Last week, Bluehole studios bizarrely started publicly ragging on Epic Games, claiming that the studio created a ‘carbon copy' of PUBG with its new Battle Royale mode for Fortnite. At the time, it was said that Bluehole was contemplating “further action” and today, the studio clarified some of its comments …
Read More »HTC hits back at claims it copied the iPhone 6 design
The newly revealed HTC One A9 smartphone has faced some criticism recently thanks to its design. Many sites have branded it as a copy of the iPhone 6 and now, HTC has finally responded to those claims, hitting back by saying that actually, it was Apple that copied HTC's design …
Read More »Dre Beats rip-offs brazenly bask in the London sun
When it comes to PCs, we've almost completely forgotten that we're actually talking about ‘compatibles' – that we don't buy the original ‘IBM PC', we actually buy something that agrees to ‘work in a similar way' and that's fine. But a Sunday morning stroll along one of the busiest markets …
Read More »Has AMD taken 2 years to follow nVidia’s footsteps?
At CES in January 2011, Jen Hsun gave a big speech about the fruits from Project Denver, the idea of nVidia working with another company to incorporate important CPU technologies that the graphics giant lacked in its portfolio. Today, in San Francisco, AMD looks set to make a very similar …
Read More »Toys ‘R’ Us accused of making cheap knock offs
Innovation and inspiration are not quite twins, but they are very close cousins. By the same token, derivation and downright rip-off are also closely related. Lawyers get phat on the differences between these words and, right now, some of those lawyers belong to Acer, Foxconn, Kingston and Toys ‘R' Us. You may …
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