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August 31, 2009
Apple, AT&T Face Suit for Misleading MMS Marketing
Deborah Carr has filed suit against Apple and AT&T alleging that the companies violated laws against deceptive trade practices and with breach of contract. According to InformationWeek , the ca... More >
Groups Sue White House for Free Speech Violations
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) and the Coalition for Urban Renewal and Education (CARE) have filed suit against the Obama administration for privacy and free speech viola... More >
Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC's Cable Ownership Cap
An appeals court has rejected a Federal Communications Commission rule that prohibits any cable television operator from serving more than 30 percent of U.S. subscribers, reports Computerworld . T... More >
August 28, 2009
Illinois, Missouri Institute Texting Bans for Drivers
Illinois and Missouri have banned texting while driving, reports InformationWeek . Missouri's law, which goes into effect today, bans texting for drivers under 21. Offenders face fines of $2... More >
Court Limits Government's Use of Electronic Searches
Government investigators can no longer keep incriminating information found in electronic searches , ruled a federal appeals court, unless it is within the scope of a search warrant, reports Comput... More >
OnlineNIC Charged 'Largest Cyber Squatting Judgement Ever'
According to V3.co.uk , a U.S. federal court has upheld a $33 million ruling against OnlineNIC , which was accused of registering Web sites relating to Verizon. Although Verizon is unlikely to reco... More >
Dell, HP Come to Microsoft's Defense
Dell and HP have sided with Microsoft in the patent-infringement case with i4i Inc. that could see copies of Word taken from shelves at the begining of October. eWEEK reports that both Dell and ... More >
DHS Revises Rules for Border Laptop Seraches
According to Reuters , the Obama Administration is hoping new rules for searching laptops and other electronic devices when entering the U.S. will quell privacy concerns. Says Department of Homela... More >
August 27, 2009
Facebook Works with Canada on Privacy Controls
According to The Seattle Post-Intelligencer , Facebook has agreed to give users more control over the information they share in response to concerns raised by Canadian privacy officials. In... More >
P2P Site Ordered to Remove Copyrighted Material
Peer-to-peer site Mininova has been ordered by a Dutch court to remove all links to copyrighted material , reports InformationWeek . The court found that the BitTorrent site does have the capabilit... More >
SAP Ordered to Pay Versata $139 Million
A federal jury has ordered SAP to pay $138.6 million to Versata Software Inc. for violating its patents, reports Bloomberg . In 2007, Versata claimed SAP violated five of its patents related to th... More >
Google Faces Antitrust Probe in Italy
According to Bloomberg , Italian antitrust regulators are investigating Google after national newspapers complained that the search giant’s news service impacts their advertising revenue. Italian ... More >
ACLU Suit Seeks Info on Laptop Searches
According to Computerworld , the American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection unit under the Freedom of Information ... More >
August 26, 2009
Microsoft Gets OK for Fast-Track Appeal
A panel of federal judges have OKed Microsoft's request for a fast-track appeal of the injunction that would stop the company from selling Word Oct. 10, reports Computerworld . Microsoft mu... More >
Trade Commission to Launch Patent Probe over Flash Chips
According to The Wall Street Journal , the U.S. International Trade Commission plans to launch a probe into flash-memory chips that are used in popular products such as Apple's iPhone, RIM's Black... More >
August 25, 2009
New Draft Regulations for China's Antitrust Law
China has released new draft regulations for its antitrust law , which could open the floodgates for complaints against IT companies by competitors, like the one filed against Microsoft in China l... More >
Switzerland Rejects Google's Street View
Switzerland's data protection agency has rejected Google Street View because it fails to sufficiently blur faces and license plates, thereby failing to protect the privacy of Swiss citizens, accordi... More >
Novell Does Not Own Unix, Rules Appeals Court
According to Computerworld , a 2007 decision that Novell owns the Unix code has been overturned by a federal appeals court. SCO is now free and clear to go after a $1 billion copyright infringemen... More >
UK Government Proposes New Ways to Tackle Illegal File Sharing
The UK government is floating some new ideas to tackle unlawful peer-to-peer file sharing , reports Reuters . Among the proposals being considered are requiring ISPs to take action against repeat o... More >
August 24, 2009
Singapore: No Immediates Plans for 'Three-Strikes' Law
It has been reported that Singapore is considering a three strikes law to prevent the downloading of pirated software. However, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore says there are no imm... More >
Appeals Date Set in Microsoft Word Case
On Sept. 23 , a federal appeals court will hold a hearing that will decide whether to uphold a district court judge's ruling that would force Microsoft to stop selling Word in its current form, repo... More >
August 21, 2009
DOJ Probe into Samsung, Toshiba Dropped
The justice department has dropped a 2007 antitrust case against Samsung and Toshiba, reports Financial Times . The case centered on possible price fixing in the semiconductor industry, notes B... More >
AT&T Sued for Age Discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed suit against AT&T alleging age discrimination , reports The New York Times . The commission claims that by denying older employees t... More >
FCC Formally Announces Wireless Industry Probe
The Federal Communications Commission has formally announced its plans to review wireless industry practices , reports The Wall Street journal . The agency will examine issues ranging from the stat... More >
August 20, 2009
Lawsuit Uses Hackers to Get at Banks
A volunteer group is trying a different tactic to get at some of the most shadowy Internet criminals. According to The New York Times , Unspam Technologies has filed suit against Eastern European cy... More >
Singapore Considers 'Three-Strikes' Law
Singapore is considering a three strikes law to prevent the downloading of pirated software, reports NetworkWorld . Under the law, Singapore authorities could cut off Internet access to any person... More >
Judge Rules Airport Pass Company Can't Sell Data
A federal judge in New York has ruled that Verified Identity Pass Inc. , an airport fast lane program that shut down in June, cannot sell any personal data that it collected when people signed up ... More >
August 19, 2009
Microsoft Formally Appeals Word Ban
Microsoft has formally appealed a Texas judge's ruling that would ban the sales of Microsoft Word in the U.S., reports InformationWeek . Last week, Judge Leonard Davis ordered Microsoft to stop se... More >
NetChoice Issues New Version of 'Awful' Internet Laws List
Computerworld reports that the NetChoice trade group, which represents Yahoo, eBay, VeriSign and other Internet-related businesses, has released a second version of its iAWFUL list , a list of Inte... More >
Mozilla Still Unhappy with IE Ballot Proposal
While the European Commission seems close to accepting Microsoft's proposal of a browser ballot screen , Mozilla is arguing that the proposal doesn't go far enough , reports V3.co.uk . In a... More >
August 18, 2009
Facebook Faces Privacy Suit in California
The Wall Street Journal reports that five Facebook users have filed suit against the company in Orange County, Calif. The plaintiffs allege that the social networking site violates several of Cali... More >
Massachusetts Changes ID Theft Regulations
According to NetworkWorld , Massachusetts state regulators have made changes to a set of identity theft regulations in an effort to quell the concerns of small business owners. SMBs had exp... More >
Microsoft Faces Two More Patent Suits in Eastern District
On the heals of a stunning decision by an Texas Judge to ban the sales of Microsoft Word in the U.S., Microsoft is now facing two more patent suits in the same district. According to Inform... More >
August 17, 2009
Sprint to Settle Early Termination Fee Suit
According to InformationWeek , Sprint Nextel has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over early-termination fees that began last year . Of the $17.5 million that Sprint will pay, $14 million ... More >
Microsoft Files Motion to Stop Word Ban
According to InformationWeek , Microsoft has filed an emergency motion to stop a judicial order that would ban the sales of MS Word. Last week, an East Texas judge ordered Microsoft to stop selli... More >
Psystar Takes Testimony from Apple Execs
The copyright infringement battle between Apple and Psystar has reached a new stage. According to V3.co.uk , the companies have agreed that Psystar lawyers can take depositions from top Apple exe... More >
August 13, 2009
On2 Shareholders Sue over Google Acquisition
Shareholders of video compression software maker On2 Technologies, which Google acquired last week, have gone to court in search of a better deal , reports The Wall Street Journal . The comp... More >
August 12, 2009
Judge Orders Microsoft to Stop Selling Word
An East Texas judge has ruled that Microsoft must stop selling Microsoft Word in the United States because of patent infringement, reports v3.co.uk . Toronto-based i4i Inc. claims Microsoft... More >
August 11, 2009
ACLU Opposes Change in Federal Cookie Policy
The American Civil Liberties Union has come out against a proposal to loosen restrictions on the use of cookies in federal government Web sites, reports The Register . The two-week period ... More >
Study Finds Privacy Issues with Flash Cookies
Deleting your cookies doesn't stop Web sites from collecting data about you if the site uses Adobe's Flash program , reports PCWorld.com . A new study has found that more than half the In... More >
August 10, 2009
Big Brother Is Listening
New government research from the annual report of the Interception of Communications Comissioner found that public authorities access nearly 1,400 private phone calls and e-mail in the UK per day. Ac... More >
August 7, 2009
HP Faces Suit from Former Sales Staff
Three former sales employees are suing HP claiming that the company owes them tens of thousands of dollars because of a malfunction in the company’s order-management system, reports Bloomberg . &nb... More >
Apple Wants Patent for System to Record Device Tampering
According to ComputerWeekly , Apple has filed for a patent that will cut down on " consumer abuse events ." In the patent application, the company explains, "Often, particularly at a point of... More >
Apple Faces Class Action Suit over Working Hours
Former Apple employee Kenyon Zahner has filed a class action lawsuit against Apple , alleging that the company forces its staffers to work long hours without overtime pay, reports InformationWeek .... More >
August 6, 2009
Microsoft to Offer 'Ballot Screen' for Office 2010
In its ongoing effort to keep European Union antitrust regulators at bay, Microsoft says it will add a file format "ballot" to Office 2010 , according to Computerworld . The proposal would let Euro... More >
August 5, 2009
SEC Looking to Crack Down on 'Flash' Trading
Computerworld reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission wants to ban the practice of "flash" trading . Flash trading is a practice employed by some large financial companies that involves... More >
August 4, 2009
Proposed Bill to Stop ISPs from Blocking Traffic
Representatives Edward Markey and Anna Eshoo have introduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act , which would prohibit broadband providers from blocking or impairing Web content, reports Compute... More >
FTC to Continue Google, Apple Investigation
Even though Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigned from Apple's board of directors , the Federal Trade Commission says it will continue its antitrust investigation , reports Computerworld . The F... More >
European Commission Takes Look at Oracle-Sun Deal
The European Commission is looking into Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems . According to Computerworld , the commission will issue its opinion on September 3. The Department ... More >
August 3, 2009
VoloMedia Gets Patent for Podcasting
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded VoloMedia a patent for podcasting , according to InformationWeek . The company applied for the patent in 2003, which it claims was a year before any pod... More >
FCC Wants Apple to Explain Itself
The Federal Communications Commission has sent Apple a letter wanting to know why it rejected the Google Voice for iPhone application , according to V3.co.uk . The letter also seeks clarification o... More >
