Here are the stragglers, news I didn’t get around to posting this week… I still can’t bring myself to call them “leftovers…”

Circuit City says  it plans to cut 3,400 employees. And it’s also outsourcing its internal IT department to IBM. IBM will provide a range of information technology services, including data center management, help desk operations, network management, desktop support and security administration. The agreement covers more than 600 Circuit City stores and 43,000 U.S. employees. …

Sandisk announced a 4GB version of its microSDHC card, a new High Capacity (HC) version of their microSD. Two Verizon Wireless V Cast handsets, the LG VX9400 and LG VX8700,  are already compatible with the new standard. According to SanDisk, it will hold 4,000 photos or 16 hours of video.  Look for it at Verizon Wireless in May for $129.99…

Apple, Dell and Sony  have been added to a lawsuit filed by nonprofit  Washington Research Foundation according to financial news network Bloomberg. The lawsuit claims they infringed on four patents dealing with wireless data between computers and other devices. Logitech, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Plantronics are also named to the suit. I feel their pain. When it rains, it pours, doesn’t it?…  

According to (unnamed) “people familiar with the matter,” Web advertising company Double Click is talking with several potential suitors, including Microsoft,  about a possible sale. Private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman acquired Double Click in 2005 for ~$1.1 billion and  has since sold off a number of divisions. They are seeking at least $2 billion… 

BMW has prevailed over Infiniti in a court battle over Nissan’s misuse of the letter “M” to describe its cars. BMW has been adding M badges to souped-up versions of its high-performance cars (think M3, the M5, M6 and other variants) since 1978. Infiniti, meanwhile, more recently registered M45 and M35 as trademarks for its middle range sedans and offered an M6 sport package for its lower-priced G35…