Apple is offering a $45 credit to Canadian owners of older versions of its popular iPod, a move that strikes of deva ju over a similar settlement agreement reached in 2005 with U.S.-based iPod owners.
Under the proposed settlement, as reported in the Montreal-based Gazette newspaper, Apple Canada …
Jen-Hsun Huang doesn’t pull any punches. And Intel is a favorite punching bag these days.
I had a chance to sit down with the Nvidia CEO as he described his company’s philosophy and what sounds like the first volleys of a long battle with Intel.
Nvidia CEO and …
Groklaw is reporting that Skype has given up on its appeal against a lower German court’s ruling that the GPL is enforceable, thank you very much. Skype had considered appealing on the grounds that the GPL inhibits (???) free trade, but a few minutes of serious reflection must have caused …
Circuit City has retained Goldman Sachs to help it explore “strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value,” the electronics retailer said Friday.
The struggling company recently became the target of a roughly $1 billion takeover bid from movie rental giant Blockbuster. Circuit City said Friday it has received a letter from …
Few people have played as big a role in recent tech booms and busts as Steve Jurvetson, managing director of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Menlo Park, Calif.
One of the leading venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, Jurvetson is best-known for his involvement in Hotmail, Interwoven, Kana, and …
When Robert Pedersen’s Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop went on the fritz, he naturally assumed the 5-year Next Day service warranty he purchased would get him instant help from the company’s customer service staff.
That was April 18. By May 4, he still had yet to have his guaranteed …
Microsoft may not be the only one looking to develop its own Wiimote-like game controller. Apple is researching a 3D remote of its own, according to AppleInsider.
The Apple TV and its current remote control.
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The research, reportedly outlined in a November 2006 patent filing disclosed this week, …
SAN FRANCISCO–Jeremy Riney, CEO and founder of Project Playlist is optimistic he will eventually license music from the big four record companies.
"There is no money in shutting down companies," says Project Playlist CEO Jeremy Riney
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He continues to harbor these hopes
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Former Gang of Four bassist Dave Allen at the MusicTech Summit
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SAN FRANCISCO–Apparently nobody–not even an artist–gets a pass from the music industry when it comes to copyright laws.
After unwittingly posting an unauthorized music file on his blog, Dave Allen, former bassist for Gang of Four,
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You think your personal information is priceless. But everything has a price, even your stolen bank account information.
McAfee Avert Labs has discovered a price list that criminals use to buy and sell credit card numbers, bank account log-ins, and other consumer data that have been filched from unsuspecting Web …