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Australian WiFi inventors win US legal battle

Australian government science body CSIRO said Sunday it had won a multi-million-dollar legal settlement in the United States to license its patented technology that underpins the WiFi platform worldwide.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 53

Germany challenges Google books settlement: minister

Germany on Tuesday said it opposed a legal settlement that would allow Google to digitise and sell millions of books online, arguing it violated international treaties on authors' rights.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon to fight Google book deal

(AP) -- The fight against a legal settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of copyrighted books is starting to resemble a heavyweight brawl in the library.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1

AMD posts a profit, thanks to $1.25B Intel payment

(AP) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. posted its first quarterly profit in three years because it got $1.25 billion in a legal settlement with its archrival.

Technology / Business

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Google makes concessions on digital book deal (Update)

(AP) -- Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

China's Baidu, music labels launch online service

(AP) -- Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, said Tuesday it will distribute music from three global labels in a deal that its partners say could help clean up China's piracy-plagued music market.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

AMD tops estimates with 4Q results

(AP) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit shrank from a year ago, when a big legal settlement it won from archrival chip maker Intel Corp. pumped up AMD's earnings.

Technology / Business

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EPA tells states to consider rising ocean acidity

(AP) -- States with coastal water that is becoming more acidic because of carbon dioxide should list them as impaired under the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Agency said.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo! oppose Google book settlement

Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! joined an alliance Wednesday opposing the legal settlement which would allow Internet giant Google to digitize and sell millions of books.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Feds still troubled by Google's digital book deal (Update)

(AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite revisions ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0