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Cisco cautious on Brazil tax scandal

Cisco's Brazilian unit has been accused of importing $500 million worth of telecommunications and networking equipment without paying necessary taxes

Former top UMC executives found not guilty

Taiwan court rules that the founder of UMC was not guilty of investing in and transferring technology to a Chinese chip maker

Senate passes seven-year Internet tax moratorium

Senate's Internet tax legislation makes changes to the House bill that are intended to protect e-mail messages and instant messaging from usage taxes

SanDisk sues LG, 24 others for patent infringement

SanDisk suit says its patents were infringed in removable flash storage products including MP3 players and USB flash drives, asks to have the products barred from the U.S.

Trade agreement could help delete counterfeit chips

The U.S., European Union, and other countries are discussing an agreement that will fight piracy and counterfeiting and protect intellectual property rights

Poll: Internet video should be regulated

One-third of respondents to survey of Internet attitudes don't see constitutional issues being raised by government regulation of Internet video

Microsoft withdraws remaining European appeals

An agreement struck between Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and European Commision Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes renders the remain appeals moot

Giving voice to the IT talent shortage

U.S. trade rep launches anticounterfeiting campaign

MPAA and Microsoft among companies lauding government's move to promote antipiracy efforts around the world

‘Profound’ effect seen from Microsoft’s EU compliance

Microsoft's decision to cooperate with the EU ruling means open-source developers will be given access to the interoperability protocols inside Windows