» Topic:  IT Trade Group Seeks Cybercrime Court in India

» Added by:  Mike Bucken

» Date:  19.9.2006

  India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) has asked the government to create a special court to try people accused of cybercrimes and other violations of the country's Information Technology Act.

The Indian government is considering Nasscom's request, according to Mehta. The proposed court is part of a Nasscom effort to strengthen data protection and privacy within India's outsourcing industry.

-- John Ribeiro, IDG News Service

Antitrust Probe of Intel Broadens in Europe

BRUSSELS -- The European Commission has expanded an antitrust probe of Intel Corp. to examine claims that the chip maker paid the largest computer retail chain in Europe not to sell systems containing processors made by rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

AMD disclosed in July that it planned to file a complaint with Germany's antitrust office after press reports surfaced that Intel had paid retailer Media Markt not to stock PCs based on AMD's chips.

The EC said last week that it decided to examine the claim because Media Markt operates in multiple countries and because if the allegations are true, they would strengthen the commission's antitrust case against Intel. The antitrust investigation began in 2001 and was ratcheted up last year, when the EC raided Intel's offices in Munich and in Swindon, England.

"The commission is concerned that Intel has been putting pressure on Media Markt not to stock computers that include AMD chips as opposed to Intel chips," EC spokesman Jonathan Todd said last week.

Media Markt, a unit of retailer Metro AG in Dusseldorf, Germany, operates more than 360 consumer electronics stores in 11 European Union countries.

-- Paul Meller, IDG News Service

NEC Confirms Talks to Sell Consumer PC Unit

TOKYO -- NEC Corp. confirmed this month that it is negotiating a possible sale of its Packard Bell home PC division, although it wouldn't comment on reports that it is discussing a deal with Lap Shun "John" Hui, the founder and former head of eMachines Inc.

The sale of Packard Bell would continue NEC's shift away from the consumer sector. The Tokyo-based company has recently tried to build up its position in telecommunications, saying that it hopes to grab a 10% share of the global communications market.

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