OEMs to be hit by Italian class-action suit
It seems that some Italians aren't happy about having to pay for Windows with a new PC when they didn't want the OS.
It seems that some Italians aren't happy about having to pay for Windows with a new PC when they didn't want the OS.
A federal judge has refused to certify a lawsuit against Microsoft as a class action, a move that has saved the Redmond giant hundreds of millions of dollars in potential damages.
Motorola has lodged a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) and requested that it ban Canadian firm Research in Motion (RIM) from importing Blackberry handsets into the US.
Jon Lech Johansen, better known to most as "DVD Jon" has been subpoenaed as part of the ongoing iPod/iTunes antitrust lawsuit.
The Florida-based Mac-clone maker Psystar threw in the towel back in May and filed for bankruptcy, but that doesn't mean that Apple is willing to call off the hounds.
Prices of PC components are falling weekly, and $350 will buy you a lot more horsepower today that it would a few months ago.Let's look at what sort of all-purpose barebones PC system you can put together for around $350 - we want a system that'll be tough enough to handle Windows Vista and Windows 7 yet not cost the earth.
Lists ... if there's one thing that people seem to what at this time of year it's lists. Over the next few weeks I've planned on posting several kit lists for the Holiday season covering a wide variety of different kit.The other day I posted the "high end" hardware list, crazy-priced, sky's-the-limit stuff. Today I'm going for a change of pace and posting the budget hardware list.
Hard drive giant Seagate Technology has filed a lawsuit against rival STEC Inc, claiming patent infringement. The Solid State Drive (SSD) war has begun.
Diving into the Carrier IQ patent gives us some interesting insights into what the technology might be capable of doing.
Silicon Graphics Inc has emerged from bankruptcy protection and has slapped graphics chip vendor ATI with a patent infringement lawsuit.