The agency has set up a routine approval process for systems that connect planes to the Internet via satellite.

Kodak plans to complete the auction by August.

The company will put its seal of approval on participating e-commerce websites.

The company is working on a new version of its Marketplace app store, which will arrive later this year.

But the Commission warns it will not tolerate essential patent misuse.

The deal recently got approval from China, Australia, and the European Commission

AT&T has withdrawn its merger application at the FCC but will still seek approval for the deal in a court case with the DOJ.

The specification for the next version of Java Enterprise Edition has been approved unanimously, according to a posting on the Java Community Process website.

Novell's shareholders have approved the sale of the company to Attachmate for about US$2.2 billion, although the deal depends on Novell getting approval to sell hundreds of patents to a consortium led by Microsoft.

Google on Tuesday said it won preliminary approval to settle a class-action lawsuit related to alleged privacy violations caused by its Buzz service.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a final confirmation of a patent awarded to i4i that is at the heart of a dispute with Microsoft and that once threatened the sale of Word software.

Israel lifted a ban on imports of Apple's iPad on Sunday, saying the device conforms with local wireless standards, the government said.

The European Commission granted Oracle an unconditional approval to take over Sun Microsystems on Thursday, following a controversial and drawn out examination of the deal.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is praising a U.S. District Court judge's preliminary approval Friday of a settlement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment over two widely-criticized copy protection programs found on an estimated 15 million music CDs.