Tag archive: Wednesday

It is rumored that Myspace will be firing 150 of its current 400 employees Wednesday this week. More than one source within the company is saying that the cull is certain. Gawker spoke to a Myspace veteran with friends at the company who believes many are expecting and even hoping for the cuts. He said, “I think the management owes the employees severance because of the terrible management mistakes they presided over.” There is speculation that… Read More

 Rumors out this morning indicate that Apple will release an unlocked GSM version of its iPhone 4 in the United States on Wednesday.  The tip comes from trusted Apple rumorist ChronicWire, who published the tidbit late Sunday night on his Twitter feed. This would be the first time US Apple Stores sold an iPhone device that was not pre-tied to specific carriers. ChronicWire even has parts numbers for the unlocked iPhones —MC603 (16GB, Black)… Read More

“The legal wrangle, disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, comes ahead of Google's highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) that could raiseas much as $3.3 billion and has been expected as early as next Wednesday. The company said it sold 23.2 million shares to 1,105 current and former employees and consultants and granted an additional 5.6 million stock options to 301 people.… Read More

In her ruling on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel, who issued an injunction against the original Napster in 2000, permitted the case to proceed through its discovery phase, saying the plaintiffs, including music publishers, songwriters and record labels, had the right to try to prove their allegations. Read more at Reuters Technology.

Synchronized searches by the FBI in 27 states and by other authorities in 10 countries beginning Wednesday resulted in the seizure of more than 200 computers, including 30 servers used as storage and distribution hubs for the material, Attorney General John Ashcroft said. One server contained over 65,000 titles. The initiative, dubbed “Operation Fastlink,” is the largest of its kind undertaken by the Justice Department… Read More

Japanese customs authorities on Wednesday granted a request by Fujitsu Ltd to halt the import of Samsung Electronics Co's plasma display panels (PDPs) in connection with Fujitsu's claims that theSouth Korean firm has infringed on its patents, customs officials said. The ban, which took effect Wednesday and is good for two years, is designed to protect Fujitsu from additional damage from the alleged patent infringements until a… Read More

With the breakdown of settlement talks between the European Union and Microsoft Corp., the stage is set for the EU to announce next Wednesday a series of antitrust remedies and declare that the software company is an abusive monopolist, thus setting a precedent that will make it easier to prosecute other complaints, including several that are already under investigation. The expected Wednesday announcement would close one chapter of… Read More

The guidelines, released Wednesday, consist mainly of a list of questions on which the FCC is seeking public comment. The FCC has already ruled that phone calls that never touch the public switched telephone network, so-called pure voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), should not be regulated. Read the full story at ZDNet.

Authorities would not say why they conducted Wednesday's searches, which caused classes to be cancelled for the day at campuses where students were turned away and faculty and staff questioned. Read more on this story at Globe Technology.