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Seagate Claims SSD Maker Violates Patents
Seagate, the market leader in traditional hard drives, claims that solid-state drive (SSD) manufacturer STEC has violated four of its patents covering the interface between storage and computer. STEC believes that Seagate ...
Apple Updates iPhone SDK Amid Complaints
Apple’s new iPhone software development kit version includes the Interface Builder, which some iPhone developers had been waiting for. Other would-be iPhone developers are still unhappy with the level of access Apple ...
Swiss Bank Drops Controversial Wikileaks Suit
March 6, 2008 12:36PM The dismissal of the Wikileaks.org suit by Swiss bank Julius Baer came after a warning about liability. U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White had reversed his shutdown order ...
Father of Java Promises ‘Mind-Blowing’ Blu-ray Experiences
March 6, 2008 10:48AM Sun Vice President James Gosling, known as the father of Java, says the next-generation Blu-ray Profile 2 will offer “mind-blowing” experiences. Demonstrations of Blu-ray Profile 2 are scheduled ...
NTT DoCoMo, Google To Partner on Mobile Internet
January 24, 2008 2:44PM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us DoCoMo and Google will also continue to study the possibility of bringing Android-based handsets to the Japanese market. Android was announced by the ...
Time Warner Trial Could Stifle Online Movies
The actual cost to Time Warner of additional bandwidth usage is unclear, since Net access providers do not provide a breakdown of costs, but some industry observers have said that the majority ...
Applied Materials Will Cut Costs in 2008
In spite of the job cuts, Applied Materials may have one saving grace: its photovoltaic manufacturing gear. Analysts say high oil costs have made solar cells an affordable energy alternative. So, regardless ...
Network Solutions Slammed for New Domain Policy
Many are saying that Network Solutions is “front running” — a scheme used by domain-name scammers to register domain names only to sell them later for higher prices than the initial fees. ...
OpenSocial Faces Off with Facebook
December 14, 2007 11:13AM Facebook’s announcement that it would license its platform has renewed speculation about the impact of social networking for the enterprise. The momentum for interoperability of applications between consumer-based, ...
Ask.com Gives Privacy Control to Users
December 11, 2007 8:58AM Following news that Ask.com has introduced a new tool, called AskEraser, that can prevent Ask.com from storing any search data, EPIC’s Marc Rotenberg said Ask.com’s AskEraser is a ...