Valve retires Steam's non-gaming video offerings
Wants to concentrate on gamers.
20-2-19 // 11:38a.m.
99 articles tagged as patent
Apple patents flip-screen iPhone
Apple has filed for a patent covering a new iPhone incarnation which features a flip-out double-sided trackpad alongside an LCD display: could it be an iPhone Nano in the works?
18-3-08 // 7:38a.m.
Implicit Networks sues... everyone
Unknown company Implicit Networks has started legal proceedings against a raft of high-tech companies claiming infringement of their data conversion patent.
21-2-08 // 8:59a.m.
Nintendo and Sony sued over controller patent
It's lawsuit time again and this time Nintendo and Sony are being sued by a company which claims the patent to the controller software.
11-1-08 // 10:29a.m.
BlackBerry due an angular keyboard?
Research in Motion has filed a patent for a new 'angular' keyboard designed to make text entry easier and faster on their flagship BlackBerry devices. It looks a little goofy, but it could just work...
26-12-07 // 1:16p.m.
Apple patents iNanny for iPods
Fearing that users aren't smart enough to know whether they're sending themselves deaf listening to music, Apple patents an automatic volume limiting system for iPods.
26-12-07 // 11:51a.m.
Dreamcast 2 rumours trashed
Rumours have been circulating about Sega making a new console, the Dreamcast 2. Sorry to burst your bubble, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen.
10-12-07 // 10:29a.m.
Canadian firm sues the tech world
A Canadian-based IP firm called Wi-LAN has sued 22 companies, including manufacturers and retailers, for patent infringement.
2-11-07 // 2:01p.m.
US may ban import of HDDs
The International Trade Commission is investigating patent infringements in the manufacture of HDDs. The result could be a ban on hard drive imports for some brands.
12-10-07 // 1:23p.m.
Apple sued for iPhone keyboard patent infringement
Apple is under fire as the iPhone's keyboard apparently infringes on a patent filed in August 2000.
7-8-07 // 12:05p.m.
Microsoft patents seriously bad adware
You thought Vista was already pretty bad having dozens of services secretly calling home? How about an advertising framework that uses contextual data from your PC? This new patent from Microsoft could make things a whole lot worse.
18-7-07 // 11:13a.m.
FTC finds Rambus guilty
The FTC has found Rambus guilty of staging itself for a monopoly with patents, lies, and more than a couple lawsuits.
2-8-06 // 8:04p.m.
Nintendo patents displacement mapping
The Revolution, as with every other next-gen platform, will use displacement mapping. Nintendo have gone and patented some new hardware which optimises the technique.
12-12-05 // 6:57a.m.
Creative is after Apple again
Creative have launched a competitor to the iPod video, called the Zen Vision:M. They're not just after them in the stores though - there's talk of a lawsuit.
12-12-05 // 6:40a.m.
Creative win MP3 player patent
Creative have won a patent covering MP3 player interfaces for their Zen models which may also cover Apple's iPod. Microsoft also hold a patent that the iPod infringes on. Dark days for Cupertino Legal.
31-8-05 // 10:32a.m.
bit-tech copied in Japan
The Lubic Jules surfaced in Japan this week - a funky perspex case by all accounts. We can't help but feel it is strangely similar to our own Project 3G Clear from 2002.
31-8-05 // 9:20a.m.
Microsoft loses Excel Patent Case
Guatemalan coder wins Excel patent infringment case, and Redmond is ordered to pay up.
9-6-05 // 1:24a.m.
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