EU regulators investigating Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) over their patents dispute are worried intellectual property rights may be unfairly used by some firms against their rivals, the EU antitrust chief said on Tuesday.
Retailers are saving some of their deepest discounts on Black Friday for video game products, with large chains Wal-Mart and Best Buy putting some rock-bottom prices tags on hot games to lure shoppers into stores.
Because the Amazon Kindle Fire's low price of $199 makes it more accessible than its competitors, ZDNet's Jason Perlow called it the People's Tablet. But early experiences indicate the tablet, available for sale in stores such as Best Buy this week, is not all that great as a reader.
Samsung Electronics said on Thursday that it would launch a redesigned version of its 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab model in Germany as early as this week to avoid a sales ban on the tablet, which a German court said violated Apple's patents.
Chip gear maker Applied Materials Inc
gave a cautious quarterly revenue outlook and warned it expects to be affected by a tough economy.Stocks fell in choppy trade on Monday as political uncertainty in Italy fueled investor concern the euro zone debt crisis could engulf the bloc's third biggest economy.
Retailer Best Buy Inc. said it would buy Carphone Warehouse's stake in their U.S. mobile-phone joint venture for about $1.3 billion and plans to close 11 big box stores in the UK as part of its reorganization strategy.
The moves are the latest sign Best Buy is scaling back its overseas ambitions to focus on its main U.S. business, which faces stiff competition from discounters and online retailers. Earlier this year, the U.S. group dropped plans for Best Buy-branded stores in China and Turkey.
EU regulators are investigating whether Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc may have breached EU antitrust laws with patent infringement claims in their global legal battle over the lucrative smartphone and tablet market.
RealD Inc's shares fell as much as 14 percent in extended trade after the licensor of 3D technologies said Samsung Electronics pulled out of an agreement to make television panels featuring the company's technology.
The discounted HP TouchPad is back on sale now. Best Buy is selling the 32GB model of the HP TouchPad for its fire sale price of $149. But the deal is not as simple as it looks; the tablet is eligible for the discount price only with the purchase of a new PC.
HP's $99 tablet is officially out of stock, but Best Buy says it has some 32 GB TouchPads lying around and will be selling them for $150 in November.
If you've been adamantly waiting to get your paws on an HP Touchpad during the $99 sale, the terms of how to snag a discounted tablet computer may come as a buzz kill for you: Best Buy announced the last TouchPad sale will be available exclusively in November...eligible for the discount price only with the purchase of a new PC.
Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top technology firm by revenue, reported a 13 percent fall in quarterly profit, as the stellar performance of its handset business was overshadowed by a slump in its mainstay chip division.
Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top technology firm by revenue, reported a 13 percent fall in quarterly profit, as the stellar performance of its handset business was overshadowed by a slump in its mainstay chip division.
Guns and bloodshed may be the perfect gifts to ensure a merry Christmas for Target Corp .
Samsung Group confirmed that it had named a group led by online shopping mall operator Interpark as preferred bidder for its procurement arm iMarketKorea Inc, in a deal to buy Samsung's up to $342 million stake in the firm.
So the Groupon IPO is apparently going to finally happen -- and likely within the next couple of weeks. The once-high-flying daily deal Web social company is getting there with a bit of a limp.
The president and chief operating officer of Samsung Electronics, Lee Jae-yong, has been invited to Apple Inc's private memorial service for Steve on Sunday, a source with the knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Sunday.
A Dutch court on Friday turned down Samsung Electronics' request for an injunction against all of Apple's mobile products that use 3G telecommunications technology, denying it revenge over a similar move by Apple.The two technology giants have been lo
Analysts have predicted that between three and four million iPhone 4S units will be sold during this weekend. Hundreds of thousands of people across the world have taken their position in long lines in front of Apple Stores sand other carrier/retailer stores where the device is being sold.
An Australian court slapped a temporary ban on the sale of Samsung Electronics' latest computer tablet in the Australian market on Thursday, handing rival Apple another legal victory in the two firms' global patent war.
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