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3G Kindle avoids Great Firewall censorship, says report

...the devices referred to in the South China Morning Post article are 'grey-market' imports Read more

2 November, 2010

Apple missing a trick in China, says Lenovo head

...730 (£480) to $1,020, according to published reports, much higher than grey market smartphones and iPhone knockoffs. For more on this story, see Lenovo... Read more

6 July, 2010 by Steven Musil

Intel challenges chip forgers

...It's the less well-known companies -- ones that buy from the grey market -- which usually have the problems." The suppliers of such companies generally... Read more

15 March, 1999 by Rob Lemos

Tesco in PlayStation price war

...buying the console from unauthorised distributors in Europe, on the so-called "grey market", to keep prices low. Tesco has bought products such as Levi... Read more

17 September, 1999 by Richard Barry

Exclusive: Microsoft accused of apathy over piracy

...apathy and neglect in dealing with software piracy and the so called ‘grey market Read more

8 June, 1998 by Munir Kotadia and Richard Barry

Bleak Year ahead for Nigerian Handset Market.

...of global recession for this market will not be visible for the grey market merchants whose source of products are from Dubai and China because... Read more

6 February, 2009

Dealer files antitrust complaint against Microsoft

...complaint, Abdalla has accused Microsoft of stifling trade in the so-called 'grey market', which he argues is legal under European law. The grey market... Read more

28 November, 2008 by Colin Barker

FBI fears hardware backdoors in US military kit

...partners had not sold counterfeit Cisco products. The company instead blamed the "grey market" of semi-legal deals for most of the problems. "It is... Read more

14 May, 2008 by Tom Espiner
'$100 laptop' consumer launch rumours denied

'$100 laptop' consumer launch rumours denied

...educational sector was essential to stopping the machines ending up on the "grey market". This approach was compared to that of the US Postal Service... Read more

11 January, 2007 by David Meyer

That new iPod phone thingy

...if you want it SIM free. (I paid that much for a grey market P800 phone) So the big question is will I buy one... Read more

9 January, 2007

Negroponte at NetEvents

[These are some pretty raw notes from Negroponte's presentation at NetEvents, Hong Kong, as it happens. He's showing off... Read more

2 December, 2006

Making IP infringement a crime

...IP infringement are trying to crack down on legal activities such as grey market trading, rather than counterfeiting. Grey market trading is a legal form... Read more

1 August, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

BSA 'piracy' report dismissed as scaremongering

...use the enforcement directive to crack down on legal activities such as grey market trading. Grey market trading is a legal form of trading where... Read more

19 May, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

AMD: UK has avoided fake chip shipments

...chips do reach the UK they are likely to come through the "grey market" -- where goods normally only available overseas are shipped into Britain and... Read more

5 January, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Microsoft angered by game-code piracy

...unauthorised software. Pirates would need to have an Xbox outfitted with a grey-market "mod chip" to load a copy of the stolen game. A... Read more

15 October, 2004 by David Becker

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