Buena Vista Games, the video game division of Disney, today announced that it has purchased the UK development studio Climax Racing. According to Buena Vista, this will be company s first game studio in Europe, and the third in the world.
Video game publisher Vivendi Games today announced that they have purchased two new development studios, Secret Lair Studios and Studio Ch'in. The acquisition adds to Vivendi's portfolio of six development companies worldwide.
HP today announced that general counsel Ann Baskins has resigned from the company, effective immediately. Baskins was indicated by Mike Holston of law firm Morgan Lewis, which leads the internal investigation in the HP board leak and investigation scandal, to have been a central figure with comprehensive knowledge of the questionable investigation practices applied by HP and an external company.
Microsoft's video games could get much more Hollywood excitement and drama as the company today announced that it will create Wingnut, a new game studio in cooperation with Academy award winning writer, director, and producer Peter Jackson as well as Academy Award-winning screenwriter Fran Walsh.
Microsoft has officially filed a federal lawsuit against the hacker, known by the pseudonym "Viodentia", who developed a software patch that allowed users to remove the Digital Rights Media (DRM) code from the Windows Media Player application.
In the second quarter of 2006, global digital TV shipments rose 22% on quarter to 15.5 million units, accounting for 37% of TV units and 80% of TV revenues.
The so-called "crystal cycle" of the TFT-LCD industry remains unpredictable, with the range of oversupply or demand usually failing to meet the forecasts of industry players and watchers.
In a response to the controversial leak of the search records of AOL members, three individuals are seeking national class-action status for the suit. According to their lawyers, this is the first such lawsuit against AOL concerning this issue.
Today, Tom's Hardware Guide turns ten years old. Over the years, the site has gone from being a simple hobbyist site for hardware enthusiasts to a media business that reaches out across the globe, appearing in 11 languages, on three continents, and reaching an audience of over 10 million unique visitors a month.
Pioneer is suing Samsung in the US for patent infringement over technology used in plasma display panels. Samsung plans to file a counter-suit in reply.
Publishers around the world are collectively putting their foot down against search engines in a new global initiative to regain control of their content.
Royal Philips Electronics has revoked CD-R disc patent licenses for CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the top two producers of optical discs in Taiwan, as well as Prodisc Technology and Lead Data, two second-tier makers, according to a list of CD-R licensees published on Philips Intellectual Property & Standards' (PIPS') global website.
Symantec and Adobe have raised objections to the inclusion of security software and electronic document technology in Windows Vista. Adobe has asked the European Commission to prevent the bundling of PDF document creation and reading tools that compete with its software.
HP's boardroom scandal reached a new level on Friday when chief executive officer Mark Hurd was named chairman, replacing Patricia Dunn three months earlier than originally announced. A counseling law firm also confirmed that Hurd was aware of parts of the investigation, which included an email tracer, the search of phone records and the surveillance of individuals.
Ubisoft, the company behind video game franchises such as Prince of Persia and Splinter Cell, deals with a leak that revealed details such as images of virtually every upcoming major title to the Internet. The incident included information about unannounced games such as Farcry 2, Prince of Persia 4, and Splinter Cell: Conviction.
