Google responded to criticism that it is not doing enough to filter out "Web spam" in its search engine results. – Google responded Jan. 21 to complaints about the quality of its search results.
During the past month, a number of bloggers and
others have criticized Google for returning poor search results. At
issue is what is known as Web spam, which Google defines as junk search
results that pop up when Web…
Taobao removed listings for 50,000 iTunes accounts after complaints. – A popular Chinese online marketplace has removed 50,000 Apple iTunes accounts being offered on its Website following a controversy that erupted last week.
The decision by Taobao follows a Jan. 6 report by the Global Times that revealed the accounts were available for between 1 and 200 yuan, whic…
Microsoft found itself accused of patent infringement by Motorola, a day after it filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer. – Microsoft’s legal battles with Motorola entered a new stage Nov. 10, with
the latter’s Motorola Mobility subsidiary filing patent-infringement complaints
against the software giant with the U.S. District Courts for the Southern
District of Florida and the Western District of Wisconsin.
Motorola…
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AT&T is investigating reports that some customers were shown other people’s data when they logged into their AT&T account to order a new Apple iPhone 4. – AT amp;T said it is investigating reports that customers were able
to view other peoples information when placing advance orders for
Apple iPhone 4.
The issue came as AT amp;T was dealing with a huge amount of interest in the device, with preorders totaling 600,000 in a single day. According to …
Microsofts Windows 7 marked the company’s attempt to wipe the proverbial slate clean after the publicly-perceived misfire of Windows Vista, and the new operating systems sales seem to indicate that consumers have gravitated to the new offering in the seven months since its release. However, IT administrators and other tech pros voiced a number of complaints about the operating system soon after its release perhaps inevitable for a product of that magnitude, but also suggesting that Microsoft will have some issues to examine as it prepares the inevitable Windows 7 Service Pack 1.
– Microsoft made a huge bet
that Windows 7 would not only erase the stigma associated with Windows Vista,
but also help its own flagging revenues by impelling a massive tech refresh on
the part of businesses and consumers. In the months since the operating
systems October 2009 release, much of tha…
Motorola’s allegations that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is infringing on several of its mobile patents will be heard by the ITC, according to Bloomberg. Motorola and RIM have been warring since the end of an agreement in 2007.
– The International Trade Commission will investigate claims by Motorola that
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is infringing on several of its patents, Bloomberg reported Feb. 19.
Motorola filed a complaint Jan. 22 alleging that RIM quot;engaged in unfair
practices by the importation and sa…
Microsoft dealt with a number of issues this week, including complaints from a small number of Windows 7 users about degraded battery life for their laptops running the operating system, and reports that some users who installed one of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday security updates are receiving the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. Microsoft is gearing up for next weeks Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the company is scheduled to make a high-profile announcement regarding its plans in the mobile space. This announcement will most likely be the unveiling of Windows Mobile 7, its much-rumored smartphone operating system, although recent rumors suggest that Microsoft is interested in potentially acquiring BlackBerry maker Research In Motion.
– This week, Microsoft wrestled with complaints from a subset of Windows 7
users about poor battery life for some laptops running the operating system.
Some of those users reported experiencing battery life as short as 15 minutes
after upgrading their laptops to Windows 7, while others received a
…
AT T files an early termination fee settlement in a New Jersey U.S. District Court, offering customers who filed a class action complaint $16 million in cash and $2 million in other benefits.
– AT amp;T has filed a class action settlement in a New Jersey U.S. District
Court regarding customer complaints about the company’s flat-rate early
termination fees. Although the document is dated Sept. 15, 2009, those involved in the lawsuit
were notified Jan. 26.
The carrier has offered $16 mil…
When Google launched its Nexus One smartphone Jan. 5, it did so via its new retail channel Webstore, in a strategic shift experts said would give Google more control over how it sells Android devices and make buying them a leap of faith for consumers. Some who bought the mobile device for $529 unlocked or $179 from Nexus One service provider T-Mobile are now complaining about everything from poor 3G coverage from T-Mobile to miscommunications about the properties of or pricing plans for the smartphone. A Google spokesperson tells eWEEK Google is aware that users are reporting 3G coverage problems and the company is investigating these reports.
– Google faced its first stiff test in selling its Nexus One smartphone when
the company’s mobile help forum lit up with complaints about 3G service and
other concerns late last week.
When Google launched the smartphone Jan. 5, it did so via its new retail
channel Nexus One Webstore, marking a str…
State Auditor Radoslav Sretenović said that complaints against those who used budget funds irregularly will be submitted after January 1. The President of the State Audit Institution (DRI) told B92 that a final analysis has not been completed by the ministries for budget spending in 2008, adding that if no complaints are filed in the next four days for misuses, they will be submitted early next year.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center and nine other groups file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission calling for an investigation into privacy on Facebook. The groups say Facebook’s recent privacy and security changes exposed user information.
– Ten privacy and consumer groups filed a complaint Dec.
17 with the Federal Trade Commission over Facebook’s
recent privacy changes and urged the agency to open an investigation.
quot;This is the most significant case now before the Federal Trade
Commission, quot; Marc Rotenberg, executive dir…
As others have done in lawsuits against Intel, the FTC is claiming that anticompetitive behavior on the part of Intel over the past decade has unfairly limited the market for rival AMD’s processors. However, the FTC also is saying those actions are now extending to Nvidia in the graphics chip market. Intel executives argue that the company is competing fiercely but fairly, and that conditions the FTC wants to impose would hurt Intel’s ability to compete and innovate.
– The Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit
against Intel has a familiar ring to it, echoing many of the charges of
anticompetitive behavior that can be found in similar complaints filed by
European regulators, U.S.
investigators and rivals of the chip making giant.
However, there are key elements t…
Chief of the Serbian Hague cooperation team Rasim Ljajić said that Serbia has no objections to Serge Brammertz’s latest report. The version of the report that the Hague Chief Prosecutor will be submitting to the UN Security Council in December, which Serbian government officials have seen, is the first to which Ljajić has “no complaintsâ€.
Chief of the Serbian Hague cooperation team Rasim Ljajić said that Serbia has no objections to Serge Brammertz’s latest report. The version of the report that the Hague Chief Prosecutor will be submitting to the UN Security Council in December, which Serbian government officials have seen, is the first to which Ljajić has “no complaintsâ€.
Google Wave, the search engine giant’s real-time collaboration platform, began rolling out to 100,000 new users Sept. 30 as an extended preview. The platform combines e-mail, instant messaging and wiki-like document and file sharing with social networking features. Many of those new users included luminary bloggers such as Robert Scoble, and the early reports are rolling in. It’s too early to judge Wave yet, but it’s clear that the HTML 5-based platform has a number of issues that need to be addressed, from missing features to concerns about Wave’s infrastructure. But perhaps the biggest challenges are the learning curves associated with using Wave it’s quite chaotic as well as the potential for crashing users’ productivity parties. eWEEK runs down the issues here.
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In a statement, the European Commission outlined some details that led to its $1.45 billion fine of Intel for anti-competitive practices meant to unfairly hamper commpetition from AMD. Those practices included conditional rebates and payments to OEMs. Intel officials accuse the EC of being one-sided and ignoring evidence positive to Intel.
– SAN FRANCISCO — Less than a month after Intel formally appealed the European Commission’s $1.45 billion fine for antitrust violations, the EC is laying out its case to the public.
The commission on Sept. 21 published a quot;non-confidential version quot; of its May 13 ruling, in which the EC th…
Apple is wrestling with a public-relations crisis caused by the loss of a next-generation iPhone prototype and the death of a 25-year-old employee of Foxconn, Chinese manufacturer of Apple iPhones and iPods. In 2006, Apple audited Foxconn’s working conditions after a British newspaper suggested that the factory violated labor practices, and found that the manufacturer asked excessive hours of its workers.
– Apple
previously investigated Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer of its iPhones and
iPods, three years before the July 16 death of a 25-year-old Foxconn employee raised
questions about Foxconn management.
Sun Danyong, an engineer with Foxconn, had been put in charge of shipping 16
prototypes of…
