Hewlett-Packard has announced that it is buying networking company 3Com for 2.7 billion dollars in a deal that is expected to boost its presence in the fast-growing Chinese market.
After being ordered by a US court to pay a record-breaking 388 million dollars in compensation to Uniloc for infringing on a patent held by the software firm last April, Microsoft has had the decision overturned on appeal.
After a summer of acrimonious debate, French lawmakers have approved an amended version of a controversial anti-piracy bill, known as 'Hadopi'. The legislation is intended to crack down on illegal downloading of copyrighted material.
After a summer of acrimonious debate, French parliamentarians are set to vote on an amended version of a controversial anti-piracy bill that cracks down on the illegal downloading of copyrighted material.
The Chinese government has indefinitely delayed a plan requiring all new computers sold in China to have inbuilt Internet filters. Called “Green Dam Youth Escort,” the filter plan, deemed intrusive by critics, was to start on Wednesday.
Sweden's Global Gaming Factory (GGF) says it will acquire the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay for 5.6 million euros and find ways to compensate copyright owners for downloaded material.
US software giant Microsoft has announced that the long-awaited replacement for its operating system Vista will be available on October 22. Windows 7 was first expected to hit stores in January 2010.
A US court has ordered computer software behemoth Microsoft to pay Canada's i4i Limited Partnership 200 million dollars in compensation for infringing on a patent held by the Toronto-based software firm in Microsoft's Word processing programs.
Indian outsourcing firm Tech Mahindra has won the bidding for Satyam Computer Services, hit by India's biggest accounting fraud. The sale is intended to give Satyam much-needed capital and a fresh start.
