Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts

Monday, February 20, 2012

Apple settles class-action suit over iPhone 4 antenna problem

Nearly two years after tech blogs screamed "Antennagate!" over problems with the iPhone 4's reception, owners will be getting a little pocket change for their troubles. Apple over the weekend settled a class-action lawsuit filed about the issue, promising to pay $15 or give a free case to everyone in the United States who bought one of the wildly popular phones. Released in June 2010, the

The Pirate Bay faces UK ban after High Court ruling

The judgment by Mr Justice Arnold makes it more likely that major broadband providers will be ordered to cut off the Pirate Bay, which has been the scourge of the music and film industries for almost a decade. It acts as a searchable index of links to BitTorrent trackers, which allow users to download files from each other. All the most popular files are copyright films, music and software.

Apple workers in China get 25 per cent pay rise

The firm makes iPads and iPhones under contract to Apple in giant factories that employ and house over a million Chinese workers. It also manufactures electronics for Dell, HP and Microsoft, among others. The significant pay increase is the second for Foxconn workers in less than two years and means salaries will reach between �180 and �250 per month. The firm said the rise, effective from 1