ITC Judge Recommends U.S. Xbox 360 Ban

From DailyTech: The Microsoft Xbox 360 game console should not be imported, and units on store shelves should be pulled, according to an International Trade Commission judge.

Last month, ITC Administrative Law Judge David Shaw found both the 4GB and 250GB editions of the Xbox 360...

Dish Network In Trouble Over Ad-Skipping DVR

From DailyTech: Fox, NBC and CBS are taking Dish Network to court because of a new feature that allows subscribers to skip over commercials in recorded content.

Dish is currently the No. 2 satellite TV provider with 14 million subscribers, and also filed suit to make ad-skipping...

500 Million Windows 8 Copies in 2013 Are Potential Upgrades

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. has clarified statement of its chief executive officer about 500 million licenses of Windows 8 to be sold in 2013. The firm claims that Steve Ballmer re-stated what was said during the unveiling of Windows 8 Store back in December, 2011. Apparently...

AMD Rumoured to Start Production of Next-Gen FX-Chips in Q3

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices will commence production of its next-generation high-performance x86 central processing units for high-end desktops and servers in the third quarter of the year, a media report claims. The new chips will improve instructions per clock...

Windows 8 to Run Adobe Flash Only on Some Websites

From PC World: The touch-centric Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 is plug-in free, but the browser may still be able to run Adobe Flash video, according to an online report. Microsoft is reportedly taking the Google Chrome approach with IE10 and building Flash...

Nvidia qualifies its first LTE modem for tablets on AT&T

From CNET News.com: Nvidia first LTE modem is ready for AT&T's network.

The Icera 410 LTE modem chipset for tablets and laptops has been tested and validated for operation on the AT&T 4G LTE network, the Santa Clara, Calif. chip supplier said today.

"Validation with AT&T...paves...

T-Mobile parent DT says another sale unlikely

From CNET News.com: Deutsche Telekom isn't keen on repeating last year's failed attempt to wed its T-Mobile USA unit to AT&T, or any other carrier, for that matter.

A complete sale of T-Mobile is unlikely as Deutsche Telekom focuses on turning the business around and ensuring it is...

HP to Layoff 27,000; Largest Layoffs in Company History

From DailyTech: Soon, approximately 27,000 workers at Hewlett-Packard Comp. (HPQ) will be out of the job -- almost 8 percent of the company's total staff of 324,000.

HP surprised with better than expected earnings for fiscal Q2 2012, announcing revenue of $30.7B USD, more than the...

Jury Finds Google Innocent of Java Patent Infringement

From DailyTech: A note to Google Inc.'s (GOOG) legal enemies (and there are many) -- Google may seem soft-hearted and overly idealistic in its public persona, but in the court room it has more in common with Jason Statham than frosted pastries and cutesy robots.

Oracle Corp. (ORCL)...

Windows Phone Marketplace Goes Mango Only

From PC World: If you're having trouble downloading apps from the Windows Phone Marketplace, you just might be a pre-Mango Windows Phone 7 user. Microsoft is now enforcing a rule that only users of Windows Phone 7.5, codenamed Mango, can use the Marketplace in any meaningful way...

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