networking.

Lenovo introduced two ultramobile laptops on Monday, including the ThinkPad X200 ultrathin laptop, which joins Apple's MacBook Air as one of the lightest fully functional laptops available today.

Recent efforts by Apple and Google to reshape the wireless industry have created a groundswell of support that will ultimately help mobile operators and handset vendors, reports the In-Stat research group.

New BT Home Hub has up to twice the wireless range of other UK broadband providers BT Total Broadband's new Home Hub gives customers the best wireless signal of any UK broadband provider thanks to ...