European Union consumer chief Meglena Kuneva has hit out at Apple Inc.’s bundling of its popular iPod music players and its iTunes online music store, according to German weekly magazine Focus. “Do you think it’s Continue reading “EU takes aim at Apple over iTunes”.…more
Seagate Technology on Monday plans to announce the first manufacturer to sell laptop PCs with Seagate’s new hard drive that has built-in encryption technology. Fremont, Calif.-based ASI Computer Technologies will start selling computers equipped with Continue reading “Seagate ships hard drives with encryption”.…more
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Diamond Flower Electric Instrument (DFI) plans to add AMD embedded processors in its product lineup later in the year, according to sources at the company. Aside from Advantech and ICP Continue reading “DFI to include AMD embedded solutions in lineup”.…more
The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken the drastic step of suspending trading in shares of 35 companies whose stocks have frequently been touted in mass spam campaigns. I think it’s great to see the Continue reading “SEC suspends 35 spam firms”.…more
Yahoo! sank 5% early Friday on reports that its DSL partnership with AT&T may be on the rocks. The Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported that AT&T is considering scaling Continue reading “Yahoo! Losing DSL Partnership with AT&T?”.…more
Last week the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board, an obscure arm of the Library of Congress, voted to more than double the fees Web sites that stream music must pay record companies.The higher rates will affect Continue reading “Will Web Radio Get Turned Off?”.…more
AMD today announced its strategy to enable visually stunning and immersive games and multimedia content optimized for handheld devices powered by AMD’s next-generation graphics technologies. As a leading supplier to the handheld market, AMD is Continue reading “AMD Wants Console-Quality Games for Handheld Devices”.…more