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Featured Articles » British City Council OKs Plan to Monitor and Record Taxi Cab Rides » Federal District Judge Dismisses Two of Avaya's Claims against Continuant » Facebook Resolves Privacy Deal with FTC to Protect Consumers » Facebook Faces 20 Years of Privacy Oversight   Sponsored By: Customer Interaction Solutions' Product of the Year Awards The Product of the Year Awards will recognize all products and services that have displayed vision and leadership in the development of advanced solutions in the CRM, contact/call center and teleservices industries. The editors of Customer Interaction Solutions are searching for the companies that can prove their solutions succeeded in the marketplace. Apply today to be considered for a Customer Interaction Solutions' 14th Annual Product of the Year Awards.   Top Stories » Supreme Court to Decide: Is Health Reform Law Legal? People Weigh In For and Against » Index Engines Offering Octane Email Archive at a Promotional Price » The Newly Proposed Online Sales Tax Bill and What It Means to Amazon   From The Expert Corner November 16, 2011 Rambus Loses Legal Battle Against Micron and Hynix By Erin Harrison, Executive Editor, Strategic Initiatives Memory chip technology designer Rambus (News - Alert) was handed a major legal defeat in its antitrust case against Micron Technology Inc. and Hynix Semiconductor Inc., according to media reports. After the jury delivered its decision in the closely watched case, shares of Rambus went tumbling, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Superior Court of the State of California jury found that the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company did not meet its burden of proving its case against the two defendants. “At issue were Rambus allegations that the defendants illegally conspired to constrain availability of Rambus’ RDRAM and keep its prices unnaturally high relative to its competition, while holding competitive DDR pricing low, in an effort to eliminate Rambus’ RDRAM memory technology from the marketplace,” according to a company statement. “Upon succeeding in eliminating RDRAM as a competitor in the main memory market, the defendants raised the prices of DDR by as much as 500 percent... Read More   From The Blogs Big Week for Tor and The Privacy Minded November 16, 2011 By: Rich Tehrani Two big pieces of news are out this week for the privacy minded users of Tor who would like to surf anonymously to keep from the prying eyes of government – first off is a new iPad browser called Covert Browser which sells for $2.99. It is no frills, no Google search bar or bookmarks but you can switch from Tor servers in various locations with a simple drop down list. The list further includes flags so you know which country they are in and server bandwidth speeds are included as well... Read More      Featured Videos Interview with Electronic Payment Exchange (epx)   Featured Channels   legal.tmcnet.com is Your Source for the Latest Legal Technology News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Legal Technology Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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