3dfx files to merge with STB. 3dfx files to merge with stb. The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a filing by 3dfx Interactive Inc. to merge with STB Systems Inc. 3dfx Interactive develops 3D media processors and software for interactive electronic entertainment platforms, such as the Voodoo family of accelerator chip sets for the PC. STB Systems produces multimedia accelerators for use in primarily desktop PCs....

Rambus patents may hang on filing dates. rambus patents may hang on filing dates. According to EBN's Jack Robertson, the results of the first trial to bring antitrust charges against Rambus Inc. may depend on determining the actual date when the company filed applications for its synchronous-interface patents. While the original patent application date was 1990, before its attendance of JEDEC meetings, Rambus says that amendments filed in 1997 and 1998 cover the controversial technologies. Infineon says Rambus failed to disclose it had filed the SDRAM patent claims during its four years of membership in the Joint Electron Devices Engineering Council (JEDEC) from 1992 to 1996....

Seagate Files IPO Application. seagate files ipo application. In a gutsy move in the sluggish technology market, Seagate Technology Holdings has filed an S-1 with the S.E.C. In a gutsy move in the sluggish technology market, Seagate Technology Holdings has filed an S-1 with the S.E.C. to raise as much as $1 billion in an initial public stock offering. According to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Seagate's investors include a group led by well-known venture capitalist Roger McNamee and financier David Bonderman, who previously took Seagate private in 2000. ...

Genuity Files for Bankruptcy Protection. genuity files for bankruptcy protection. Genuity, Inc., a telecommunications company and major provider of the backbone fiber optics for the Internet, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, November 27, 2002. Genuity, Inc., a telecommunications company and major provider of the backbone fiber optics for the Internet, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, November 27, 2002. While Genuity managed to pay back more than $200 million and negotiated for months with lenders and with Verizon, a settlement was not reached prior to Genuity's filing for bankruptcy. As part of the bankruptcy filing, Genuity has agreed to transfer its assets to Level 3 Communications, Inc. of Broomfield, Colorado in a deal reported to be worth $242 million....

SonicBlue Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection. sonicblue files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The manufacturer of the Rio digital music player, Replay TV digital television recorder and GoVideo advanced video recorder, SonicBlue Inc., announced on Friday that it would seek bankruptcy protection by filing for Chapter 11 status in federal Bankruptcy Court. The manufacturer of the Rio digital music player, Replay TV digital television recorder and GoVideo advanced video recorder, SonicBlue Inc., announced on Friday that it would seek bankruptcy protection by filing for Chapter 11 status in federal Bankruptcy Court. The Chapter 11 filing will allow the products to continue to be sold while the bankruptcy is pending....

Google files for $2.7 billion IPO with SEC. google files for. Google, the world’s No. 1 Web search provider, filed with U.S. regulators on Thursday to become a publicly listed company and sell as much as $2.7 billion in stock in a widely expected initial public offering. The filing also revealed revenues of Google, which reached $962 million in 2003 and earnings which came in at $105.6 million....

Euro filing reveals Apple 'handheld computer'. filing reveals apple handheld computer. Apple has filed for a European design trademark which may provide a tantalising glimpse of the company's long-awaited tablet computer. Apple has filed for a European design trademark which may provide a tantalising glimpse of the company’s long-awaited tablet computer. The filing, made in May this year but only published this week, covers a "handheld computer" and contains sketches of what look like an iBook screen minus the body of the computer....

Apple files for trademarks ProBand, iWork, Pod, Searchlight and ZeroConf. apple files for trademarks proband. An article at the Mac Observer notes that the Pod trademark filing suggests that upcoming Pod devices might be able to transmit audio....

According to the new SEC filing, Buy.com still is in the red posting a $15.3 million loss on revenues of $290 million in 2004....

SCO Group files $23.3 million loss for 2004. sco group files. Utah's SCO Group on Friday filed its long overdue annual report, a move it hopes will convince the Nasdaq stock exchange to grant the company's delisting appeal. Utah’s SCO Group on Friday filed its long overdue annual report, a move it hopes will convince the Nasdaq stock exchange to grant the company’s delisting appeal. SCO also filed restated earnings reports for 2004’s first three quarters with the Securities and Exchange Commission and said it expects to soon file an earnings report for 2005’s first quarter. Nasdaq moved to delist SCO’s stock after the Lindon-based company missed two deadlines for filing its 2004 annual report....