Monopoly
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Are IBM's patent woes justified?
Insight perspective Big Blue is in legal hot water in the United Kingdom relating to its bevy of patents. One U.K.-based lawyer gets to the bottom of the controversy.
Tags: Patents, Competitive advantage, Mainframe, IBM Corp., Monopoly, Patent, operating system, Richard Taylor, intellectual property, software
Next-gen networks need tiered, converged rules
News As momentum for next-generation networks picks up, this new ecosystem needs blend of differentiated and converged regulations, says consultant.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2009, Network infrastructure, Next-generation technology/networks, Regulator, Regulation, consultant, telecommunications, Ernst & Young LLP, network infrastructure, financial crisis
US Justice Dept opens formal investigation into Google Books settlement
News Government investigators will probe whether or not Google's agreement with publishers over the digital rights to index books violates antitrust laws.
Tags: Federal Government, Lawsuits, Corporate law, Digital rights management (DRM), Copyright, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, Intellectual Property Right, antitrust
Does Intel hold the edge in antitrust case?
News Dramatic chip-price drops could confound antitrust complaints by New York State, AMD, and U.S. Federal Trade Commission--despite Intel's alleged payments to PC makers.
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cuomo, PC Company, U.S., International Data Corp., Chip, FTC, antitrust
Intel, AMD reach landmark settlement
News Upon payment of US$1.25 billion by Intel, AMD will drop longstanding antitrust litigation. The two powerhouses will share chip technology.
Tags: Processors, Servers, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., computer chip, Computer, European Commission, Chip, FTC, Settlement
US govt probes IBM's mainframe business
News The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into IBM's mainframe business for anticompetitive behavior, according to reports.
Tags: Mainframes, Legal, Mainframe, ATM, IBM Corp., Computer, Supplier, U.S. Department Of Justice, Associated Press, Computer & Communications Industry Association
Regulating the unregulated telecoms market
Blogs It was on a plane trip back home from Singapore that I was able to grab a copy of a magazine (I can’t remember if it was...
O'Reilly: Web is at war, and it's making me sad
News In his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O'Reilly sets off the "punditocracy" by insisting that the "war of the Web" is heating up again.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Checkout, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, Web 2.0, Tim O'Reilly
Antitrust concerns linger in Google Books deal
News Opponents of Google Books settlement say the search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitize orphaned out-of-print works.
Tags: Regulations, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., U.S., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, American Civil Liberties Union, antitrust, blog
Why 'Joe Facebook' wants to cash out
News Reports indicate that Facebook's official employee stock buyback program has been "oversubscribed". Here's why this is normal, and hardly greedy.
Tags: Web 2.0, IPO, Stock, dot-com, payment, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Web, Web 2.0
Don't expect US President Obama to object to Windows' browser
News Nominee for antitrust chief said in a speech last year she sees more issues with Google than with Redmond, according to Bloomberg News.
Tags: Software, Politics, Advertising, Christine Varney, Microsoft Corp., Online Advertising, Google Inc., Web Browser, Bloomberg L.P., Europe
Google's PR campaign
News The search giant hopes to counter charges of monopoly abuse with a charm offensive.
Tags: Public relations, Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., FTC, Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc.
IBM accused of mainframe monopoly
News A small U.S. company has filed a complaint with the European Commission, accusing IBM of abusing its position in the European mainframe market.
Tags: Processors, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Mainframe, IBM Corp., T3, Hardware, software, Computer & Communications Industry Association, European Commission
Shift in Philippine telco space
Blogs Last week was quite eventful for the Philippine telecom sector when two of the country's biggest telephone operators rev...
EU seeks opinions on Google Books
News European Commission asks authors and publishers in Europe for opinion on Google plan to digitize and publish out of print books that have copyright protections.
Tags: Content management, Google Inc., European Union, U.S. Department Of Justice, Spokesperson, Settlement, U.S. House of Representatives, Associated Press, copyright law, CNET Networks Inc.
