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Microsoft finally have closure as the man behind the sales firm ITAC, Barry Omesuh, is sentenced to up to nine months in jail per sentencing and must pay £2.5 million in damages to Microsoft after an overwhelming battle against piracy.  The Manchester based distributor, ITAC, who are now out of business, were behind selling ‘grey’ [...]

The future of DAB is in the balance as sales of the technology have been recorded to have slowed through 2008 according to figures recently released.  Unfortunately for the DAB technology sales in the digital radios fell by 10 per cent through the final three months of 2008 in comparison to 2007, marking the first [...]

AMD have announced that they are modernising their 45 nanometer “Shanghai” Opteron processors by creating new energy efficient chips that will be able to operate within thermal envelopes powered by as little as 55 Watts.  Advanced Micro Devices are hoping that the new, greener processor chips will wind up in servers such as Hewlett-Packard, Dell [...]

The Pope is feeling a little left out as YouTube chugs on growing more and more popular, so the Vatican have decided to join in on all the fun.  The Vatican is expected to announce today that they have indeed made a deal with Google to create a channel on YouTube devoted to the Pope. [...]

BT shares have taken a harsh hit this morning as the company announces ongoing issues with their Global Services unit.  Shares in BT fell 15 per cent to 104.7p, causing BT’s market value to suffer a loss of £1.5 billion. Between October and December of last year, BT’s Global Services unit was slapped with a [...]

186k, the broadband provider, have been cut off by Tiscali, as the two companies get enthralled in a legal fist fight.  Although it is not certain how many customers have been affected by the move, 186k have attempted to make it clear to their users that they are not closing down and everything should clear [...]

It has emerged that Belkin, the computer accessory manufacturer, have been filling out fake reviews on Amazon in an attempt to boost sales and push a good business image to customers.  Belkin are claiming that the naughty activity can be blamed on one “rogue” employee who is said to have paid others to write the [...]

It seems as though the Isle of Man have their own ideas on how to tackle illegal file sharing, and other such methods of downloading copyright content as the Isle of Man’s government has announced that they don’t mind if their citizens take up the act, as long as they pay a blanket tax in [...]

The government are planning on bringing out a new organisation that will be in place to tackle the on-going Internet piracy issues that have been disregarding the copyright laws for years.  The new organisation will be called the Rights Agency and will be aimed at those Internet users who use peer-to-peer networks to illegally download [...]

Steve Jobs has announced that he is taking some private time away from the Apple spotlight in order to concentrate on his deteriorating health.  The CEO of Apple’s recent issues surrounding his health have now been classed as “more complex” than he had originally thought. Rumours about Steve Jobs’ health have been bouncing around over [...]