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According to MobileBurn , former AT&T Wireless customers have been given the go ahead for a class-action suit . The subscribers allege that when Cingular took over the old AT&T Wirel... More >
Redemtech calls the first electronic-waste recycling day for U.S. Congress staffers a success. According to ITWorld , enough equipment was collected to fill half of a big truck. Much of the equipm... More >
Computerworld reports that the European Union's antitrust case against Microsoft has triggered a turf war between two lobby groups that claim to represent SMBs. In one corner, siding with M... More >
According to Leonard M. Fuld, head of a large competitive-intelligence firm, the Obama administration's push for the adoption of electronic health records will end up threatening small physician pra... More >
Computerworld reports that according to a Federal Communications Commission report, net neutrality protections are necessary in order to bring the full benefit of broadband to rural areas. "The ..... More >
The European Commission is suing Sweden for not implementing a European Union data retention law that requires network operators to keep details of phone calls and e-mail messages, according to Com... More >
According to an Associated Press article on Newsvine.com, the Court of Appeals in Washington has sided with the FCC by ruling that cable companies cannot get exclusive rights to provide service i... More >
InformationWeek reports that the Massachusetts House will be considering a measure that bans texting while driving . Some form of the legislation is expected to pass during the current legislative ... More >
A Massachusetts court has cleared former EMC executive David Donatelli to work for HP. However, he must steer clear of storage technology development due to a noncompete clause that requires him to... More >
Red Hat and 17 other vendors want a Swiss federal court to overturn a three-year contract that the Swiss Federal Bureau for Building and Logistics gave to Microsoft, reports eWEEK Europe . Under t... More >
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra made good on his promise -- the creation of data.gov . According to The New York Times , this catalogue of various sets of data from government agencies is now available... More >
Johnny I. Henry, the inventor of a vibrating toilet seat, has sued both Google and AOL alleging that the search engines' results defame and slander him, reports InformationWeek . The search result... More >
NetSuite and Skyytek, a former NetSuite reseller, are embroiled in an ugly legal dispute with each side claiming breach of contract. According to InfoWorld , in February, Skyytek filed a bre... More >
According to Computerworld , UK High Court has sided with eBay , ruling that the auction site cannot be held legally accountable for the sale of fake L'Oreal goods. eBay is pleased with its legal ... More >
According to The Washington Post , President Barack Obama is expected to announce that he will create a "cyber czar" this week . The Cyber Czar will have: "broad authority to develop strategy to pr... More >
Tessera Technologies Inc. has won a patent dispute over small-format semiconductor packaging products. According to an Associated Press article on Newsvine.com, the International Trade Comm... More >
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Microsoft a patent for technology that underlies some of the company's efforts to stem piracy, according to internetnews.com . The patent cer... More >
According to Computerworld , Charles Largent has pleaded guilty to computer fraud charges for opening tens of thousands of fake online brokerage accounts and then pocketing tiny test deposits made... More >
According to PCMag.com , Microsoft has canceled its oral hearing with the European Commission after the Commission refused to change the date. The hearing had been set for June 3 to 5 . Ho... More >
ChannelWeb reports that a federal court in Texas has hit Microsoft with a $200 million fine for infringing on Canadian software firm i4i's technology in Microsoft Word. In 2007, i4i sued Mi... More >
Member states looking for guidance on funding new broadband Internet projects can now refer to a new set of guidelines published by the European Commission, reports vnunet.com . The Commun... More >
The Associated Press reports that Intel's top lawyer, Bruce Sewell, admits the company is facing an "uphill battle" in its appeal of the European Union's record $1.45 billion antitrust fine. &nbs... More >
Although earlier reports proved to be untrue, it's now official. According to vnunet.com , Cisco has settled its case with the Free Software Foundation . The case involved the unauthorized... More >
According to The New York Times , the SEC is planning to propose new rules that would allow a company’s shareholders to elect a limited number of independent directors. Under the proposal, ... More >
The Wall Street Journal reports that a new survey by Deloitte shows bosses and employees have different ideas about social network privacy . According to the survey, 60 percent of managerial... More >
internetnews.com reports that Dell CEO Michael Dell has been ordered to testify about Dell's role in a soured deal to sell crime cameras to New Orleans. Southern Electronics and Active Solu... More >
Google is facing Street View troubles again. Computerworld reports that Germany wants Google to agree to 12 points regarding Street View in order to comply with its privacy laws. The stick... More >
According to ChannelWeb , Amazon is accusing Discovery Communications of patent violations for the way Discovery enables some searches on its retail shopping Web sites. In a federal court f... More >
According to an Associated Press article on Newsvine.com, Monster Inc. has settled federal civil charges that it secretly backdated options for its executives and employees. The SEC filed ... More >
Microsoft and the Linux Foundation agree on something. According to Computerworld , they sent a joint letter to the American Law Institute expressing their common disagreement with advice regardin... More >
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments concerning the constitutionality of Sarbanes-Oxley and its Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, according to vnunet.com . As IT Bu... More >
Nvidia's CEO says that Intel's Atom pricing prevents his company from effectively competing against Intel, reports Xbit Labs . Jen-Hsun Huang claims that Intel's Atom processors sell for $4... More >
Audrey Spangenberg, CEO of FPX, which owns the FirePond trademark, is not happy about Google's new AdWords policy . According to ZDNet , Spangenberg is suing Google for infringement of her own tr... More >
Following the European Union's record fine against Intel for violating competition laws, the company could now face civil actions , reported PCWorld . According to Alan Davis, an expert in... More >
Google is changing its advertising policy to allow the use of trademarks associated with other companies in ads under certain circumstances, reports InformationWeek . Says Google's Dan Fried... More >
A judge has ordered Psystar to hand over financial information to Apple as part of an ongoing copyright suit Apple filed against the company. According to InformationWeek , Judge William Al... More >
Courts seem split over the constitutionality of law enforcement's use of GPS devices to track an individual's movements. The New York Times reports that the New York State Court of Appeals ... More >
CNET News reports that Tune Hunter is accusing music-finding service Shazam as well as a number of other wireless service operators and digital music retailers, including Samsung, Apple, Amazon.com,... More >
An $11.5 million class action suit filed against T-Mobile in August 2008 alleging that the carrier broke federal and state laws when charging early termination fees may be nearing an end. CNET New... More >
According to Bloomberg , the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has dropped the remainder of its antitrust case against Rambus Inc . The FTC was trying to impose penalties to limit the amount of royalti... More >
Mobile Today reports that the European Union is set to bring together 27 national regulators in a super-regulatory body that will enforce wide-ranging reforms in the telecommunications industry. T... More >
A group of patent experts representing large corporations, law firms and academia recently gathered to discuss the state of the intellectual property landscape. According to internetnews.com , they ... More >
The Federal Communications Commission has approved two measures to improve consumer protections. According to InformationWeek , the FCC now requires telecommunications carriers to transfer c... More >
A district judge has thrown out all but one legal claim filed against Hannaford Bros. Computerworld reports that U.S. District Court Judge Brock Hornby dismissed the claims , saying that consumers ... More >
The Los Angeles Times reports that Google says it will reshoot its Street View images in Japan following complains about privacy. Residents complained that Google's cameras were high enough to loo... More >
According to guardian.co.uk , the French lower house has voted in favor of the controversial "three strikes" law that could cut off the Internet access of alleged copyright infringers for one year... More >
According to Computerworld , the European Commission has fined Intel $1.44 billion for antitrust violations. Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said that the large fine should "come as n... More >
According to an annual report from IDC and the Business Software Alliance, the worldwide cost of piracy surged to over $50 billion , mostly because PC shipments grew fastest in high-piracy countries... More >
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz says that the commission may start enforcing net-neutrality rules , taking action against poor network management practices that leave customers in the lurch, reports Com... More >
According to Computerworld , Apple, Dell and HP laptop owners have joined forces to sue Nvidia over allegedly faulty processors . In July 2008, Nvidia admitted that there was a problem with ... More >
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division has changed a policy that was seen as being easy on antitrust violations. According to Computerworld , the DOJ has pulled a September report that ... More >
All Internet purchases from Hawaii may soon be subject to a 4 percent general excise tax if Hawaiian lawmakers get their way, reports The Associated Press . The legislation is on its way to the go... More >
Microsoft says the European Union is just handing Google more dominance of the Internet search business if it goes ahead with regulating Microsoft's Windows operation system, reports Reuters . &nb... More >
According to Reuters , a breach of contract claim against Yahoo has been reinstated by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Cynthia Barnes is now free to sue Yahoo for agreeing, then failing t... More >
Come Wednesday, the European Commission is expected to rule on its antitrust case against Intel , according to Computerworld . Sources say the EC will find Intel guilty of providing rebates to co... More >
A recent XBRL US survey shows that most companies have already made the conversion to the XBRL format , according to an IDG article in the The New York Times. As IT Business Edge blogger L... More >
Sun shareholders are not happy about the $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle and have filed three separate class-action lawsuits to block it, reports MarketWatch . The shareholders allege that the ... More >
Google has admitted that the FTC is investigating possible antitrust violations between its board and Apple's board. However, as The New York Times reports, the search giant does not believe that ... More >
According to InformationWeek , Tara O'Toole has been nominated as undersecretary for the Science and Technology Directorate by President Barack Obama. O'Toole is an expert on biosecurity, h... More >
South Korean businessman Gi-Hwan Jeong has been indicted for his alleged role in a bribery conspiracy related to a telecommunications contract with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, reports ... More >
According to an Associated Press article on Newsvine.com, the North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem may continue a probe into the marketing practices of Simple... More >
According to ComputerWeekly , Mozilla is already accusing Microsoft's Windows 7 of being anti-competitive , claiming the operating system is too closely integrated with Microsoft's Internet Explore... More >
Sen. Ron Wyden is asking the FCC to establish more definite net neutrality rules to prevent small technology entrepreneurs from being pushed out of the market by large broadband providers. C... More >
Antenna manufacturer Fractus S.A. has sued 10 major cell phone manufacturers , including Samsung, LG and RIM, for patent infringement, reports Mobileburn . The suit alleges that the companie... More >
Computerworld reports that the European Parliament has rejected wide-ranging reforms of European Union telecom laws because of one clause that would have required a court ruling before an individu... More >
A state court has ruled that David Donatelli, former president of EMC's Storage division, cannot begin his job at HP as executive VP for enterprise servers, storage and networking until the two com... More >
Attorneys for Oklahoma are asking a federal court to back a law that requires companies doing business with the state to use the E-Verify program to ensure that their workers and contractors are el... More >
The Supreme Court has ruled that the federal identity theft law cannot be used against many illegal workers who have used false Social Security numbers to gain employment, reports The New York Tim... More >
Both Apple and Google are being investigated for possible antitrust violations by the Federal Trade Commission, reports TG Daily . The companies share two directors -- Eric Schmidt and Arthu... More >
A date has been set for European Union antitrust regulators to hear Microsoft's response to allegations that it sought to squash rivals by tying Internet Explorer to its Windows operating system. &nb... More >
EMC and David Donatelli, former president of EMC's Storage division, have locked litigation horns over non-compete clauses in Donatelli's contract. Donatelli has been appointed HP's executive vice pr... More >
EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding is asking that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers be separated from its U.S. government links and made fully independent, rep... More >
Reuters reports that experts told a congressional panel that if a national cyber security chief were to be appointed, that person should be based in the White House. This seems to agrees with Mel... More >
Intel might be facing the highest fine in European history for anti-competitive practices. According to vnunet.com , legal analysts suspect that Intel's fine could well exceed $1.3 billion ,... More >
Erich Specht, a software developer and Internet applications service provider in the Village of Palatine, Illinois, has sued Google and 47 other international corporations for trademark infringement... More >
Reuters reports that President Barack Obama plans to nominate Mignon Clyburn as a commissioner to the Federal Communications Commission. Since 1998, Clyburn has served as a member of the South Car... More >
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that exempts Vonage Holdings Corp. from paying a state telephone fee , according the newsvine.com . The Nebraska Public ... More >
A report by the National Research Council recommends that federal officials create a national policy regarding the use of cyberattacks for all sectors of the government. According to Comput... More >
According to InformationWeek , Google has been granted a patent for its floating data center design. The patent describes a data center that could be located on a ship, platform, or on shore, usin... More >
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