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Rock Band 4 makers caught posting 5-star reviews on Amazon

23 October 2015, 11:11

Harmonix says reviews by employees were posted "without ill intentions".

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Samsung and Qualcomm didn't infringe Nvidia patents says ITC

12 October 2015, 11:01

But Nvidia hopes the decision will be overturned by the full commission next Feb.

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Microsoft and Google end five year battle over patents

1 October 2015, 10:01

18 such cases are settled, in the US and Germany, companies pledge to work together.

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Asetek wins injunction, gets 25pc royalties from Cooler Master

24 September 2015, 11:06

In 2014 Cooler Master demanded a new trial in this all-in-one liquid cooler patent tussle.

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Toshiba overstated profits for past six years, Chief Exec resigns

21 July 2015, 11:06

Creative accountancy overstated operating profits by a total of 151.8 billion yen.

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UK gov: should we have 10 year sentences for internet pirates?

20 July 2015, 09:52

To bring sentencing in line with that for physical goods copyright offences.

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Skype name is treading on Sky's toes in Europe, decides court

6 May 2015, 11:07

In 2014 Microsoft had to rebrand its SkyDrive to OneDrive after similar court action.

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In-car emergency calling to be standard in new cars by April 2018

29 April 2015, 11:08

Regulation to make eCall systems standard equipment approved by EU to save lives.

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Nvidia gets favourable ruling in its patent case against Samsung

7 April 2015, 13:35

Meanwhile Samsung touts better than expected Q1 profits of $5.44bn.

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Steam to offer refunds to EU customers for 14 day period

18 March 2015, 10:50

But this only applies to games you haven't installed and subsequently tried out.

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Nvidia to face class-action lawsuit over GeForce GTX 970 memory

23 February 2015, 10:05

And makes a U-turn regarding GTX 900M Series mobile GPU overclocking.

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Following ban, Hotline Miami 2 dev tells Australians to "pirate it"

16 January 2015, 13:05

The ban in Australia was prompted by an in-game rape scene and acts of extreme violence.

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EC Ecodesign Working Plan for 2015 to 2017 comes into effect

2 January 2015, 10:05

Energy efficiency measures may impact on new smart connected device functionality.

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The Pirate Bay goes offline after Swedish police raid data-centre

10 December 2014, 11:05

But the website appeared back online late Tuesday, hosted in Costa Rica.

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Samsung said to be working on its own GPU designs

3 December 2014, 09:35

Issues with the Nvidia legal team accelerated the chip development.

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Sony explores North Korean link in recent hacking incident

1 December 2014, 11:05

A bevy of its film studio's unreleased movies leak online following the hack.

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European MPs pass motion calling for Google break up

28 November 2014, 11:35

Google's search and other services should be separated to prevent abuse say MEPs.

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EFF fights for right of users to revive abandoned video games

5 November 2014, 13:08

Organisation has filed new DMCA exemption requests with the U.S. Copyright Office.

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Intel paying Pentium 4 customers US$15 in compensation

3 November 2014, 10:05

It allegedly manipulated benchmark scores of the first-gen P4 processors 14 years ago.

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Ex-dictator Manuel Noriega's Activision lawsuit is dismissed

29 October 2014, 12:05

"Absurd lawsuit" concerning Call of Duty royalties was tossed out.

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Europol: someone will be murdered via the IoT by 2015

6 October 2014, 12:05

Hackers expected to cause "possible deaths" by targeting safety equipment.

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ASUS may sue motherboard competitors over OC Socket tech

18 September 2014, 09:45

Legal finger expected to point at ASRock, MSI and Gigabyte.

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Nvidia sues Qualcomm and Samsung over graphics patents

5 September 2014, 12:15

Nvidia wants sales of the latest Samsung Galaxy devices blocked.

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Microsoft rejects warrant to turn over emails stored overseas

1 September 2014, 11:00

Redmond is taking a stand in US courts as it appeals ruling.

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Valve hit by legal action in Australia over Steam refunds

29 August 2014, 10:30

The ACCC is suing the gaming company for misleading consumer guarantees.

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Fake Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 cards sold by German retailers

29 August 2014, 09:45

What you get is a GeForce GT 440 with modified video BIOS information.

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Media format shifting legalised in the UK, but don't touch the DRM

31 July 2014, 11:00

The rule change first proposed in 2006 was supposed to come into force in June.

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Pirate Bay traffic doubles in face of widespread ISP ban

21 July 2014, 11:51

The website claims to have doubled its traffic since 2011 with the US being its largest source.

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EVGA takes down PrecisionX 15 after RivaTuner plagiarism claim

21 July 2014, 09:52

However EVGA still denies that any code was copied.

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Noriega sues Activision over Call of Duty character depiction

17 July 2014, 12:30

The imprisoned former dictator is suing Activision for portraying him as a murderer.

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US Police dog trained to sniff out hidden HDDs and memory cards

8 July 2014, 11:45

A Labrador named Thoreau has uncovered storage devices containing child porn.

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Intel's appeal over €1.06 billion EU court fine is rejected

13 June 2014, 13:45

The fine was levied back in 2009 for abuse of market dominance.

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Kim Dotcom will offer $5 million to a helpful whistleblower

9 June 2014, 11:59

Gives advice to the whistleblower, about how to safely do the deed.

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