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A while ago, a class action lawsuit was filed against 12 companies who manufactured DRAM. The lawsuit alleged that these companies – Elpida, Hitachi, Hynix, Infineon, Micron, Mitsubishi, Mosel, Nanya, NEC, Samsung, Toshiba and Winbond – had colluded with one another to fix the prices of DRAM. The lawsuit has since been a success and the result is a $310 million settlement.

Now according to a report from GamesIndustry, those who might have purchased DRAM or a product with DRAM (such as PCs or consoles) between 1998 and 2002 will be eligible to apply for a slice of the settlement pie. (more…)

$310 Million DRAM Lawsuit Now Paying Out To Those Affected original content from Ubergizmo.

Much has already been said and written about the $7.17 billion Microsoft-Nokia deal, through which the former absorbs the latter’s devices and services division, but a new report published by Businessweek today offers a glimpse of what happened behind the scenes prior to the deal being announced. It is claimed that Microsoft founder, former CEO and ex-Chairman of the board Bill Gates was staunchly opposed to the idea of this acquisition, it was his belief that Microsoft should stay as a software company at heart and not venture too deep into ambitions of becoming a hardware company.

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Bill Gates Was Reportedly Against Microsoft-Nokia Deal original content from Ubergizmo.

Prior to bringing John Chen on board, BlackBerry’s stock had reached new lows last year. The board ousted the sitting CEO, brought Chen in, who then began to restructure the company as well as the top level management. Even though it hasn’t been an overnight success, the market believes that BlackBerry has a fighting chance under new leadership, which is why its stock has slowly climbed its way back up over the past few months. One of the things most admired about Chen is the fact that he’s often blunt about the crisis BlackBerry finds itself in, recently in an interview he remarked that BlackBerry’s turnaround plans have a 50 percent chance of failing.

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BlackBerry CEO Gives Turnaround Plans 50% Chance original content from Ubergizmo.

When it comes to describing how good one is at typing, you use metrics such as WPM (words per minute) as well as checking their accuracy. After all anyone can just bang away at their keyboards to get a high WPM, so accuracy is a better reflection at how fast and accurate a typist is.

Now we know there are probably many out there who are able to type really fast and accurate, with their fingers, but how about with their nose? If you had to type out an entire sentence with your nose, how long do you reckon you will take? Well one man in India by the name of Mohammed Khurshid Hussain not only managed to do that, but broke the previous record at the same time! (more…)

Man Breaks Guinness World Record By Typing With His Nose original content from Ubergizmo.

Bitcoin is a virtual currency which is fast gaining popularity, although recently it seems that there have been several blows dealt to the currency that brings into the question its security and validity. As some of you guys might have heard, one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges, Mt. Gox, recently shut down and filed for bankruptcy.

Now it seems that yet another Bitcoin service is in trouble and has similar shut down as well. The service, Flexcoin, is not as big as Mt. Gox, but it would no doubt be used as ammunition by those against the virtual currency as reasons why it use should be disallowed. (more…)

Flexcoin Shuts Down After Over $600,000 Of Bitcoins Were Stolen original content from Ubergizmo.