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South Korea's antitrust regulator fines Qualcomm $850M+ over patent licensing practices

Accused of abusing market dominance in licensing charges

By Jose Vilches, December 28, 2016, 1:30 PM 7 comments

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The Web Industry

YouTube reveals that it paid over $1 billion worth of ad revenue to the music industry in 2016

The music industry says YouTube doesn't pay it enough

By Rob Thubron, December 7, 2016, 9:30 AM 9 comments

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Netflix drops more classic movies as it focuses on original content

By Rob Thubron, October 13, 2016, 6:15 AM 10 comments

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Hardware Mobile

Samsung reportedly in talks with AMD, Nvidia to license GPU tech for mobile devices

By Shawn Knight, September 12, 2016, 2:45 PM 7 comments

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Microsoft Hardware

Microsoft licenses Xbox Wireless tech; select PCs will support Xbox One controller without dongle

By Rob Thubron, August 17, 2016, 12:00 PM 10 comments

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Google Industry

Taylor Swift joins other music industry names calling for DMCA reform in campaign against YouTube

By Rob Thubron, June 21, 2016, 7:30 AM 42 comments

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Tech Culture Gaming

Vans' retro-themed Nintendo collection goes on sale tomorrow

By Rob Thubron, June 2, 2016, 9:30 AM

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Hardware Industry

AMD stock soars on news of x86 licensing agreement with Chinese consortium

By Shawn Knight, April 22, 2016, 11:45 AM 25 comments

Software Microsoft

Windows 7 licenses and PCs won't be sold beyond October 2016

By Tim Schiesser, November 2, 2015, 8:00 PM 9 comments

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Apple's streaming TV service delayed as negotiations with programmers sputter

By Shawn Knight, August 14, 2015, 12:00 PM

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Software Microsoft

Windows Insiders get free upgrade path to Windows 10

By Tim Schiesser, May 12, 2015, 12:15 PM 33 comments

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Google and LG sign 10-year patent licensing deal

By Tim Schiesser, November 5, 2014, 10:00 AM

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Industry The Web

Warner Music Group becomes first major record label to sign licensing deal with SoundCloud

By Shawn Knight, November 5, 2014, 6:45 AM

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Twitter purchases 900 patents, signs cross-licensing agreement with IBM

By Shawn Knight, January 31, 2014, 3:00 PM

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Hardware Industry

Intel sparing no expense to get its set top box up and running

By Dave LeClair, June 10, 2013, 10:30 AM

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Microsoft will pocket $3.4 billion from Android this year

By Shawn Knight, May 10, 2013, 7:00 AM 8 comments

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The Web Software

Adobe Creative Suite becomes subscription-only, kills Fireworks

By Rick Burgess, May 6, 2013, 7:00 PM 45 comments

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Industry Microsoft

Microsoft strikes Android patent licensing deal with China's ZTE

By Jose Vilches, April 24, 2013, 3:30 PM

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Microsoft Software

Microsoft reverses one-PC Office 2013 licensing restriction

By Jose Vilches, March 6, 2013, 1:00 PM 10 comments

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Industry The Web

Spotify wants to offer free mobile streaming, asks industry to lower fees

By Rick Burgess, February 20, 2013, 12:30 PM 17 comments

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Microsoft Software

Microsoft says Office 2013 licensing is nothing new, but it's a price hike in disguise

By Jose Vilches, February 20, 2013, 10:16 AM 32 comments

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Microsoft Software

Office 2013 EULA says the software is bound to one PC forever

By Matthew DeCarlo, February 13, 2013, 3:00 PM 39 comments

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Apple and HTC settle patent dispute, sign cross-licensing deal

By Jose Vilches, November 12, 2012, 11:30 AM 7 comments

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Valve has until October 10 to resolve EULA dispute in Germany

By Shawn Knight, September 24, 2012, 6:30 PM 13 comments

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Microsoft licensed Apple tablet patents, Samsung refused

By Rick Burgess, August 14, 2012, 2:30 PM