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Apple takes Qualcomm to trial today over licensing practices, seeks $27Bn
by Greg Jordan
10 months
Today, the beginning of a perceived five week long jury trial, Apple will try to convince a San Diego federal courtroom that Qualcomm has been engaging in unfair patent licensing practices for far too long. Apple argues that Qualc...
Man behind fatal Call of Duty swatting incident jailed for 20 years
by Ash
10 months
On December 28th 2017, Andrew Finch was fatally shot inside his home by Wichita police after a false police report was filed by Tyler Barriss. On March 29th 2019, Tyler Barriss was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The false police...
Foxconn denies Microsoft’s accusations about royalty agreement
by Greg Jordan
11 months
After being hit with a lawsuit from Microsoft last week because of non-payment of patent royalties, Foxconn parent company is hitting back. According to Foxconn chairman Terry Gou, his company “has never paid any patent fees to ...
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford “absurdly” accused of paedophilia and secret $12 million bonuses by fo...
by Lewis White
1 year
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has been accused of pedophilia and embezzlement in a lawsuit filed by former company lawyer Wade Callender. As Gearbox’s personal lawyer between 2010 and 2018, Callender personally saw Gearbox thr...
US Supreme Court sets sights on Apple’s App Store monopoly case
1 year
Apple has come under fire in the US by a group of iPhone owners who claim that the firn’s monopoly on iPhone software amounts to a violation of the US Antitrust law. The Supreme Court will hear the case on Monday after it wa...
Apple’s iPhone battery replacements are now live
2 years
Apple has found itself in hot water over the iPhone’s battery life issues in the past few weeks. Users of affected iPhones can make use of Apple’s lowered pricing. While the firm had previously indicated that it would ...
Keystone cops as Dutch police repeatedly mis-orders thousands of Office licenses worth nearly €3M
by Sean Chan
3 years
Dutch police reportedly ordered nearly 14 thousands of licenses for Microsoft Office back in 2008 — by mistake. The order cost the Dutch police €2,961,029. When the Dutch police administration noticed the mistake, the poli...
Seattle Judge allows Microsoft’s gag order lawsuit against government to proceed
by Greg Jordan
3 years
On Wednesday, the Western Washington District Court ruled that Microsoft’s lawsuit against the government will go forward. The lawsuit argues that the government’s gag-ordered searches of Microsoft accounts violates consumer&#...
Microsoft employees sue company over forcing them to watch murder and child porn
by Greg Jordan
3 years
Two Microsoft employees are filing suit against the company for having them look at photos and videos “designed to entertain some of the most twisted and sick minded people in the world.” Well the suit is actually for ...
Microsoft wants Internet Providers to help stop Windows 10 pirates
by Greg Jordan
4 years
Microsoft continued its assault on Windows OS pirates with its fifth lawsuit accusing unidentified individuals of illegally activating more than 1,000 copies of its Windows operating system. The lawsuit was file in a courtroom las...
Microsoft and Kyocera expands patent-licensing arrangement, settle patent suit over Android phones
5 years
Earlier this year, Microso filed a patent lawsuit against Japanese smartphone OEM Kyocera over Android-related patents. The patents involved in this lawsuit were related to power-saving, battery life, accelerometers, location, mo...