u-blox Holding AG announced that the company is collaborating with Intel Corporation to bring a small, cost-effective 3G-only HSPA module to the market. Based on Intel's XMM(TM) 6255 HSPA modem platform, the chipset will be packaged in a compact, low-cost module that maintains layout compatibility with u-blox' SARA 2G and LISA 3G module series. u-blox' 2G-3G-4G nested design philosophy allows product designers to offer tailored solutions to their target markets based on a single PCB design. This facilitates product diversity and easy migration while keeping price at a minimum through reduced design, test, logistics and certification costs.

An Intel Corporation employee is suing the company after a workplace prank allegedly wounded more than just his pride. Harvey Palacio says that his co-workers surreptitiously stuck a "Kick Me" sign on his back, and then proceeded to repeatedly follow those instructions. When Palacio suspected that someone had tacked something onto his back, he went to senior staffer Randy Lehman for help. Instead, Lehman kicked Palacio three times in the buttocks. Palacio says that he "felt demoralized and assaulted and began to cry during the drive home." According to his suit, the kicking incident was just the latest in a string of mean-spirited pranks, which he suspects were racially motivated (Palacio is Filipino). Intel fired Lehman and fellow employee Chris Zeltinger following the incident. Both men were also convicted of petty misdemeanor battery and ordered to do 16 hours of community service.

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