Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube’s sensitive user data as a result of the copyright-infringement lawsuit the conglomerate filed a year ago.
The two companies are in the discovery part of the case and must make certain information available to each other. On Wednesday, a federal
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Got dial-up and don’t want to give it up? You’re not alone.
An estimated 10 percent of Americans are surfing the net via dial-up connections, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
And a lot of those people apparently see no …
After navigating some rough seas, Sony’s Electronics division has been starting to right the ship.
Over the past year, the company has been forced to rethink its product lineup and catch up to competitors in some cases, but now the Japanese electronics giant’s U.S. division is looking …
UPDATE:To include mention of a report that Facebook valued itself at $3.75 billion.
SAN JOSE, Calif.–What is Facebook really worth?
One of the burning questions in the technology business during the past year also played a major role in the dispute between social networks ConnectU and Facebook,
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A bit of deja vu is creeping into recent media reports of Microsoft whispering into the right ear of News Corp. and Time Warner’s AOL about potential partnerships, while Yahoo is whispering in their left.
According to a Reuters report, Yahoo and Time Warner have been chatting for months …
Has the image of solid state drives as power misers been shattered? A recent review would seem to dispel the notion that these devices are more power efficient than the hard disk drives used in laptops.
In an article at Tom’s Hardware titled “The SSD Power Consumption Hoax”,
the authors state: “We have discovered that the power savings aren’t there: in fact, battery runtimes actually decrease if you use a flash (solid state drive).”
One of the key selling points of solid state drives has been that they use less power than hard disk drives. The claim has seemed plausible because solid state drives have no moving parts, while hard disk drives have a number of moving components.
The Tom’s Hardware review, however, says: “While conventional hard drives may operate at relatively low power when little movement is required…flash based drives do not. They will draw their maximum power level constantly when in use, and as a consequence, simply spend more total time drawing maximum power than conventional drives.”
The review goes on to test four solid state drives (SSDs) from Crucial (Micron Technology), Memoright, Sandisk, and Mtron. For example, in evaluating the Crucial CT32GBFAB0 32GB drive, the review states, “Users who purchase this drive because of Crucial’s statements such as ‘low power consumption’ and the product being ideal for ‘users who want longer battery life’ will most likely be disappointed.”
Though Intel’s drives were not tested in the review, the chipmaker stated Wednesday that SSDs “can be architected to improve battery life.” Intel is expected to bring out drives ranging in capacity from 80GB to 160GB later this year.
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Google scored a legal victory in keeping its search source code secret from Viacom, but YouTube users were not so fortunate with their privacy.
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the search giant doesn’t have to turn over the code to Viacom, which filed a $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit …
Dell shares rose as high as 4.5 percent Wednesday, following reports that founder Michael Dell acquired nearly $100 million in shares in the computer maker.
Dell climbed as high as $23.18 a share in intraday trading, before closing out the session at $22.70 a share, up 2….
SAN JOSE, Calif.–The public will be allowed a peek at some of what was said last week during a settlement hearing in the long-running legal dispute between ConnectU and Facebook.
James Ware, a U.S. district court judge, barred reporters and the public from attending the June 23 hearing …
Turns out, the so-called Netflix box could be even cooler than initially thought.
The tiny black device from Roku was introduced to the world in May as the first box that could stream Netflix’s “Watch it Now” option directly to a television.
But the company is saying there could …