Ericsson, the world’s biggest supplier of mobile telecommunication systems, is to bid for a contract to set up a 2.1 billion euro (2.7 billion dollar) surveillance system on the US-Mexico border.

The Swedish daily Dagens Industri said Ericsson would head up a consortium of mainly US companies to bid for the system, which has caused controversy in the United States.

Other members of the consortium include Computer Science Corporation, L3 and Flour, a report said Saturday.

Source: AFP

Apple Computer Inc. has added several patents to its original court filings in its countersuit against Creative Labs.

In court documents filed May 17, Apple accuses Creative Labs, the U.S. division of Creative Technology Ltd., of infringing on seven patents ranging from PC processing card for decoding operations, to icon displays and several types of user interfaces. All are meant for digital media players.

Source: TechWeb

It was only a matter of time before Nintendo directly accused Sony of stealing their idea. Across the pond, David Yarnton (right), who heads up Nintendo U.K., slammed Sony’s Phil Harrison and the company for “copying” Nintendo.

Source: GameDaily BIZ

Google has dropped Trillian from its Google Pack software suite with nary an explanation, prompting a terse reaction from Cerulean Studios, maker of the popular instant messaging application.

“Our goals are seemingly no longer perfectly aligned with those of Google. Their reasons for removing Trillian are their own and were not made available to us,” wrote Scott Werndorfer, Cerulean Studios’ co-founder and head developer, in the company’s blog today. “We harbor no ill-will towards them and wish them the best of luck; they’re going to need it.”

Source: PCWorld

Google’s head of mobile services is looking for your trust. Sharing your current location with a data-hoarder like Google might seem unattractive to some people, but greater trust could open the way to a whole range of location-based services, said Deep Nishar, Google’s mobile product management director.

Source: InfoWorld

Microsoft’s first civil phishing case concluded today with a win. MSN phisher Jayson Harris, 23, of Davenport, Iowa, received a 21 month sentence.

In late December last year, Harris pled guilty to fraud and wire fraud in connection with a phishing scheme designed to dupe MSN customers. On those two counts, he faced maximum sentences of 10 years and 20 years respectively.

Source: TechWeb

Intel Corp. shares fell on Friday to a three-year low, after No. 1 personal computer maker Dell Inc. said it would begin using chips from smaller Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. .

Dell said that for the first time in more than two decades Intel will no longer be its sole provider of computer microprocessors, or the brains that run computers.

Source: Reuters