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Article | 12/04/2011 Court won't put aside Facebook settlement
A U.S. federal appeals court has denied a request by the Winklevoss twins to release them from their settlement with Facebook over their allegations t...
Article | 7/04/2011 Google found guilty of defamation in Italy
A Milan judge has found Google Italy guilty of defamation because of the way its search engine linked the name of an Italian businessman to the word "...
Article | 5/04/2011 Appeals court knocks down Verizon net neutrality challenge
An appeals court Monday dismissed Verizon's challenge of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's December net neutrality ruling, calling it prema...
Article | 31/03/2011 Google settles FTC complaint over Buzz
Google has agreed to settle a complaint from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charging the company with using deceptive tactics and violating its own...
Article | 23/03/2011 Google Books settlement proposal rejected
A proposed agreement drafted by Google, authors and publishers to settle their yearslong copyright litigation has been rejected, a major setback to Go...
Article | 23/03/2011 Berlin court rules Street View doesn't invade privacy
Google won a civil lawsuit in Germany lodged by a woman who contended its roving camera cars that shoot photographs for Street View violated her priva...
Article | 22/03/2011 Satyam says it is being taxed for fictional income
Outsourcer Satyam Computer Services has challenged in a court in India a demand for rupees 6.16 billion (US$134 million) from India’s Income Tax Depar...
Article | 22/03/2011 Apple sues Amazon over App Store name
Apple sued Amazon.com on Friday, claiming rights to the name App Store, which Amazon tagged on its new application store.
Article | 22/03/2011 Strong-arm tactics alleged in Oracle, reseller dispute
Oracle explicitly said that it planned to sell products directly to its largest accounts after it acquired Sun Microsystems last year. But reseller In...
Article | 22/03/2011 Appeals court reinstates lawsuit against US surveillance
A U.S. appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit, brought by civil liberties and other groups, challenging the legality of a controversial government law...
Article | 19/03/2011 Judge orders Hurd letter unsealed
A judge in Delaware on Thursday ordered the unsealing of a letter containing allegations of sexual harassment by former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd,...
Article | 19/03/2011 State pays ACS US$7.25M to settle software project suit
Minnesota's Department of Human Services has agreed to pay ACS US$7.25 million to settle a lawsuit the systems integrator brought against it in connec...
Article | 8/03/2011 Customer sues Infor after ERP license audit
A New York manufacturer is suing ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor Infor following a dispute over whether it should have to pay nearly US$150,...
Article | 28/02/2011 European Court to rule on legality of used software trading
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has been asked to decide whether the trading of "used" software licenses is legal.
Article | 25/02/2011 SAP wants racketeering claims thrown out
SAP wants a judge to toss out allegations by the government of Marin County, California, that it engaged, along with Deloitte Consulting, in a rackete...