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Microsoft Corp. and Pegatron Corp. have signed a patent agreement that provides coverage under Microsoft's patent portfolio for a broad array of Pegatron products including eReaders, smartphones and tablets running the Android or Chrome platforms. Although the contents of the agreement have not been disclosed, the parties indicate that Microsoft will receive royalties from Pegatron under the agreement.

Microsoft Corp. and Facebook announced today a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will assign to Facebook the right to purchase a portion of the patent portfolio it recently agreed to acquire from AOL Inc. Facebook has agreed to purchase this portion for $550 million in cash.

ARM today announced the availability of a high performance, power-optimized quad-core hard macro implementation of its flagship Cortex-A15 MPCore processor.

Toshiba Corporation today announced the development of NPEngine, the world's first hardware engine for streaming servers that directly delivers video content from SSD to IP networks, without accessing the server's CPU or memory resources. NPEngine can simultaneously deliver up to 64,000 high quality video streams at a rate of 40Gigabit per sec, far surpassing the performance of a typical server, and reducing power consumption, the number of servers and the space required.

ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced it had attained the No. 1 global ranking for PCT patent filings in 2011.

Article One Partners (AOP), the world's largest patent research community, today announced the completion of a $7 million round of institutional funding with Alleghany Capital Corporation, a subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y).

British technology start-up, Power Ethernet, has launched the ‘PE Socket’, the first product to integrate Powerline networking technology directly into an electrical socket.

Verizon has expanded its global enterprise network platform, enabling multinational corporations to take advantage of Verizon’s Private IP service in six additional African countries, and Bahrain and Qatar in the Middle East.

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it has acquired privately held Auditude Inc., a leader in video ad management and monetization technologies for premium publishers and media companies.

D-Link, a leading provider of high-end networking solutions, with Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) today announced the "Secure Your Schools" Grant Program, which will award a single qualifying school or district with a complete D-Link® IP surveillance system in the 2011-2012 school year to help keep students safe on campus.

Cisco announced today the winners of the Innovation Awards Peru 2011 in the categories of Data Center, Collaboration (unified communications and video) and IP NGN (Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network). Announced at Cisco´s annual Networkers event,these awards recognize the achievements of companies in the northern part of South America, Central America and the Caribbean that adopt advanced technologies.

Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's global investment organization, today announced seven investments to drive continued innovation across the software ecosystem.

Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Huawei, Solana Networks and Spirent Communications announced that they have completed the industry’s first large-scale, multi-vendor interoperability test leveraging IEEE 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) technology.

Nokia Siemens Networks’ technology for all-IP based voice, video and data communications has been accorded ‘Approved Products List’ (APL) status* by the U.S. government’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

BT today announced availability in Asia-Pacific of its converged communications platform, BT Onevoice, with Microsoft Lync (Office Communications Server 2010). By combining BT’s global voice and video services with Microsoft Lync, business customers based in Asia-Pacific will benefit from an innovative suite of collaboration tools which delivers advanced capabilities, significant cost savings and operational efficiencies.

As part of the Cisco® Smart+Connected Communities initiative, Cisco today announced a series of safety and security product innovations powered by a comprehensive medianet architecture to help cities, enterprises, small businesses and partners transform the way they protect people, property and critical infrastructure.

Cisco today announced that the Boeing Co. — the world’s largest aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft — has renewed its agreement with Cisco for the WebEx suite of online meetings solutions.

Nokia Siemens Networks and Juniper have successfully conducted 100 Gbps interoperability testing between Optical Transport Network (OTN) equipment and the routers. The trial was conducted at Nokia Siemens Networks’ ResIP Center in Munich, Germany. Nokia Siemens Networks will demonstrate the tested 100G line cards at the OFC/NFOEC conference in Los Angeles, California during March 8-10, 2011.

Operators face a challenge to efficiently and cost-effectively address the increasing demand for video services alongside the forces of mobility, cloud and machine-to-machine connections. Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) envisions the "networked society" where everything that benefits from a connection will have one.

Quatela, 53, is presently Kodak’s Chief Intellectual Property Officer, a member of the company’s Executive Council, and a corporate vice president. She will retain those responsibilities in tandem with her new duties leading the company’s Legal organization.