Apple hit with US injunction in e-books antitrust case

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 09:56

A US judge who found Apple Inc conspired to fix e-book prices imposed new restrictions on the iPad maker on Friday, limiting its agreements with publishers.

Japanese gov't recommends electronic copyright for publishers

Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 12:52

A Japanese government advisory panel Thursday adopted an interim report recommending creation of electronic publication copyrights for publishers to help deter pirated electronic books, government officials said.

Taylor Swift lands role in `The Secret Service`?

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 14:45

Country singer Taylor Swift has reportedly landed a role in Matthew Vaughn`s ‘The Secret Service’, based on the Mark Millar comic books.

US judge wants external monitor for Apple in e-books case

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 08:46

The monitor would likely be installed to review Apple's internal antitrust compliance program.

Apple faces possible May 2014 trial on e-book damages

Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 09:08

US federal judge had ruled that Apple Inc violated antitrust law by conspiring with five major publishers to raise prices of e-books.

Pirated books of NCERT, others seized in Patna

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 19:06

The Patna police today seized pirated books of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and those of famous writers and arrested six persons in connection with the fraud.

Penguin vows to scrap Apple e-book deals

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 18:13

EU regulators accepted a pledge by British media group Pearson's Penguin unit to scrap its e-book deals with Apple which set price curbs on Amazon and other retailers, closing an antitrust case against the company.

`Pleng’s Song` makes children question their lives: Patrick Maher

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 17:40

Deepak Nagpal spoke to American author Patrick Maher.

Apple accused of conspiring with publishers to hike price of e-books

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 22:28

Apple has been accused of conspiring with major publishers to increase the price of e-books in a scheme that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars, a New York court has been told.

Sharad Pawar`s name dropped from Class 10 text books

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 19:25

The Nationalist Students Congress (NSC) has taken umbrage at the omission of Sharad Pawar`s name as the founder of NCP from a Class 10 textbook issued by the Maharashtra education board for the next academic year.

Students perform well regardless of reading print or digital books

Last Updated: Monday, May 27, 2013, 18:03

Students did equally well on a test whether reading from a digital book or a printed one, a new research by an Indiana State University doctoral student has found.