It’s early Christmas for the Redmond-based software maker. Microsoft, who was fighting a lost browser battle with the EU Commission for about a decade has finally come to an end. The commission has dropped the antitrust charges and in return Microsoft will offer a browser Choice Screen amongst all OSes (XP, Vista and 7) […]
Microsoft sues four for piracy but gets fined by the Indian court
Here is an interesting piece of news that should supposedly cheer every pirate. Microsoft had filed a lawsuit against pirates in Delhi High Court but the court instead of hearing the case, imposed a fine of Rs. 800,000 ($16,000) on them. The reason for the fine was Microsoft’s apparent abuse of money power and […]
LG strikes a partnership with SkyLife, wants to lead the 3D TV market
LG Electronics wants to lead the 3D TV market and thus to help them achieve the goal, they’ve entered into a deal with SkyLife, a Korean Digital Satellite 3D Broadcaster. The Memorandum of Understanding between both the companies includes working closely to develop technologies, set new standards and expand the nascent 3D market. SkyLife […]
Android 2.1 unofficially comes to Motorola DROID
Want to make your Verizon DROID a bit like Nexus One? Well, here’s a port of the Android 2.1 (Flan) update for the DROID to make it happen. However, before you jump in excitement let me warn you, this ain’t for weak hearted or inexperienced modders. It is a system image file that does […]
Commercial 4G/LTE network goes live in Stockholm (Update: and Oslo)
UPDATE: The network’s live in Oslo, Norway. TeliaSonera has become the first operator in the world to commercially launch the 4G or LTE services in Stockholm, Sweden. It is touted as the largest deployment till date and is 10 times faster than HSDPA, giving about 100Mbps down speed. LTE or Long Term Evolution is […]
Apple Countersues Nokia
The title says it all. Apple has retaliated to the lawsuit filed by Nokia by countersuing them. Apple claims Nokia is infringing on 13 of Apple-owned patents. “Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours,” said Bruce Sewell, Apple’s General Counsel and senior vice president. In […]
Orange brings ON, claimed to be more than a Contact Manager
Orange Vallée, a wholly owned subsidiary of Orange UK has announced ON that is touted as new, much simpler and more intuitive way of managing user’s contact. ON gathers all the user contacts from the phone and social networks and allows the user to sort out in different groups like family, friends, work etc. […]
Peek Email device to launch in Europe as PeekFon
Peek Inc.’s Peek Email-only device might not justify its worth in US but Peek’s entry to the European market makes some sense. Peek Email device will be launched in partnership with European Wi-Fi operator, Fon as PeekFon. Now according to Fon’s CEO, a device like Peek can be more practical in EU because of […]
WiGig Alliance promises 10x faster wireless than Wi-Fi
Wireless Gigabit Alliance aka WiGig have completed their unified wireless specification that will enable high-speed data transfers, even faster than Wi-Fi. The WiGig uses the 60GHz spectrum and claims to give data transmission rates of up to 7Gbps, which is 10 times faster than Wi-Fi 802.11n. Interestingly, the WiGig spec supports Wi-Fi and is […]
Microsoft’s reworked browser ballot offer might get the nod from EU
In the past, Microsoft has been penalized heavily by the European Commission for thwarting browser competition by bundling IE along with Windows copies. Not to attract unwanted attention and further fine from the EU Commission, Microsoft decided to launch Windows 7 E Editions without the IE browser. However, just a month before the official […]
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