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Carnegie Mellon asks court to triple Marvell's $1.17 billion fine

Carnegie Mellon asks court to triple Marvell
  • Posted February 13, 2013, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News
  • Carnegie Mellon University has asked a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania court to triple the $1.17 billion patent infringement fine levied against Marvell in December -- an outcome that would dwarf the record-setting $1.05 billion ruling in last August's Apple versus Samsung case. CMU, which...

CMU wins $1.17 billion verdict against Marvell over HDD patents

CMU wins $1.17 billion verdict against Marvell over HDD patents
  • Posted December 27, 2012, 2:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News
  • Nine jurors have ordered Marvell to pay Carnegie Mellon University $1,169,140,271 in damages for infringing two hard drive patents. If the ruling sticks on appeal, it would claim more than a year's worth of profits at Marvell, which earned just over $900 million last year and...

Happy birthday: The emoticon turns 30 years old today

Happy birthday: The emoticon turns 30 years old today
  • Posted September 19, 2012, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • The sideways “smiley face”, often referred to as the first emoticon, turns thirty years old today. Scott E. Fahlman came up with the idea during a bulletin board post on September 19, 1982 as a way to mark a thread…

Disney Research's Touché takes touch interfaces to the next level

Disney Research
  • Posted May 7, 2012, 1:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • Have you ever wanted to control devices by touching everyday objects and even parts of your body? Sure you have! And a team at Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University is working on the technology to make it possible. Dubbed…

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