Archive for October 26, 2007

Microsoft buys stake in Facebook

Posted: October 26, 2007 in Tech

Microsoft has won the race against Google in having a stake in social networking Web site, Facebook.  Microsoft bought a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook at a price of $240 million.

The deal gave Microsoft the exclusive rights to act as ad seller on Facebook using Microsoft software internationally.

SanDisk has filed three patent infringement actions in the US against 25 companies that manufacture, sell and import memory.

The memory company alleges that the defendants have infringed various SanDisk system-level patents in USB flash drives, CompactFlash cards, multimedia cards, MP3 or media players and other removable flash storage products.

The companies sued are: ACP-EP Memory; A-Data; Apacer; Behavior Computer; Buffalo; Chipsbank; Corsair Memory; Dane-Elec; Edge; Imation/Memorex; Interactive Media; Kaser; Kingston; LG Electronics; Phison Electronics; PNY; PQI; Silicon Motion; Skymedi; Transcend; TSR; USBest; Verbatim; Welldone Company; and Zotek/Zodata.

Research In Motion (RIM), has announced the availability of the Facebook software designed especially for its smartphones. This software will enable Blackberry users to browse the popular social networking website.

The application will allow Facebook users to automatically receive messages and notifications on their BlackBerry devices in much the same way as push email.