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Acer and ASUS face a sales ban in Germany over a video codec issue with Nokia — Here's how this patent spat could affect you

Acer and Asus have temporarily stopped selling certain PCs in Germany after a court granted Nokia an injunction over alleged HEVC patent infringement. Retailers can sell existing stock, but new imports are blocked while the dispute continues.

Windows Central · Feb 16

Direct Asus and Acer gaming PC sales blocked in Germany due to lawsuit from Finnish phone manufacturer Nokia

Auf wiedersehen.

PC Gamer · Feb 16

Acer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codec

Acer's and Asus's use of HEVC on their laptops and desktop PCs is allegedly infringing on Nokia's patent. Because of this, a German court ruled that they cannot sell their products in Germany until the matter is settled.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 14

European car giants issued warning over electric vehicles: ‘We saw what happened to Blockbuster’

Octopus boss Greg Jackson said European manufacturers should be prepared to compete with EVs from China

The Independent UK · Jan 20

Your Fellow coffee maker has a secret video game hidden in its interface – here's how to play it

Fellow makes serious coffee equipment, but its designers have still found room for a little fun.

TechRadar · Jan 19

‘Historical artifacts’: Man receives his 2010 order after 16 years of waiting, but nobody expected what was inside the boxes

That’s one hell of a shipping delay

We Got This Covered · Jan 12

Sneaky game of Snake? A Nokia Design Archive is celebrating the titans of 90s tech

This gr8 Nokia Design Archive will take u back 2 the simpler days of Snake, SMS and snap-on covers.

Euronews · Jan 3

Change.org petition seeks to revive Windows Phone, and dozens are signing up! (including me ... ) — "Third time's a charm."

Has a Change.org petition ever resulted in any meaningful, actual change? I have no idea, but here's one new petition that I thoroughly expect to deliver maximum results.

Windows Central · Dec 24, 2025

“I was really concerned. I didn’t want to be like Nokia when the iPhone came out”: How Line 6 and Kemper’s early releases inadvertently inspired the creation of their biggest rival

Neural DSP CEO Doug Castro looks back on the company’s beginnings

Guitar World · Dec 19, 2025

Early warnings not heeded in deadly triple-zero outage

A host of mistakes were made during an Optus triple-zero outage linked to two deaths, including a failure to escalate initial concerns up the chain.

AAP · Dec 18, 2025