Los Angeles: A California lawyer is suing Microsoft, claiming the Surface tablet he bought doesn't have all the storage space the company advertised. Andrew Sokolowski says he bought a Surface with 32 gigabytes of storage last week. But he quickly ran out of space after loading it with music and Microsoft Word documents. He discovered that half of the 32GB storage space was being used by the operating system and...
02:32 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Taipei: Shares of HTC Corp jumped by their permitted daily limit on Monday after the Taiwanese smartphone maker announced a global patent settlement and 10-year licensing agreement with Apple Inc, allowing the struggling company to focus on product development. The settlement would give HTC a short-term boost, analysts suggested, but long-term performance would still depend on the company's ability to deliver competitive products to grab back some of the market...
10:47 AM, Nov 12, 2012
Los Angeles: A Los Angeles judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by the one-time confidante of pop star Britney Spears, ruling there was insufficient evidence to go forward with the trial on allegations of defamation, assault and breach of contract. "I really thought long and hard. It's the right thing to do, so I am going to do it," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bruguera said, announcing her decision...
04:46 PM, Nov 02, 2012
New Delhi: Soon after the launch of its most ambitious operating system, Microsoft has been slammed with a patent-infringement lawsuit for using Live Tiles that is core to the new Windows operating systems including Windows 8. According to PC World, SurfCast, a Maine, US, based company, filed its lawsuit on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Maine, and is asking for Microsoft to pay for damages...
01:43 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama chose to go full throttle against the Republicans over controversial rape remarks by a GOP candidate, contending that attempts to redefine rape make little sense and a predominantly male political class should not be making decisions for women. Appealing to his women constituency, Obama said healthcare decisions for women was not something that politicians need get involved in. "These attempts to re-define rape in some...
10:40 AM, Oct 26, 2012
Los Angeles: Tom Cruise filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against magazines that claimed he had abandoned his daughter, Suri, following his divorce from actress Katie Holmes. The 'Mission: Impossible' star filed the lawsuit in U.S. court in Los Angeles against the publishers of celebrity magazines 'In Touch' and 'Life & Style.' Cruise's attorney Bert Fields said in a statement. "Tom is a caring father who dearly loves...
11:38 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Washington: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which is battling Apple Inc across the globe for dominance of the smartphone market, dealt the California company a setback by winning a preliminary invalidation of a key Apple patent, according to a court filing. The fight is related to Apple's war against Google, whose Android software powers many of Samsung's devices. Samsung said in a filing late Monday that examiners at the US Patent...
12:17 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Seoul: Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it filed a new lawsuit against Apple Inc in a US court, contending the iPhone 5 infringed on Samsung's patents. In a statement, Samsung said: "...we have little choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our innovations and intellectual property rights." Last week, a US appeals court ruled that a lower court should reconsider a sales ban against Samsung's Galaxy Tab...
10:51 AM, Oct 02, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday made a pitch for inclusive, faster and sustainable growth, promising to overhaul the existing corporate and commercial laws to facilitate growth of the corporate sector. In response to transformational changes of this century, the Prime Minister said: "We are examining many of our commercial and corporate laws to make them relevant to the challenges that lie ahead, particularly for ensuring distributive equities...
01:44 AM, Sep 23, 2012
Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co said on Thursday it planned to add Apple's iPhone 5 to its existing patent lawsuits against the US rival, a move that could lead to a preliminary sales injunction of the popular smartphone. The fresh legal step by the South Korean firm comes as Apple booked orders for over two million iPhone 5 models in the first 24 hours and the model hits store shelves on...
05:55 PM, Sep 20, 2012
Beijing: In one of the biggest political scandals in China, a former police chief of Chongqing, linked to politician Bo Xilai and his convicted wife Gu Kailai, will be tried publicly for abuse of power, violating laws and accepting bribes. Wang Lijun, also a former vice mayor of Chongqing, one of the four directly-controlled municipalities in the country along with Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, will be tried Tuesday, the Global...
04:57 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Islamabad: The teenage girl accused of burning pages of the Quran has been released on bail and is now back with her family. But she still fears for her life. 14-year-old Rimsha Mahsee said, "Yes, I'm scared. I'm scared scared that someone might kill me. I'm scared of anyone who might want to kill us." That fear first came last month in Rimsha's neighborhood when she was accused of burning...
12:24 PM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: Assuring investors of a stable tax regime, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the Income Tax Department would adopt a non-adversarial approach in realising the direct tax target of Rs 5.70 lakh crore for 2012-13. "We will ensure there is a stable tax regime, there is stable tax laws and everybody (tax department) adopts a non-adversarial approach to tax collection. "Tax department will be friendly, helpful, interactive....
07:25 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New York: Seeking to capitalise on a major legal victory over its rival Samsung Electronics Ltd, Apple Inc has asked a federal court in a separate case to find that four additional Samsung products, including the Galaxy S III, infringe Apple's patents. In February, Apple alleged that at least 17 Samsung products infringe its patents. In a court filing made in San Jose federal court on Friday, Apple added four...
10:37 AM, Sep 01, 2012
New York: Citigroup Inc agreed to pay $590 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit accusing it of hiding tens of billions of dollars of toxic mortgage assets, one of the largest settlements stemming from the global financial crisis. The agreement resolves claims that shareholders ended up with massive losses after the bank failed to take timely writedowns on collateralized debt obligations, many backed by subprime mortgages, and engaged in self-dealing...
09:30 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: While the government is under fire over the CAG report and the Opposition gunning for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation in the coal block allocations, UPA's reform agenda has been pushed to a corner. Over 90 bills are waiting for an approval by Parliament and the government's efforts seem to be losing steam as it tries to work against a deadline of the 2014 elections. With only adjournments...
07:21 AM, Aug 24, 2012
In the wake of the recent exodus of people belonging to the North East, the social media is the latest target. The platform is being blamed for spreading communal hatred, hate speak and incitement to violence. Should there be a ban on voicing personal opinions? CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose posed the question to a panel of experts on her show, Face The Nation. Sagarika Ghose: Hi there, good evening....
01:08 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Bangalore: Infosys Ltd shares rose to their highest level in six weeks on Tuesday after a US court dismissed harassment charges filed by an employee in the United States, the biggest market of the Indian outsourcing company. While a second and similar lawsuit remains, those claims too are unfounded, SD Shibulal, chief executive officer of Infosys, India's second-largest software services exporter, told reporters. In the dismissed lawsuit, Jack Palmer, an...
01:20 AM, Aug 22, 2012
Pakistani authorities on Monday arrested an 11-year-old Christian girl with Downs' Syndrome after her neighbours claimed that she burnt pages of the Quran. ...
10:48 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Islamabad: Against the backdrop of reports of mass migration of Pakistani Hindus to India, President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the Sindh government to frame a draft law to amend the Constitution as part of efforts to prevent forced conversion of the minorities in the southern province. The President made the decision after he was briefed about the concerns of Hindus by his sister Faryal Talpur, a lawmaker of the...
03:25 PM, Aug 18, 2012
