Rumors of an "iPad HD" are heating up, sales and prices of iOS apps are increasing, and Apple is said to be requesting an import ban on HTC products on the grounds that HTC's smartphones violate numerous Apple patents.READ»
As the saying goes, "lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it." To avoid the problem, here's our compact summary of the early news.READ»
The European Commission has landed six LCD panel makers with a collective fine of over $800 million for a price-fixing cartel that operated between 2001 and 2006. Samsung, for ratting out its fellow fixers, had its fine nixed.READ»
Google is alleged to have abused its position as king of searchengineland, and the European Union has just announced it's launching a large inquiry.READ»
The New York Times reports that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating Apple for certain less-than-savory tactics used in selling music online, including applying pressure to hurt rival Amazon.READ»
First, the European Union decided that Microsoft was unfairly monopolizing the browser market by bundling Internet Explorer in software packages. As a result E.U. users are now offered a ballot that allow them to select alternatives. ...READ»
Although the NBC Universal-Comcast hook-up was announced at the end of last year, it's taken three months for the FCC and the Justice Department to decide whether they're going to scrutinize the merger. (More time, even, than it ...READ»
The E.U. has just opened an investigation into Google's possible monopoly in Europe, based on the claims of three companies who accuse Google of intentionally anticompetitive policies in its search and advertising. The E.U. is ...READ»
Months ago, European lawmakers deemed that Microsoft was abusing its monopoly position (and engaging in other murky shenanigans) to push its Internet Explorer browser onto the public. Microsoft proposed a compromise. And this ...READ»
In a culimation of talks that began in spring '08, Intel has just agreed to pay $1.25 billion (cash, due in 30 days) to its biggest rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) and agreed to a set of "business practice ...READ»
Google Books' deal to scan an archive of published books has been controversial right from the start, and now faces its biggest challenge yet: From a powerful coalition that includes Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon. Is it all about search ...READ»
