George A. Chidi Jr

Cell-phone makers already fighting personal injury lawsuits filed by a neurologist claiming his mobile phone caused his brain cancer now will face a Baltimore attorney who achieved legal fame with victories over asbestos manufacturers and tobacco companies.

Embattled telecommunications carrier PSINet Inc. said Thursday it would reduce staff over the next few weeks to cut costs, nine days after shares of PSINet Inc. halted trading on the Nasdaq exchange in the wake of company statements foretelling a bankruptcy reorganization.

A month after introducing new handhelds with expansion slots, Palm Inc. told analysts Wednesday that it would cut prices on some older models.

Cisco Systems Inc. announced it is entering the network storage market Monday, unveiling a new network storage router and detailing its strategy for coming to market with the product.

The Nasdaq Stock Exchange halted trading of the troubled telecommunications carrier and Internet service provider PSINet Inc. Tuesday morning.

Intel Corp. will use IBM Corp.'s embedded software in Intel's Personal Internet Client Architecture (Intel PCA) for wireless devices and other Internet appliances the companies announced Tuesday.

IP (Internet Protocol) services and hosting company Broadwing Communications and intelligent routing service company Internap Network Services Corp., announced agreements Thursday with content delivery services company Akamai Technologies Inc., each pledging to resell Akamai services.

Motorola, Inc.'s announced job cuts of 7,000 positions in its personal communications sector on Tuesday, citing continuing deterioration in the mobile handset market.