lawsuits
History of TV
12:00PM Nick Broughall | Back in 2004, Canon – a company known for their cameras – got together with Toshiba to announce the Next Big Thing in TV technology: SED. Five years later, SED has become the television equivalent of Duke Nukem Forever – a lofty concept that sounded great, but we’ve given up on ever seeing its arrival. More »
SED: The TV That Never Was (And Probably Never Will Be…)
12:00PM Nick Broughall | Back in 2004, Canon – a company known for their cameras – got together with Toshiba to announce the Next Big Thing in TV technology: SED. Five years later, SED has become the television equivalent of Duke Nukem Forever – a lofty concept that sounded great, but we’ve given up on ever seeing its arrival. More » 
Hardware
Microsoft Sued For Killing Off Third Party Xbox 360 Memory Units
9:10AM Rosa Golijan | Datel, a company selling memory units for Xbox 360 consoles, filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft for blocking unauthorised third party memory units. Microsoft claims innocence, as the block is meant to reduce cheating on Xbox Live, not reduce competition. More »
Games
Banned Xbox Users Plan Class-Action Lawsuit, Claim Conspiracy
3:02AM Adam Frucci | Microsoft recently banned a whole lot of modded consoles. Was it to prevent piracy, or was it a conspiracy? A new lawsuit is positing the latter theory. More »
Networks
Judge Tells AT&T To Stop Whining As The Verizon Ads Will Stay
10:46AM Rosa Golijan | Looks like we’ll keep seeing Verizon’s “There’s a map for that” commercials as AT&T’s injunction to have them taken off the air was denied. Granted, the judge had a weak moment of kindness and left room for a follow-up hearing. More »
Networks
Verizon To AT&T: “The Truth Hurts (Bitch!)”
2:40PM Dan Nosowitz | OK, so I may have added “bitch” for emphasis — but this AT&T vs. Verizon lawsuit over the “Map for That” ads is turning into an all-out PR smackdown. This stuff isn’t even written in proper legal language anymore. More »
Networks
AT&T Adds New Verizon Ads To Its Map Lawsuit
5:18AM Wilson Rothman | Remember AT&T whining that Verizon’s maps don’t look right? Well, more Verizon ads featuring the same accurate-from-where-we’re-sitting maps have been added to the original suit. [AllThingsD]
Business
Intel Pays AMD $US1.25 Billion To End Antitrust, Patent Wars
3:23AM John Herrman | In case you were wondering if Intel’s business practices were as shady as the European Commission and the NY Attorney General think they are, look no further than this: Intel is paying $US1.25 billion — plus frills — to avoid fighting. More »
Music
BlueBeat’s Innovative Defence That Will Never Hold Up In Court
8:30AM Chris Jacob | Hank Risan was ordered to pull The Beatles’ catalogue from the BlueBeat website this week, but those weren’t the actual recordings. The tracks were “psycho-acoustic simulations” of the songs. Too bad that defence will never hold up in court. More »
Business
Steve Jobs And Sarah Jessica Parker Are Being Sued
9:45AM Rosa Golijan | In 1989, Franz Wakefield invented the iPod, iPhone and iTunes. Then the FBI stole his trade secrets and he confided in Sarah Jessica Parker and now he’s suing her and Apple…and my head’s spinning. More »
Software
