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German court dismisses Nokia patent claim against HTC, HTC ‘delighted’
Posted On 23 Apr 2013 By Ben Gilbert. Under: Uncategorized.
In HTC and Nokia's ongoing patent litigation, one patent infringement claim against HTC was dismissed today by the District Court of Mannheim, Germany. The patent in question -- regarding "a communication network terminal for accessing internet" -...
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Google fined $190,000 in Germany for illegal WiFi snooping with Street View cars
Posted On 22 Apr 2013 By Jamie Rigg. Under: Uncategorized.
Google's been taking heat for a number of years since its Street View cars were found to be pulling WiFi data, and the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has today hit the search giant with a 145,000 euro fine (alm...
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HTC One officially hits Germany, UK and Taiwan next week, other regions before the end of April
Posted On 22 Mar 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
There's been an uncertainty hovering over just when the HTC One would make its formal debut, between delays in many areas and a trickle of availability in others. At least in theory, those doubts have been resolved: HTC now says that Germany, the UK...
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Nokia obtains injunction on HTC in Germany over battery saving wireless technology
Posted On 19 Mar 2013 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
Last May Nokia announced a serious patent offensive against several companies, one of which is HTC. According to FOSS Patents, today a German court awarded Nokia a patent injunction based on power saving technology it has patents for, and it claims i...
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Nokia obtains injunction on HTC in Germany over battery saving wireless technology
Posted On 19 Mar 2013 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
Last May Nokia announced a serious patent offensive against several companies, one of which is HTC. According to FOSS Patents, today a German court awarded Nokia a patent injunction based on power saving technology it has patents for, and it claims i...
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Samsung will stop sale of Windows RT tablets in Germany due to weak demand, according to reports
Posted On 06 Mar 2013 By Sharif Sakr. Under: Uncategorized.
We already know that Samsung was too timid (or maybe too sensible) to launch its Windows RT-based ATIV Tab hybrid in the US, but now it appears the manufacturer is having doubts about European demand too. Heise.de and our friends at MobileGeeks are r...
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German government buys 5,000 BlackBerry Z10s, bucks the BYOD trend
Posted On 05 Mar 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Most of the worry about BlackBerry's market share has centered around its once-certain corporate and government clientele: when even stodgy institutions have either embraced Bring Your Own Device policies or have switched platforms outright, nothing ...
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We’re live from CeBIT 2013 in Hannover!
Posted On 04 Mar 2013 By Daniel Cooper. Under: Uncategorized.
Hannover might not be as famous as Hamburg (Beatles), Berlin (politics) or Frankfurt (erm, meat-based cuisine), but for one week in March, it's home to one of the world's biggest tech events. Unlike our jaunts to MWC and CES, we're never quite sure w...
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We’re live from CeBIT 2013 in Hannover!
Posted On 04 Mar 2013 By Daniel Cooper. Under: Uncategorized.
Hannover might not be as famous as Hamburg (Beatles), Berlin (politics) or Frankfurt (erm, meat-based cuisine), but for one week in March, it's home to one of the world's biggest tech events. Unlike our jaunts to MWC and CES, we're never quite sure w...
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Surface RT coming to six more countries in late March, Pro in the ‘coming months’
Posted On 28 Feb 2013 By Terrence O'Brien. Under: Uncategorized.
Microsoft's Surface is continuing its global retail rollout, expanding its reach well beyond the western hemisphere. In late March the RT model of Redmond's in-house tablet effort will begin popping up in Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore...
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