News tagged with antitrust laws

Intel settles AMD claims but isn't off the hook

(AP) -- Intel Corp. is paying Silicon Valley rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. $1.25 billion to squash a legal battle over Intel's sales tactics, a rift that led to antitrust charges against Intel in several ...

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Gates testifies in $1B lawsuit against Microsoft

Microsoft's Bill Gates took the witness stand Monday in a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit accusing the software maker of duping a competitor prior to its rollout of Windows 95.

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created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Google's desire to scan old books has critics casting it as Goliath

Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history.

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 6

US anti-trust inquiry into Google, Apple

US officials have begun investigating whether close ties between the boards of technology giants Google and Apple violate antitrust laws, the New York Times said Tuesday.

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New deal sought in dispute over Google book plan (Update)

(AP) -- A $125 million settlement of a lawsuit that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books will be renegotiated in light of the U.S. Department of Justice's contention ...

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Life mag goes online through Google scan project

(AP) -- Decades of Life magazine have been scanned and posted online, giving the public the first comprehensive electronic access to the iconic publication's archives.

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Voter group challenges Diebold voting machine sale

(AP) -- A voter advocacy organization asked the U.S. Justice Department Tuesday to undo the sale by Diebold Inc. of its voting machine business, saying the transaction promotes a monopoly.

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

FTC extends antitrust settlement talks with Intel

(AP) -- Federal regulators will take at least two more weeks to work out details of a proposed agreement with Intel Corp. to settle charges that the giant chipmaker violated antitrust laws.

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created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Utah company wraps up $1B case against Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. purposely duped a Utah company into believing its writing application would be included in the Windows 95 rollout, then pulled the plug so Microsoft could gain market share with its own product, ...

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created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Warner Bros. to impose delay on Redbox, others

(AP) -- Warner Bros. on Thursday joined studios Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox in demanding shipments be delayed to $1-per-night DVD rental kiosks like Redbox in an attempt to preserve demand for higher-priced disc ...

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created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1