All the stories tagged with: ban
Pakistan drops banhammer on 1,100 naughty words in SMS
11/22/2011, If you happen to live in Pakistan and own a cellphone or smartphone, then you might be more prudent and careful in your text messages the next time around as the Pakistani Telecommunication Authority has dropped the banhammer on over [...]
Samsung to sell modified Galaxy handsets to avert Dutch ban
10/12/2011, Since Samsung will be banned from selling a number of its Galaxy phones in the Netherlands, due to being guilty of violating a number of Apple’s patents, it looks like the company has found a way to circumvent it. The [...]
Modded Battlefield 3 Beta servers might end up banned
10/03/2011, I find it rather interesting that humans tend to justify our way through things – think of all those huge accounting scandals that have been uncovered so far (Enron, Worldcom), not to mention politicians who enrich themselves and their cronies [...]
Samsung awaits judgment in Australia, Galaxy Tab raring to go
09/26/2011, Apple has certainly inflicted a few notable blows towards Samsung by getting injunctions against the South Korean conglomerate that prevents them from selling their tablets and smartphones in certain countries around the world, and even in Australia, Samsung will still [...]
Microsoft unbans wrongfully banned Xbox 360 consoles
09/23/2011, In an attempt to crack down on Xbox users who modify their consoles or hack their systems, Microsoft dished out quite a number of bans on users of Xbox Live. However, a number of accounts were banned wrongfully due to [...]
Samsung seeks to ban iPhone and 3G iPad in the Netherlands
09/23/2011, We had only just reported that Samsung had plans to take a more aggressive approach to the ongoing legal battles with Apple, and true to their word Samsung has recently launched an offensive against Apple in the Netherlands where they [...]
Samsung to ban iPhone 5 in South Korea
09/19/2011, In a game of trading punches, Apple might have Samsung on the ropes at the moment in successfully getting some of Samsung’s devices banned in Australia and Europe, but that does not mean the consumer electronics giant from South Korea [...]
Apple gets Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 permanently banned in Germany
09/09/2011, We’re sure most of you guys have already heard or know this by now, that Apple has been chasing Samsung halfway across the world trying to get their Galaxy smartphones and tablets banned due to Apple claiming they were too [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 faces banhammer in Germany
09/07/2011, Apple, the world’s most valuable company at times, must be pretty happy to hear that a Dusseldorf court in Germany has awarded Cupertino a preliminary injunction against Samsung’s latest Galaxy Tab offering – the Galaxy Tab 7.7 which was announced [...]
Samsung hopes next Android update will protect Galaxy smartphones from ban hammer
08/25/2011, In the recent news concerning Apple’s legal battle against Samsung, the former won as the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and even some smartphones from the South Korean manufacturer has faced the ban hammer, mostly across Europe. Well, it seems that should [...]
Motorola Atrix ad banned due to false claims
08/24/2011, Guess it is back to the drawing board for those who did the advertisement for the Motorola Atrix, as it has been deemed to be misleading after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received a couple of complaints from who else [...]
Epic to ban Gear of War 3 spoilers
08/16/2011, Developer Epic wants to protect their new baby – Gears of War 3, which looks set to be a gaming hit the moment it arrives on store shelves, so that means no spoilers. And just how far are they willing [...]
India wants to monitor Google and Skype as well
08/10/2011, After recent reports of the Indian government’s intentions to strong arm RIM into compromising the security of its BlackBerry devices, it looks like the country is leaving no stone unturned. Recent reports state that India is also requesting for the [...]
