Toshiba and LG settle LCD price-fixing scandal for half a billion dollars
Toshiba, LG and AU Optronics have agreed to pay a combined sum of $571 million to settle a lawsuit over a liquid crystal display price-fixing …
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Amazing Alex first impressions: It’s clever but it needs some bad guys
When the history of gaming is written, Rovio’s Angry Birds will to be touchscreen device games what Super Mario Bros. was to 8-bit consoles — …
Time Warner Cable offers cash to spies as Google preps cable-killing fiber optic network
In a move that Richard Nixon and Vladimir Putin would surely approve of, Time Warner Cable is now offering cash rewards for Kansas City citizen …
Actually, smartphone growth has been just what was projected in 2006
We all know that consumer electronics industry projections are useless in the three-year time frame, and grotesquely wrong beyond the five-year horizon. Or are they? …
Rovio and the ‘Amazing Alex’ gamble
At 12:00 p.m. EST, “Amazing Alex” hit the No.1 iPhone paid app position in America; eight hours is possibly the fastest move to No.1 ever …
BYOD policies jacking up companies’ IT costs
Any companies thinking of chucking out their BlackBerrys and moving to an anything-goes bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy should know that such moves come at a price. …
Watchdog group blasts Apple for continued labor abuses
Consumer watchdog group SumOfUs.org has been one of the most vocal organizations with regard to pressing Apple to force changes at Chinese plants operated by …
Verizon asks U.S. Government for permission to edit the Internet
Court documents filed earlier this month with the United States Court of Appeals provide insights into Verizon’s complaints with the Federal Communications Commission over its …
Kantar data shows Apple’s grip slipping as Samsung surges
The big Eastern European mobile operator MTS recently released interesting numbers about the Russian handset market. They showed Samsung’s share of Russian smartphone market revenue …
Three out of every five major patent suits involve Apple
Anyone paying attention to tech industry intellectual property litigation knows that Apple is at the center of many major patent suits. But per Bloomberg, new …
How to add a $300 million feature to any smartphone
HTC’s $300 million investment in Beats Electronics last summer was one of the more questionable moves the struggling vendor has made in recent history. News of …
Kim Dotcom offers to surrender, face trial in U.S. without extradition
Megaupload founder and accused piracy king Kim Dotcom has offered to forgo his delayed extradition trial and come to the U.S. to fight the charges …
Kim Dotcom’s extradition hearing delayed until 2013
Kim Dotcom, the founder of defunct file hosting website Megaupload, will not see a judge regarding extradition until 2013, according to The New Zealand Heard. …
Firm accuses Apple of stealing noise cancellation technology
A company called Noise Free claims it showed Apple its secret noise cancellation technology and the Cupertino-based company used it in the iPhone and iPad …
BMO: Apple may post huge Q4 miss
Apple crushed Wall Street’s estimates this past April when it reported that its fiscal second-quarter profit had ballooned 94% over the same quarter a year …
RIM CEO tones down the happy talk, says he’s ‘not satisfied’
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has wisely decided to ditch his “there’s nothing wrong with the company as it exists right now” talking point. During his …
The surprising impact of the iPhone on AT&T and Verizon’s rivalry
AT&T paid dearly for iPhone exclusivity that started in June 2007 and ran for nearly four years. What did it buy? Back in 2Q07, AT&T Wireless …
For sale: One RIM corporate jet
RIM is looking to sell one of its two corporate jets for around $6 million, unnamed sources tell Bloomberg. The jet sale is part of a …
Google to pony up $22.5 million in Safari settlement
Google is about to forfeit some of its allowance after getting caught with its hands in Safari’s cookie jar. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google …
New Kickstarter project will launch your DNA to the moon
People who dream about having their DNA launched to the moon so it can be preserved forever now have a way to fulfill their fantasy. Earthrise …
Shockers from MTS report: Apple slides in Russia as Samsung revenue share explodes
Russian wireless carrier MTS has let loose a treasure trove of information about the state of the local handset market in the first quarter of …
RIM corporate customers preparing for switch to iOS, Android
Corporate clients, the cornerstone of RIM’s customer base in several key markets, are making plans to jump ship after the delay of the new BlackBerry …
RIM CEO’s optimism could get him sued
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins’s assertion that “there’s nothing wrong with the company as it exists now” could have more dire consequences than the usual howls …
U.S. Government: Joe Biden had nothing to do with Megaupload shut down or Kim Dotcom’s arrest
Sorry, Kim Dotcom — it seems you aren’t important enough to warrant Vice President Biden’s attention after all. The Daily Caller reports that both the United …
The Amazon phone: Likely an HTC killer, not an iPhone killer
Much of the buzz around the speculative Amazon phone positions it as a rival to iPhone… which makes no sense. The Kindle Fire did not …
Microsoft shows off USB stick capable of bringing Windows 8 to older machines
Call it “Windows 8 on a stick.” During Microsoft’s Digital Worldwide Partner Conference on Monday, Microsoft showed off a USB stick that doesn’t just help …
Microsoft acquires Perceptive Pixel, eyes unique touchscreen tech for Windows 8
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced on Monday during the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference keynote that Microsoft has acquired touchscreen technology company Perceptive Pixel. The company’s …
Samsung dodges U.K. sales ban, Galaxy Tab 10.1 ‘not as cool’ as iPad
U.K. Judge Colin Birss has ruled that Samsung can continue selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the region because the Android tablet is “not as cool” …
Galaxy Nexus ban temporarily lifted
A sales ban ordered on Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the United States has been temporarily lifted, Bloomberg reports. Samsung’s request of a stay on …
Facebook, Yahoo resolve patent spat
Yahoo sued Facebook over patents; Facebook sued Yahoo over patents; Yahoo and Facebook worked it out. Long-time partners Facebook and Yahoo have come to an …
