New York passes landmark right-to-repair law for electronics
06 June, 2022The Digital Fair Repair Act will give consumers and independent repair shops the ability to repair mobile phones, computers and other personal devices.
FTC sues to block NVIDIA's acquisition of Arm
07 December, 2021The US Federal Trade Commission has sued to block chip supplier NVIDIA's $40 billion acquisition of UK chip design provider Arm.
How do you childproof the IoT?
01 December, 2017Keeping our kids safe on the internet is one thing — how do we expand that to include the Internet of Things?
Zond loses patent infringement lawsuit
26 July, 2017The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Boston) has ruled in favour of Renesas Electronics Corporation and Renesas Electronics America in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it by Zond.
Obama to sign bill combating counterfeit semiconductors
17 February, 2016US President Barack Obama will sign into law a bill that will strengthen trade enforcement, stop evasion of trade laws and provide tools to address unfair currency practices.
Counterfeit components — a growing concern
20 November, 2015 by Joe Longo*As the volume of counterfeit components increases in the marketplace, new solutions are needed to improve electronics supply chain integrity and stability.
Cardinal Components Lutracore anti-counterfeit chemical fingerprint
05 November, 2014Cardinal Components and Infratrac have introduced a solution to the problem of counterfeit electronic components - the anti-counterfeit chemical fingerprint Lutracore. The chemical fingerprint is composed of several commodity chemicals grouped together to create a code that can be detected in seconds anywhere in the supply chain by a technician with less than an hour of training.
Beware of counterfeit Mornsun converters
10 June, 2014Electronics company Mornsun is warning customers to be aware of fraudulent companies offering counterfeit Mornsun products in China, often presented on websites such as CART100 and Alibaba.
Toshiba sues Powerchip over flash memory patent
03 June, 2014Chipmaker Toshiba has filed a suit against Taiwan's Powerchip Technology Corporation and three companies, Powerflash Technology Corporation, Zentel Electronics Corporation, and C.T.C. Co. together, for infringement of Toshiba's Taiwan patents for NAND flash memory.
Ethics of drone warfare
29 May, 2014With the increasing use of drones, it is perhaps only a matter of time before robots replace soldiers. A Swedish researcher suggests that it is necessary to reconsider the international laws of war.
Apple, Google and Samsung ... is it peacetime in the patent wars?
21 May, 2014 by Bruce Baer Arnold*, University of CanberraApple and Google agreed last week to abandon mutual litigation over smartphone software and hardware patents. Yesterday the Korea Times reported that it appears likely Apple and Samsung will also reach a similar agreement soon.
Malicious web activity grows at record pace
03 July, 2009Malicious code activity continued to grow at a record pace throughout 2008, primarily targeting confidential information of computer users, says Symantec.
Managing your company’s IP
07 January, 2008How would it affect your business if your closest competitor knew precisely how you carry out your business and had access to your internal operating procedures and customer lists?
500 Australian Standards to be cut
28 August, 2006To maintain relevant Australian Standards, Standards Australia has embarked on a project to reassess about 2000 standards sectors that are more than 10 years old.
IPC-A-610C Amendment 1: Acceptability of electronic assemblies
13 November, 2001Amendment 1 to IPC-A-610C has just been released by the IPC.
