Tag archive: Infinium

“Skoba cites the pursuit of other opportunities as his reason for leaving. “It's always unfortunate to see someone go, but we don't expect much disruption as a result of his departure,” said Infinium president Kevin Bachus. Bachus hinted that Infinium Labs will be announcing a restructuring of its sales and distribution departments later this week. “ Skoba's last day will be April 30th. Found VIA… Read More

In a news announcement on HardOCP, owner Kyle Bennet posted the following: “We set out to defend our rights by refusing to take down this article about Infinium Labs CEO Tim Roberts, and the court has awarded us final victory today. Infinium Labs and Tim Roberts cost HardOCP close to a quarter million dollars in legal fees as we stood up for our rights. We will continue to share our opinions and the facts about cheats,… Read More

“A lot of lawyers from that firm are walking away with not only lawyers fees from all the work they did for Infinium Labs (unless on retainer), but a hefty bit of pocket change. Most cashed in their stock on the 11th for almost $100,000. Mr. Chapnick gets the lion's share with almost $750,000 dollars. Hey, we all pretty much laughed at the ridiculous nature of the letter at the time. Who's laughing now all the way to the… Read More

At the start of E3, the annual video game industry trade show in Los Angeles, Sarasota, Florida-based Infinium said its hardware would be free with a two-year subscription to its service or $199 without the subscription. Infinium executives hope that finally taking the wraps off the Phantom, and demonstrating a functional version of the service, would dispel doubts among some industry observers that the company can deliver on its… Read More

Following a series of threats of legal action over the past weeks, Florida-based broadband console proponent Infinium Labs has finally filed a lawsuit against technology news website HardOCP over an article written last September. Both the company itself and its CEO, Tim Roberts, have filed lawsuits in Florida which accuse HardOCP of defamation in an article written on the site last September which profiled – in a highly unflattering… Read More

An ongoing war of words has turned into a court battle with computer hardware Website HardOCP responding to threats from Infinium Labs with a lawsuit of their own. The issue arises from a September 17, 2003 article on HardOCP in which site owner Kyle Bennett wrote a critical analysis of Infinium's planned Phantom gaming console and CEO Timothy Roberts. After a threat of lawsuits and a 10-day deadline imposed by Infinium's group… Read More

Gamespot is reporting that Infinum, the company behind the Phantom gaming console, will begin legal action against HardOCP if they do not remove an article critical of them within 10 days. Gamespot says that according to an Infinium representative, HardOCP was “one of the original sites to have spread misinformation” about makers of the yet-to-be-released Phantom game console. The September 2003 article on the HardOCP… Read More

Infinium Labs' proposed console, the Phantom, has made a showing at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as announced by the company earlier this week, but only in the form of a box which was not switched on. The Florida-based start-up showed off a Phantom console on the Windows Embedded Device showcase stand at the event, but although the system sported a full array of connectors on the backplate, it was not powered up or… Read More

The veracity of Infinium Labs' claims about its forthcoming broadband console product, the Phantom, is under the spotlight again today, as an investigation reveals major holes in the company's story. HardOCP, a website dedicated to computer hardware and the related industry has posted an intense investigation into the Infinium Lab's company and its CEO Tim Roberts. Results are suggesting that the company may not, in fact,… Read More

A lengthy article on tech news site Newsforge goes into considerable detail about the system and its business model, which focuses entirely on delivering existing content over secure channels rather than promoting development of exclusive content for the system. At least $25 million of venture capital has been put behind the project and its creators, Infinium Labs, and the end result appears to be essentially a Windows XP PC with no CD or… Read More