Archive for February, 2008

Court must reconsider Microsoft Excel patent damages

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Show me the reason, and we’ll show you the money

A US appeals court has ordered a reconsideration of the damages that Microsoft must pay to a Guatemalan inventor who successfully sued it for patent infringement.…

Nokia wins another round in Qualcomm battle

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Trade body stands by US import ruling

Nokia has won another round in its ongoing spat with Qualcomm, as the US International Trade Commission stood by its decision to allow Nokia to import handsets into the USA.…

Malware removes rival rootkits

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Worm wars get stealthy

Miscreants have created a strain of malware capable of removing rootkits from compromised PCs, only to install almost undetectable backdoor code of its own.…

Elon Musk delays SpaceX launch until 2009

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‘Off the shelf’ rocket suffering technical hiccups

Visionary PayPal multi-millionaire Elon Musk has revealed setbacks in his plans to develop cheaper access to space. It now appears that the inaugural flight of Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher and Dragon capsule will be put back from early Q4 this year to late Q1 2009.…

BT preps 2000 per cent evening call price hike

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Someone’s got to pay for free weekend calls

BT is in the middle of a massive marketing campaign for its new “Unlimited Weekends” calls package, which will offer free calls on Saturdays and Sundays. There’s a doozy of a catch, however: weekday evening call charges will rocket to more than 2000 per cent of their current cost.…