TechChuck (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Can things at Broadcom (BRCM) get any sleazier? CEO Henry Nicholas is already facing accusations he spiked his clients' drinks with ecstasy. Now Bloomberg is reporting Broadcom's SVP for Global Manufacturing Vahid Manian, who claims on his executive bio to hold both a B.S.E.E. and M.B.A. from UC Irvine, was never even awarded his undergraduate [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The University of California, Irvine, says Broadcom's senior vice president of global manufacturing operations didn't earn two of his listed degrees.
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Can things at Broadcom (BRCM) get any sleazier? CEO Henry Nicholas is already facing accusations he spiked his clients' drinks with ecstasy . Now Bloomberg is reporting Broadcom's SVP for Global Manufacturing Vahid Manian, who claims on his executive bio to hold both a B.S.E.E. and M.B.A. from UC Irvine, was never even awarded his undergraduate degree. We know Manian never graduated courtesy of ex-con-turned-PI...
BetaNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
Perhaps one of the sternest reprimands of a US corporation in history, handed down last year, may be chopped in two and watered down as a result of a federal appeals court decision yesterday.
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol A major decision is out in Qualcomm v. Broadcom - the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court on Qualcomm's duty to disclose the patents to the SSO. It reversed on the scope of the unenforceability...
Moco News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Qualcomm's seemingly never-ending battle with Broadcom over video technology patents isn't over yet, but a federal court's ruling yesterday affirmed a lower court's decision against Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM ), bringing it one step closer to the end, Reuters reports . In a slight win for Qualcomm, the court voided part of the previous court's ruling that said the company couldn't enforce the patents around...
Xbitlabs (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Broadcom, Marvell, Nvidia, Others to Cut Production Substantially
JURIST (Free subscription) | yesterday
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday affirmed in part and vacated in part a ruling against Qualcomm, finding its patents unenforceable. The appeals court affirmed the decision of the US District Court of the Southern District of California in Qualcomm v. Broadcom that held Qualcomm's patents were unenforceable because it breached its duty to report video technology-related...
EE Times (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The market for communications ICs--which had been a relative pocket of strength in a downturn-stricken semiconductor industry through the third quarter--is experiencing rapid degradation, forcing suppliers to cut production, according to an analyst.
Tech Trader Daily (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Semiconductor companies are planning sharp production cuts for both Q4 2008 and Q1 2009, according to a report today by Craig Berger, chip analyst at Friedman Billings Ramsey . He says that PC chip firms are seeing “significant production weakness,” as are communications IC producers - and that semiconductor companies are adjusting their own output accordingly. Here’s a rundown on Berger’s outlook...
Institutional Shareholder Services (Free subscription) | yesterday
As You Sow, a San Francisco-based advocacy group that urges companies to act responsibly toward the environment, has filed the first of several 2009 sustainability reporting proposals at Apple. The group is expanding its focus from e-waste recycling to ask...
Vista Forums (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hi, I have been using my HP dv2000us laptop to connect to the internet wirelessly without trouble until a week ago. A few weeks ago I brought it over to my boyfriend's house, connected to a local unsecured network, and it was fine. In the last two weeks, I decided to set up a network with...
Tech Lime (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nokia World is on, and word has it there’s a giant announcement coming in a few short days regarding some big ol’ whizz-bang of a phone. Nokia’s been focusing on extra-cellular services lately, like Ovi, Comes with Music, and the new Home Control Center, but Apple and RIM have been taking some juicy chunks out [...]
LA Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Some documents should remain secret because they might prejudice a grand jury inquiry, jurist says. The Times had requested that the files in the Broadcom co-founder's prosecution be made public. A federal judge on Monday granted a Los Angeles Times request to unseal some documents in the drug prosecution of Newport Beach billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III but kept others secret on grounds they might...
Blawgletter (Free subscription) | yesterday
You'd think Qualcomm must've known something bad would happen. It sued rival semiconductor maker Broadcom for using video compression technology that Qualcomm claimed as its own. But Qualcomm had hornswaggled Broadcom. It had induced the industry (and hence Broadcom) to...
