Seagate files suit against STEC for SSD patent infringement
Hard drive giant Seagate Technology has filed a lawsuit against rival STEC Inc, claiming patent infringement. The Solid State Drive (SSD) war has begun.
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DVD Jon subpoenaed in Apple anti-trust lawsuit
Jon Lech Johansen, better known to most as "DVD Jon" has been subpoenaed as part of the ongoing iPod/iTunes antitrust lawsuit.
Attention hard drive manufacturers! Most people believe that a kilobyte is 1,024 bytes!
Operating systems use a binary system to measure disk space, while hard drive manufacturers use a decimal system. The result - When you fit a 750GB drive to your PC and fire up your OS, you only see 698.5GB - a whopping 51.5GB short of what most people expect to see.
Rebates to become more of a scam
I've never hidden the fact that I consider rebates to be nothing more than a legalized scam. The customer pays full price for a product and is then faced with all the fun of filling out paperwork and jumping through a series of hoops (a bit like completing a tax return while running an assault course). If the customer completes all the challenges, there's a chance that they'll see their rebate check. If they stumble at any stage in the game, it's tough luck. Things are about to get worse - just in time for the holiday season.
Technology makes it too easy to break copyright laws
I'm a firm believer that copyright laws are an essential tool in making sure that the creator of any piece of work (whether that work be analog or digital) gets a fair opportunity to make a living from their efforts. I also strongly believe that anyone who thinks that copyright laws are a bad thing has never actually created something and based their livelihood on that piece of work generating an income. However, I am also a firm believer in fair use and the fair application of the law, and the way that I see current copyright laws being used to criminalize minor copyright infringements bothers me a great deal.
SGI hits ATI with lawsuit
Silicon Graphics Inc has emerged from bankruptcy protection and has slapped graphics chip vendor ATI with a patent infringement lawsuit.
Bricked Xbox 360 leads to $5M lawsuit against Microsoft
Back in early November I covered a story about a Microsoft Xbox Live update which bricked at least one console. At the time a few readers commented saying that they wouldn't be surprised if this ended up in a lawsuit - well, they were right!
Do you read EULAs?
There's no better time to realize just how many EULAs (End User License Agreements), and just how incomprehensible they are, than when setting up a new PC. But does anyone actually bother reading them?
Microsoft's next cash cow - Android!
Microsoft is raking in $5 for every Android handset HTC sells thanks to a lucrative patent settlement, according to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard.
Apple: Devs already licenced for Lodsys patents
According to a letter sent from Apple to Lodsys, the firm behind the threatening letters being sent to app developers, devs are already licensed to use Lodsys patents.