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Review Thermaltake A500 Aluminum Tempered Glass Edition Review

Thermaltake goes super-premium with its latest ATX case.

18-1-19 // 1:00p.m.

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Microsoft pulls back on Cortana efforts

Removes from Search, dodges hardware.

18-1-19 // 12:05p.m.

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Google snaps up Fossil smartwatch tech, staff

Only for a singular technology, though.

18-1-19 // 11:29a.m.

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Facebook accused of Portal astroturfing

'Neither coordinated nor directed,' says AR/VR VP.

18-1-19 // 11:14a.m.

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Arm responds to RISC-V threat with 'free' Cortex cores

As in beer, not speech.

2-10-18 // 11:06a.m.

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Intel backtracks on benchmark-banning microcode licence

Offers no explanation nor apology.

24-8-18 // 11:39a.m.

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China's Hygon chips outed as Epyc in disguise

AMD pushing the envelope of its x86 licence.

9-7-18 // 10:05a.m.

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Nvidia clamps down on GeForce use in data centres

It's Tesla or nothing, customers told.

3-1-18 // 10:09a.m.

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Intel doubles down on Thunderbolt 3, cans licensing fees

Promises integrated controllers, too.

25-5-17 // 11:32a.m.

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Apple sues Qualcomm for £800 million in 'withheld payments'

'Baseless,' claims Qualcomm.

23-1-17 // 10:45a.m.

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Microsoft hikes enterprise software, cloud prices

13-22 percent thanks to weak Pound.

24-10-16 // 11:00a.m.

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Microsoft adds anti-piracy terms to EULA

Can block 'unauthorised' software and hardware.

14-8-15 // 12:10p.m.

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Microsoft to honour $2 Windows 10 Pro key loophole sales

Bargain licences for lucky punters.

3-8-15 // 11:47a.m.

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Microsoft announces TechNet Subscription closure

Piracy not being blamed, surprisingly.

2-7-13 // 8:19a.m.

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Review Does Nvidia have a future?

In the first of a regular series of articles looking at the giants of the tech industry, we focus on Nvidia - it's had a torrid time over the past 18 months, but in the past, it's always come back stronger when under pressure, so what does the future hold this time for Nvidia?

20-8-09 // 12:41p.m.

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Nvidia may not be licensed for future AMD chipsets

AMD says future AMD platforms will only use AMD chipsets, but hasn't confirmed if this applies to both the server and desktop markets.

24-4-09 // 2:30p.m.

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Intel won't rule out re-negotiation with Nvidia

Intel said this afternoon that if it was to win the suit it filed against Nvidia, it would consider re-negotiating the agreements it has with its rival.

18-2-09 // 5:51p.m.

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Intel files suit against Nvidia

We have just learned that Intel has filed suit against Nvidia, asking the court to make a declaratory judgement relating to two four-year old license agreements.

18-2-09 // 2:07p.m.

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Nokia cries discrimination over patents

Nokia has filed a complaint with the European Commission over licence fees being extracted by GSM patent holder IPCom, which it claims are unfair.

8-1-09 // 9:13a.m.

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Lancashire Police accused of piracy

The Chief Constable of Lancashire has found himself the target of a writ in the High Court accusing his force of playing music without the relevant licence.

17-6-08 // 8:06a.m.

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VIA to stop making Intel chipsets?

Due to VIA suffering a license dispute and falling market share the Intel chipset market, it has quit while it's ahead. Instead the company will focus solely on making chipsets for its own C7 CPUs.

6-7-07 // 6:48p.m.

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Macrovision's New Licences Transferable

Macrovision, the company behind the FlexNet software suite, have released the latest incarnation of FlexNet Publisher. It's different from previous instalments, as it features a transferable licence. Could this be a big shift in the software industry, including ISVs using digital distribution methods?

11-10-05 // 11:32a.m.

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