Tag Archives: department

Justice Joins Suit Accusing Oracle of Fraud

In a civil suit, the department said Oracle failed its contractual duty to give the government the same discounts it gave commercial customers.
Posted in Technology | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Energy Department Has a New Commitment to Solar (and a New Blog)

The Department of Energy launched a new blog last week, the aptly named (yet uninspiring) Energy Blog. Among other announcements and musings (OK, really more statements than deep thoughts) is a call to develop three Energy Innovation Hubs, one of which will drive research to turn sunlight into fuels.
Posted in Technology | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A No-Excuses Ranking of Airline Dependability [Charts]

The Department of Transportation puts out massive data pile every month on air travel, but it's dependent on airports, weather, and other factors. Neutralize those variables, like one airplane geek did, and you'll get a no-excuses ranking of airline dependability. More
Posted in Technology | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Greenest Supercomputer On the Planet [Supercomputing]

This is the Grape-DR, a supercomputer housed in the Department of Information Science at the University of Tokyo. It has 64 Intel Core i7-920 processors and an accelerator chip that can achieve 200 gigaflops with a lightbulb's worth of power. More
Posted in Technology | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

HannStar Display shells out $30m to settle LCD price fixing case

Another day, another company pleading guilty to their role in a massive global price-fixing conspiracy surrounding the MSRP of LCDs. The Taiwan-based HannStar Display agreed (grudgingly, we surmise) this week to cough up a whopping $30 million for its role in the scheme, marking the seventh company to " plead or agree to plead guilty as a result of the department's investigation into the LCD industry." All told, the US Department of Justice has seen some $890 million paid out and 17 executives charged, with HannStar in particular being pegged for violating the Sherman Act during its participation in the conspiracy from September 2001 to January 2006. So, anyone up for being lucky number eight? HannStar Display shells out $30m to settle LCD price fixing case originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in Technology | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

U.S. faces remote sabotage cyber danger: general

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department must be able to operate freely in cyberspace amid dangers of "remote sabotage," an Army general tapped to streamline offensive and defensive computer operations said on Thursday.
Posted in Technology | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

DOJ Apple Investigation Branches Out Beyond Music [Apple]

Double uh oh. That Justice Department investigation into Apple's music practices? It got a bit broader, with word out this weekend that the DOJ is concerned about more than just digital music. Film too? Sure, why not. More
Posted in Technology | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Declassified History of NSA Computers [Retromodo]

Straight from the Department of Defense History comes a recently declassified gem: Samuel S. Snyder's History of NSA General-Purpose Electronic Digital Computers . It's a wonderful late-night read with plenty of old-school computing trivia. [ GovernmentAttic (PDF) via Schneier via Boing Boing ] More
Posted in Technology | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Is Apple becoming the Microsoft of mobile?

Apple could soon be the target of an antitrust investigation by either the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice, according to numerous press reports, with the feds focusing on its new policy requiring developers to write iPhone OS apps using only Apple-approved programming languages.
Posted in Technology | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Goverment Weighing Possible Apple Antitrust Probe

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice are exploring opening an antitrust probe into Apple.
Posted in Technology | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment