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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Asetek sues Cooler Master over Seidon liquid coolers

It's CoolIT all over again, it would seem.

March 11, 2013 | 11:57

Sony patents benchmarking piracy test

Sony has published a patent that details a method of benchmarking software to check if it's pirated. Possibly for use with the PS4.

February 26, 2013 | 09:31

Microsoft patent points to augmented reality glasses

Could be looking to take on Google's Project Glass.

November 23, 2012 | 12:19

Destroyed evidence taints Rambus 'victory' over Hynix

Judge orders court to reconsider $397M award against memory maker.

September 24, 2012 | 11:28

Asetek sues CoolIT over alleged patent infringement

Sealed-loop watercooling specialist wastes no time in using its new patent.

August 31, 2012 | 10:52

Microsoft to make $444 million from Android

Microsoft is said to be in line for a $444 million windfall from Android patent deals.

September 30, 2011 | 15:45

Judge moves to dismiss Allen's patent suit

A Seattle judge has moved to dismiss Paul Allen's claims of patent infringement.

December 13, 2010 | 15:58

Microsoft to buy Canesta

Microsoft is to buy 3D sensing outfit Canesta, gaining 44 patents in the process.

November 2, 2010 | 07:35

Microsoft patents GPU video encoding

Microsoft has had a patent on GPU-accelerated video encoding, filed in 2004, granted in the US.

October 13, 2010 | 11:38

Paul Allen sues over patents

Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, is suing eleven companies over alleged patent infringement.

August 30, 2010 | 10:22

Rambus wins patent dispute against Nvidia

In a dispute against memory tech patents, the US ITC rules Nvidia owes Rambus license fees.

July 29, 2010 | 10:26

Microsoft pays $200 million for VirnetX licence

Microsoft has settled its patent problems with VPN specialist VirnetX with a $200 million payout.

May 18, 2010 | 11:38

HTC dual-screen 'Courier' patented

A patent filed by smartphone manufacturer HTC details a clamshell device with two touchscreens - and appears to be remarkably similar to Microsoft's proposed Courier.

April 8, 2010 | 12:51

Amazon plans 'boxing videos'

Amazon has been granted a patent on a process for preventing claims of missing items on a shipment - a exact reversal of the concept of 'unboxing' videos.

March 31, 2010 | 10:09

Microsoft guilty in VPN patent case

Microsoft has been found guilty of willful infringement of two VirnetX patents on VPN technology - and ordered to pay at least $105 million in damages to the company.

March 19, 2010 | 10:03

Apple sues HTC over Android

Apple has sued smartphone manufacturer HTC over alleged patent infringement regarding the company's Android-based handsets - and could be looking for a ban.

March 3, 2010 | 10:10

Xerox sues Google, Yahoo!

Xerox has filed suit against search giants Google and Yahoo!, alleging infringement of patents held on knowledge management and automatic query generation.

February 24, 2010 | 14:27

Apple, RIM accused of patent infringement

Apple and Research in Motion - creators of the iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones - are under investigation by the US Trade Commission for alleged patent infringement.

February 19, 2010 | 10:48

Samsung plans touch-integrated AMOLED

Samsung has announced plans to mass produce a 3.3" WVGA AMOLED display for mobile handsets which features capacitive touch elements integrated directly on to the panel.

February 2, 2010 | 15:13

Microsoft appeal against XML patent fails

A patent held by XML specialist I4i since 1998 has been infringed by support for custom XML in Word 2007, and Microsoft now faces a sales ban along with a $200 million fine.

December 23, 2009 | 10:27

OPTi claims infringement by Nvidia

Intellectual property holding company OPTi is seeking arbitration against Nvidia, claiming that the company has broken a licensing agreement for a patent on pre-snoop tech.

December 11, 2009 | 12:54

Eolas sues half of the Internet

Eolas - a patent-holder which won a multi-million dollar judgement against Microsoft a few years back - is again suing some of the biggest names on the 'net for patent infringement.

October 7, 2009 | 14:39