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InformationWeek reports that Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Antitrust chairman Herb Kohl promises to keep a close eye on Microsoft's search deal with Yahoo for competitive issues . In... More >
A recently introduced bill that bans texting while driving has sparked different reactions from wireless carriers and an industry group. According to Computerworld , Verizon Wireless suppo... More >
According to Computerworld , Dell is facing fines of $30,478 by the Taipei City Government for online pricing glitches of Latitude E4300 laptops and 19-inch monitors. Earlier this month, a ... More >
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns' plans to introduce a bill that would ban peer-to-peer software from all government and contractor computers and networks is ... More >
According to ChannelWeb , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns plans to introduce legislation that bans peer-to-peer software from all government and contractor ... More >
Following a study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute that shows texting while driving can increase the risk of a crash by 23 times , a group of Democratic senators have proposed legislat... More >
According to an Associated Press article on Newsvine.com, Dell is settling a federal gender-discrimination class action lawsuit for $9.1 million. Under the terms of the settlement agreemen... More >
Following AT&T's challenge with the National Advertising Division of the Council for Better Business Bureaus that Verizon's claim that it is "America's most reliable 3G network" are false and unp... More >
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia has upheld a lower court decision and ruled against the tech workers that have been fighting a federal decision to allow a student visa extension, reports ... More >
AT&T has sparked a net neutrality debate after blocking the community site 4chan.org. According to NetworkWorld , the move was meant to protect one of AT&T's customers from a Web-based atta... More >
Microsoft is one step closer to settling its antitrust case with the European Union. Financial Times reports that Microsoft has presented the EU with a proposal that would allow computer users in E... More >
Two industry groups are livid over a New York state law that requires electronics makers to collect from residents any electronics that weigh more than 15 pounds and recycle them. Computerworl... More >
Legislation that would require the president to notify Congress about any existing or new cyber security programs that involve personally identifiable information has been approved by the Senate Se... More >
The third time may be the charm for Sen. Patrick Leahy's data breach bill . The bill proposes tougher rules for protecting consumers' personal information. internetnews.com blogger Kenneth C... More >
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is urging Google to prevent government snooping by building significant privacy protections into its Book Search service, reports Computerworld . The group is co... More >
The Associated Press is taking another step to limit the use of its content by news aggregators. According to The New York Times , The AP will be wrapping each article with software that wi... More >
Google has upped its lobbying efforts as it faces increased scrutiny. According to The Wall Street Journal , Google spent $950,000 in the second quarter lobbying lawmakers, which tops the $8... More >
South Korea has slapped Qualcomm with a $208 million fine for abusng its dominant position, reports Reuters . The Korean Fair Trade Commission says Qualcomm discriminated against companies using co... More >
Apple has dropped its complaint against public wiki hosting site BluWiki, reports InformationWeek . Several months ago, Apple sent a tablet to Sam Odio, who founded BluWiki, alleging that ... More >
Intel has filed an appeal of the European Commission's antitrust ruling against it, reports ITWorld . Intel claims that the Commission did not consider evidence supporting the chip maker's argument... More >
A British judge has ruled that Google is off the hook for defamatory words that appear in its search engine results. According to an Associated Press article on Newsvine.com, Justice David... More >
Thousands of U.S. residents have told the Federal Communications Commission that net neutrality rules should be included in the national broadband plan the agency is developing. According to... More >
The European Union has joined the Justice Department in investigating the antitrust implications of Google's book search service, reports TG Daily . Even though the copyright deal is specific to t... More >
Wal-Mart will be promoting its new privacy policy on its Web site, on signs in its stores, and in e-mails to about 15 million customers. According to InformationWeek , the new policy gives ... More >
Gregory McKenna of Florissant, Mo., has filed suit against Apple alleging the company aided and abetted the Mafia to transmit death threats directly to his iPod mini, reports Ars Technica . ... More >
According to TG Daily , Tsera has filed suit against a number of companies, including Apple, Microsoft and LG, alleging the companies breached a patent relating to touchpad technology. Tsera claim... More >
The Idaho Supreme Court has issued a unanimous ruling refusing to revive a lawsuit brought by a shareholder, Scott Orrock, who claimed Micron Technology's top officials were taking part in a price-f... More >
According to InformationWeek , Personalized User Model is suing Google for willful patent infringement. PUM alleges that Google infringes on its search engine personalization patents. Furth... More >
Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says Facebook violates Canada's privacy laws by holding on to subscribers' personal information, even after their accounts had been deactivated, repo... More >
Computerworld reports that Research in Motion has settled a long-running legal battle with Visto for $267.5 million. The deal gives RIM perpetual and fully paid licenses on all Visto patents, ac... More >
Twitter could be entering into murky legal waters if it decides to pursue legal action against the sites that published stolen documents, reports Computerworld . Earlier this week, a hacker... More >
During a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, the two nominees to the Federal Communication Commission, Democrat Mignon Clyburn and Republican Meredith Baker, discussed their positions on is... More >
According to Reuters , a Kindle user has filed suit against Amazon in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging that the device's cover, which is sold separately, can... More >
Sun Microsystems has filed suit against startup GreenBytes for allegedly claiming that Sun stole its data deduplication technology, reports ITWorld . Sun claims that when it rejected GreenBy... More >
Cosmetic surgery company Lifestyle Lift has settled with the State of New York over its attempts to fake positive consumer reviews on the Web, reports The New York Times . The company will pay $30... More >
Ottawa-based Mosaid Technologies said it plans to sue IBM over six patents for making and selling microprocessor- and application-specific integrated circuit products, reports Reuters . Mos... More >
The San Jose Mercury News reports that government officials believe embedding identity documents with RFID chips is the wave of the future, but privacy advocates aren't buying it. Currentl... More >
The United States Patent and Trade Office and New York Law School's Center for Patent Innovation have put the Peer-to-Patent collaborative patent review program on hiatus while the effectiveness of... More >
European Union Commissioner Viviane Reding is calling on governments to change their approach to regulating Internet content and piracy in order to foster innovation and reverse the current economi... More >
According to CNET News , Google CEO Eric Schmidt will talk with Apple about his role on the board now that Google is working on its own operating system . While "there is no change at the moment... More >
Power.com has countersued Facebook, alleging that it doesn't follow its own policy of giving users control over their content by preventing them from accessing personal information through a third p... More >
New York state intends to sue social-networking site Tagged.com for allegedly using deceptive e-mails to get new users, reports NetworkWorld . The New York Attorney General's office claims t... More >
Apple has filed for several patents that may shed light on what the future will hold for the iPhone. One patent, according to InformationWeek , is for an object recognition patent called ID ... More >
Google's announcement that it is developing a Chrome operating system is raising privacy and antitrust concerns , reports Computerworld . Privacy advocates are concerned about the amount o... More >
Gerald Lueders , a former employee of the State Department, has been sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for improperly accessing electronic passport records belonging... More >
Former IBM executive Sam Khanna, who now works at rival Unisys, wants a judge to dismiss IBM's fraud suit against him, according to InformationWeek . Khanna claims that IBM's "complaint does not s... More >
According to ITWorld , Viviane Reding has been nominated for another five-year term as European Union Commissioner. If reappointed, this would make her third year as commissioner. However, ... More >
It seems Verified Identity Pass Inc. has more problems on its hands than what to do about the data it collected from travelers before abruptly shutting down in June. According to FederalCom... More >
Jaisankar Marimuthu has been extradited to the U.S. from Hong Kong on charges that he hacked into online brokerage accounts in order to manipulate stock prices, reports Computerworld . Marimuthu ha... More >
Bloomberg reports that the SEC is still scrutinizing Apple's disclosures about Steve Jobs' health problems. Specifically, how his condition went from “relatively simple” to “more complex” in a mat... More >
According to Computerworld , the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has decided to consolidate 12 separate cases that consumers have filed against Apple. The cases will be tried in a ... More >
Looking to head off any sanctions, TG Daily reports that Microsoft is in preliminary talks with the European Union about the market position of Word and Excel. The talks follow complaints that Mi... More >
The Department of Justice seems to have begun a preliminary investigation of whether exclusivity deals between large operators and handset makers are anti-competitive, reports Computerworld . The ... More >
Russian programmer Sergey Aleynikov has been arrested for illegally copying proprietary source code from his employer, Goldman Sachs, before leaving for a job with a rival firm, reports V3.co.uk .... More >
Dell could be facing up to $758,000 in fines if authorities in Taiwan decide the company's handling of recent online pricing errors has violated the law, reports The Los Angeles Times. In J... More >
Governors in California and Hawaii have promised to veto legislation that would establish online sales tax to boost revenues, reports InformationWeek . While several state legislatures have been l... More >
The Department of Justice has joined a false claims suit against Science Applications International Corp. According to The Washington Post , the suit alleges that SAIC conspired with with federal o... More >
According to InformationWeek , a coalition of advertising industry trade organizations has created a set of seven principles to protect consumers from behavioral advertising. The American Associat... More >
Following a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has ordered members of an alleged spam ring to hand over the $3.7 million that they made while sending out spam messages... More >
Dell is facing more pricing errors in Taiwan. Following errors that had 19-inch LCD monitors selling for just over $15, this time a snafu had the Dell Latitude E4300 laptop , which normally cost $... More >
According to Reuters , the European Union has decided not to tax multi-functional cell phones . The proposed tax would have introduced a 14 percent tax on phones with TV receivers and 3.7 percent o... More >
After Dell discovered an online pricing error that offered 19-inch LCD monitors for only $15, it corrected the listing to the intended price of $148. However, Taiwan consumer regulators have ordere... More >
Now that Sweden has taken over the rotating six-month presidency of the European Union, it is promising to push hard for the creation of a single EU-wide patent , reports PCWorld . In addition to t... More >
The U.S. Supreme Court may be considering a review of former Qwest CEO John Nacchio's conviction on insider-trading charges, according to InformationWeek . Nacchio is serving a six-year sen... More >
Apple could face some trademark problems in its quest to sell the iPhone in China. Computerworld reports Apple is talking with carrier China Unicom about selling the iPhone in China. However, Hanwan... More >
A European Union law that slashes the cost of sending a text message abroad has taken effect. According to The Wall Street Journal , the law cuts the cost of sending text messages abroad fr... More >
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