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Haotian Sun and Pengfei Xue sentenced for a scheme costing Apple $2.5M. Sun gets 57 months, Xue 54 months, plus hefty restitution payments for submitting fake iPhones.
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Beware! A realistic-looking fake AMD Ryzen 7800X3D has been unearthed, and it does not even have an actual CPU inside.
Facebook and Gucci have filed a joint lawsuit against an international counterfeiter who was using the firm's platforms to promote and sell unofficial products with the latter's branding.
Mobile devices that have not been approved by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority will be blocked from using cellular services after October 20, unless their IMEI number is verified before then.
It looks like eBay is under fire for perpetuating the sale of known counterfeit goods. A new investigative report shows that eBay assists merchants selling counterfeit goods by manipulating feedback.
A 28 year old Thai man was found dead clutching his iPhone 4S that was still plugged in. A 3rd-party charger has been blamed for the most recent death, which is sadly not uncommon in the region.
It's perhaps unsurprising that in China counterfeiting is rife of most products manufactured there and sold in the West. But when those chargers start to kill, companies sit up and take notice.
A study commissioned by Microsoft has revealed that one third of all software is counterfeit, while the costs of dealing with counterfeit software and malware will reach $114 billion this year
An operation conducted by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations has seized 132 websites selling counterfeit goods and more than $175,000 from PayPal accounts.
A man from Atlanta, Michigan has been charged in federal court with selling over $1 million worth of counterfeit copies of Windows XP Professional and Office 2003 Professional.
Spotify has been called the savior of the music industry, but there is a serious problem lurking underneaths: counterfeit recordings hiding within Spotify's catalog, (really) stealing from the artists
A new video from Microsoft, designed to show people how they could be victims of counterfeit software, presents those threats via a symbol of a man spying on worker activities, even inside a copier.
New documents released by Wikileaks earlier this week suggest Apple is struggling to counter against the Chinese counterfeit gadget trade. Local authorities are reportedly uncooperative with Apple.
Microsoft is reporting that a Mexican drug cartel is selling fake copies of Microsoft Office and is branding it with their own FMM cartel insignia. The cartel is reportedly selling fake copies of Office 2007...
As Neowin reported during the weekend, Newegg shipped out counterfeit Intel i7 processors to customers, where customers received a clay mold of a heatsink, and even a piece of scrap metal as the processor. ...
The ringleaders of what Microsoft have described as "the world's largest software counterfeiting syndicate" have been jailed by the Futian People's Court in Shenzhen, China. Sentences of up to six and a half years were...
Bolton Trading Standards officers have carried out a series of raids to seize a huge haul of counterfeit console games, PC software and hardware, clothing and watches with a street value of GBP 500,000. Three...
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, on Monday said it was filing lawsuits against eight computer system builders and resellers in seven U.S. states, accusing them of distributing counterfeit and unlicensed software and software...
Taiwan Authorities Suspend Workshop Dealing with Fake AMD Chips. Local authorities on Friday suspended a workshop that made fake, or remarked, AMD microprocessors in Taipei, Taiwan, and seized unprecedented number of chips of nearly one...
Microsoft is taking action against US resellers who are using dodgy Certificates of Authenticity (COA) to pass off counterfeit software as the real deal. Eight companies are facing legal action after a year-long investigation by...
Tens of thousands investigated using snooping software Italian Police have swooped on a major counterfeiting ring based in Italy and have nabbed €118 million ($139.8 million) worth of fake software, the Business...
Leaked Samsung Galaxy S25+ images reveal a design that looks familiar
Acronis backup, cloning app gets Windows 11 24H2 BitLocker support; won't work on old CPUs
PowerToys 0.87 is out with a new utility for Windows 10 users and a lot of improvements
Samsung 85-Inch QLED 4K 120Hz QN85D with Dolby Atmos falls to lowest price
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