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1. Ex AMD CEO named in insider trading scandal

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 28 October 2009

   ... still AMD's CEO. Rajaratnam, co-founder of Galleon, and five others are currently facing federal criminal and civil charges. The men are accused of using inside knowledge to help investors make an illegal ...

2. Rambus reaches 'tentative' antitrust agreement with EU

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 11 June 2009

   ... settlement with the European Commission to resolve the pending legal action against the company dating from August 2007. Under the proposed resolution, the Commission would drop JEDEC-related charges, ...

3. Apple's iPhone 3G saves AT&T from recession

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 29 January 2009

   ... Excluding one-time charges, AT&T profited 64 cents a share in the quarter, nearly matching Street's 65 cents a shareconsensus. The 23% drop in net income is attributed both to a $450 million investment ...

4. Ericsson reports 31% profit drop, will cut 5000 jobs

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

   Wednesday, 21 January 2009

   Stockholm (Sweden) - LM Ericsson, a Swedish-based wireless equipment maker, reported a 31% decline in profits for Q4'2008. Citing restructuring charges and weaker handset sales, the company said it will ...

5. Macworld 2009: Apple unveils new 17" MacBook Pro with 8 hour battery

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 06 January 2009

   ... times the number of charges and lifespan of the industry standard. The rumor mill was way off this year when it predicted a $600 Mac netbook or iPhone nano as Apple's "one more thing" for Macworld 2009. ...

6. Acer rolls out $680 triple-core Blu-ray PC

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 13 October 2008

   ... price even with this strategy. The company charges a tray-price of $104 (in 1000 units), but the average retail prices has dropped to $101, according to Pricegrabber.com and some stores are selling the ...

7. Dell mini-notebook offers Linux for a premium

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 04 September 2008

   ... the pricing may be deceiving as the Linux version is slightly more expensive than the Windows XP model when brought up to the same hardware. Dell charges extra for a white color ($25), a webcam ($10 or ...

8. MobileMe free trial accounts not free after all?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 14 July 2008

   ... valid credit card details to create a free trial account. This strategy serves as an ID check to discourage spammers from using the service, it limits trial accounts per user and automatically charges ...

9. Computer virus loaded state worker’s laptop with porn

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Tuesday, 17 June 2008

     A former Massachusetts state worker has been vindicated of child pornography charges after investigators said a computer virus was responsible for automatically downloading dozens of illegal ...

10. Update: AMD loses $358 million in Q1, may sell business units

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 17 April 2008

    ... quarters, AMD has lost $4.3 billion.   The loss included $50 million in AT-related charges, $8 million from the firm’s graphics unit and $11 million from consumer electronics operations. Revenue ...

11. Iridium: It’s back, stronger and more convincing than ever

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 16 March 2008

    ... minutes and go up to $4250 for 5000 minutes, which translates into per minute charges between $0.85 and $1.93 (calls to Iridium phone from landlines can be very expensive and exceed a cost of $10 per minute). ...

12. Satellite phone provider Iridium at almost 250,000 users

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 25 February 2008

    ... on the satellite phone service isn’t as expensive as you may think: In fact, depending on the prepaid card you purchase, “international” rates can be cheaper than what your cellphone carrier charges.  ...

13. Woman tasered at Florida Best Buy for leaving the store

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 11 February 2008

    ... outcry, all charges against Beeland were dropped.  Local news channel WESH reports that the credit card was in fact her own. A video of the event was caught on Best Buy's security cameras and ...

14. Quad-core PCs starting to play with mainstream market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 01 May 2007

    ... a system with the base E6300 dual-core processor and charges $2800 for an XPS710 that is comparable to Gateway’s FX8020. HP has not yet begun offering quad-core computers and sends interested customers ...

15. AMD reports $611 million loss

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 April 2007

    ...  The loss includes charges related to the ATI acquisition in the amount of $113 million, but is mainly a result of the increasing competition with Intel in the microprocessor market. The company said that ...

16. Windows Vista hits the Internet

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 29 January 2007

    ... and most retailers that claim to have this version in stock are selling it for the price of the regular Ultimate upgrade ($260). An exception is CompUSA which charges $290 for this Vista version.   ...

17. Core rings Intel's cash registers in Q4

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 16 January 2007

    ... from 49.1% to 49.6%, which according to the company, was a result of higher microprocessor sales and higher average selling prices. On the downside, Intel took factory underutilization charges along with ...

18. PS3 murder case ends in freed cop after paperwork error

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 14 December 2006

    ... and cleared the cop of all charges. Wilmington (NC) - The case of a cop killing an unarmed man accused of stealing a PS3 added another twist this week. Right after the officer was indicted with murder, ...

19. Seagate ships 119 million hard drives in fiscal 2006

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 08 August 2006

    ... Seagate's $2.53 billion revenue, Seagate had to swallow $146 million in accounting charges during the period as well as a loss from Maxtor's operating results of about $72 million. The loss possibly could ...

20. Sony unveils "Mylo" Wi-Fi communicator

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 08 August 2006

    ... any contracted services, at least in theory: The AOL device wasn't cheap with around $40 in total monthly subscription charges - the new Sony device lacks the cellphone feature and relies on Wi-Fi broadband ...

21. ILOVEYOU writer in trouble again

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 05 September 2000

      The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation has asked the Justice Department to reinstate criminal charges against Onel de Guzman, the computer school dropout who detailed, in a rejected proposal ...

22. Love Bug author offered jobs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Sunday, 27 August 2000

    ... in damages internationally. According to the Philippine programmer, you get lots of job offers. Charges against the young computer school dropout were dropped because, at the time, there were no laws against ...

23. Charges against Love Bug writer dropped

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 22 August 2000

      When Onel de Guzman, by his own admission, "accidentally" released the most damaging virus (actually a worm) in history onto the Internet, there were no laws against such activity in the Republic ...

24. FTC ends Intel probe

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 11 August 1999

      The Federal Trade Commission has formally dropped charges that Intel stifled innovation in the microchip industry.The FTC's 3-1 vote finally resolves an antitrust action filed in June 1998, accusing ...