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Back in May this year, the EU Commission ended a long investigation into Intel's pricing policy, ruling that the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker was guilty and had to pay a record fine of US$1.45 billion. The decision against the world's leading chip maker also imposed Intel to cease any illegal re... |
23 July 2009
03:34 GMT |
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Style guru Valentino, though long retired from the glitzy world of fashion, is holding all the headlines again, this time not for his creations but for having been fined for tax evasion. The Italian authorities from the district of Lazio pursued the case in court and, today, the designer has been sentenced to pay a $... |
16 January 2009
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Although the court ruled that TorrentSpy must pay a fine of $110 million to MPAA and some of you thought that the lawsuit was finally over, it seems like the dispute will continue because the BitTorrent website decided to appeal the decision. According to AFP, a TorrentSpy lawyer said they would appeal the court ruli... |
9 May 2008
05:34 GMT |
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In the never-ending saga of Microsoft antitrust "slaps on the hand," the Redmond company might receive the healthiest financial penalty yet from the European Union Antitrust Commission. A reported fine of $2.2 billion is currently cooking by the EU Antitrust regulators, and could be served as early as February 26, 20... |
26 February 2008
07:23 GMT |
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When you get caught red-handed - in this case, red-computer-handed, you are only left with one option, and that is to pay the fine. You don't want to be in jail and be somebody's pretty face because you had unlicensed software installed on your computer. If there was anything not worth it, this is, there�... |
12 February 2008
16:51 GMT |
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Symantec, that famous security company that built so many powerful technologies, was awarded $21 million in damages after the United States District Court for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles, CA, ruled in the favor of the security company. Back in 2006, Symantec filed a complaint against ANYI, SILI... |
20 December 2007
05:13 GMT |
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I think everybody wants to receive a laptop, a Microsoft Xbox 360 or a flat-screen TV for free. And the advertisers know it but from offering them at no cost to tricking users that loaning a car might get them these gifts, there's a long, long way. The Federal Trade Commission today reported that Adteractive Inc... |
29 November 2007
06:46 GMT |
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The Simpsons, one of the 2007 movies which brought impressive revenues for Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, got a 21-year-old Australian into trouble after he pirated the movie and attempted to distribute it on the web. Jose Duarte was first arrested in August and today he was finally fined $888 which is a pre... |
14 November 2007
03:42 GMT |
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The case between Google and Daniel Giersch was started a few months ago after the German owner of the G-mail service sued the Mountain View company for trademark infringement. The German court that investigated the case decided today to fine Google with 10,000 euros because it used the 'm.gmail.com' domain... |
3 October 2007
06:09 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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Do you have a lot of money in your bank account? No? Then don't spam! Not only that crime doesn't pay, but now it costs as well. A lot of countries have severe laws against spam and other Internet-related activities, but a new law in New Zealand hits spammers really hard.Their mentality is something like "S... |
4 September 2007
06:20 GMT |
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The story so far: Yahoo China published several links on its search technology that allowed users to download music for free without requiring them to pay for the licensed content. Several companies including Warner Music, filed a complaint against the giant portal, accusing the firm for providing access to unlicense... |
26 April 2007
06:53 GMT |
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As you surely know, Windows Vista was designed by the software giant to represent an innovative operating system, often regarded as the most secure edition of Windows. That's why Microsoft decided to implement many security utilities - such as Windows Defender, Windows Firewall and Application Control - to make ... |
4 March 2007
06:56 GMT |
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