Intel on Thursday landed a crucial victory in a private lawsuit that accused it of unfair pricing [sub. required]. Special Master Vincent Poppiti recommended to the US District Court in Delaware that the judge deny the lawsuit any class action status as there was no proof PC shoppers as a group were price gouged by alleged Intel price dumping meant to exclude AMD from the market. As Intel only set its own pricing, computer builders were free to drop their own stickers rather than simply widen their profit margins, Poppiti said.
The finding doesn’t automatically equate to a final decisio...... Read more
As if Apple didn’t have enough trouble dealing with iPhone 4 at the moment, now some users are starting to complain about the iPad. More specifically, a class action lawsuit has been started for the iPad apparently overheating.
The problem stems from trying to use the iPad outside when it is hot. The lawsuit claims that the iPad does not live up to expectations as when it overheats a message appears telling the user to let the device cool down before using it again. It is therefore unusable in certain situations according to the three users who started the lawsuit.
In particular the lawsui...... Read more
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Late last week, Wired reported that a lawsuit filed against Apple and AT&T over the carrier’s exclusivity arrangement for the iPhone has received class action status, meaning that it now automatically covers every iPhone customer in the United States.
In an interview Friday with Wired.com, Mark Rifkin, lead counsel representing the plaintiffs of the suit, highlighted that the terms of AT&T’s two-year customer contract say that customers have the option to terminate whenever they wish for a fee to switch to another carrier.
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By Sam Oliver
Published: 07:55 AM EST
A California law firm has asked iPhone 4 customers to share their experiences with reception on Apple’s new handset, laying the groundwork for a potential class-action lawsuit.
Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff LLP posted word of a new “consumer investigation” on its website this week. The firm has asked iPhone 4 owners with reception issues to speak with them.
“KCR is currently investigating potential problems with the release of iPhone 4,” the law firm, dubbed “injury attorneys on their website, wr...... Read more
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Building up its case against Flash, Apple has posted a number of interesting HTML5 demos showcasing what can be achieved with a little bit of coding. Developers needn’t resort to proprietary technologies to spice up their web apps with eye-candy, cool features, and multimedia, the consumer electronics powerhouse argued.
Instead, Apple wrote, they should use technologies “that are the web” for anything ranging fro...... Read more
Jogger with IPod hit by plane on S.C. beach
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A father of two in town on business was jogging on the beach and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing, officials said Tuesday.
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Apple UK asks agencies to bid for £10m search work
UK agencies can now bid for Apple’s global search account, after Apple began a tender. The agency that wins the bid will be in charge of managing paid search activity for the entire range of brands by Apple, including: the iPad, iPhone, iPod...... Read more
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