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The gaming industry isn't one that doesn't have problems, as it is plagued by various petitions or backlash coming from a lot of directions. But none have manifested so severely as the one against the DRM (Digital Rights Management) software that some companies have chosen to include along with their games ... |
9 January 2009
16:51 GMT |
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This merger has been one of the top topics of discussion for some time, and it finally looks like the largest mobile network in the States is ready to get busy and become the giant everyone's expecting to see. Although Verizon had settled with Alltel, as you probably already know, some time ago, the FTC approval... |
11 December 2008
05:38 GMT |
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The U.S Supreme Court has been asked by the Federal Trade Commission to intervene in a case in which Rambus, a memory maker known for its legal actions against some of the major players on the hardware computer market, is accused to have demonstrated anticompetitive behavior and deceived the Joint Electron Devic... |
25 November 2008
11:14 GMT |
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The Federal Trade Commission, which is charged with overseeing all major transactions that might involve a monopoly situation, has announced that it green-lighted a possible takeover of Take Two by Electronic Arts.The FTC says that "it now appears that no additional action by the commission is warranted at this time.... |
21 August 2008
03:35 GMT |
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The FTC (short for Federal Trade Commission) takes ID theft very seriously and consequently is planning to conduct a survey on identity theft victims that have contacted the organization earlier this year. The goal of this survey is to detect flaws in the system, make crime fighting more efficient and better educate... |
4 July 2008
05:58 GMT |
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The computer processor market had been dominated, for the past decade or so, by two big names, Intel and AMD, with the latter almost constantly occupying the underdog position. As you might have heard from quite a lot of our previous articles on this subject, the big "Chipzilla", as Intel is also known as, has been s... |
24 June 2008
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Only the sixth company to settle an U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint for sending porn spam since 2005, Cyberheat from Tucson, Arizona, has agreed to pay the $413,000 as a penalty for its actions. The Company did not directly send the spam to the recipients, but it operated an affiliate marketing program paying... |
5 March 2008
17:36 GMT |
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The United States Federal Trade Commission had to step down in a legal dispute that was about to prevent any computer user from taking advantage of the Ethernet standard. Or at least, it would have prevented the users from freely using the old and beloved port. N-Data, one of the zillions of companies that do not pro... |
25 January 2008
05:58 GMT |
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Google's acquisition plan of DoubleClick was at first looked upon with a raised eyebrow when the offer was first made and, after that, all hell broke loose when it was accepted. Yahoo! and Microsoft instantly caught fire under their feet and started complaining, followed closely by AT&T. Their biggest concern wa... |
22 January 2008
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On December 20th, Microsoft made the first step into the era of Google monopoly. Back in September 2007, Brad Smith, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, Microsoft, during his appearance before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, revealed that ... |
21 December 2007
08:45 GMT |
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AdultFriendFinder, the company that has assaulted us with porn advertisements and all kinds of sexual messages, is about to clean its marketing campaigns and display only authorized and legal banners. In you've never seen such an advert, although I think it's simply impossible to avoid them, they are usual... |
7 December 2007
04:40 GMT |
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The case concerning the Google - DoubleClick acquisition seems to be one of the most popular stories in the last few months due to the statements made by the officials related to the matter. Today, Federal Trade Commissioner Jon Leibowitz said for Reuters that the agency is working as quickly as possible to resolve t... |
2 November 2007
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The Federal Trade Commission confirmed that an avalanche of email messages claiming to be sent by the federal agency aim to steal the usernames and passwords stored on victims' computers. According to the Associated Press, the emails come from frauddep[at]ftc.gov and inform the receivers that the FTC filed a law... |
1 November 2007
07:55 GMT |
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Yahoo's acquisition of email software company Zimbra was approved by the Federal Trade Commission, the transaction being supposed to get finalized in the upcoming days. According to Reuters, the FTC analyzed the agreement between the two companies in order to find out if it can harm the competition or if it infr... |
2 October 2007
09:01 GMT |
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Three men that infected more than 15 million computers with spyware are going to pay $330.000 in ill-gotten gains. They've made huge profits from their scam, about $3.5 million. The fine, less than 10% of their financial gains isn't going to affect them quite a lot. However, the good part is that the Media ... |
2 October 2007
04:45 GMT |
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The Federal Trade Commission started an antitrust investigation over Google's acquisition of DoubleClick, an advertising company that was bought by the search giant for $3.1 billion. Just after the acquisition was officially confirmed, several names, including Microsoft, complained about the transaction, saying ... |
29 May 2007
07:11 GMT |
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