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Article | 15/03/2013 Two charged with gift-card hacking scheme
Two California men face charges in Massachusetts of hacking into point-of-sale computers at Subway restaurants and adding more than US$40,000 in value...
Article | 15/03/2013 Jury finds Cisco did not infringe VirnetX patents
A jury in Texas found that Cisco Systems did not infringe four patents held by VirnetX Holding, according to court records.
Article | 14/03/2013 Former Tribune staffer accused of conspiring in Anonymous hack
A former Tribune Company employee could face as much as 10 years of jail time over federal charges accusing him of conspiring with members of the hack...
Article | 14/03/2013 Tech companies tell Congress to target patent trolls
The U.S. Congress needs to shut down so-called patent trolls whose infringement lawsuits are diverting company resources from hiring and research, a g...
Article | 14/03/2013 ITC postpones decision on iPhone, iPad sales ban
The U.S. International Trade Commission will take two more months to decide whether Apple's iPhone and iPad should be taken off sale in the U.S. due t...
Article | 13/03/2013 Google wants companies to cross-license patents
Google has created a new website describing four types of patent cross-licensing agreements and is inviting other companies to vote on which one it sh...
Article | 13/03/2013 Pirate Bay conviction for assisted copyright infringement was justified, EU human rights court rules
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected an appeal from two founders of The Pirate Bay, saying that a Swedish court was right to put copyright ...
Article | 12/03/2013 Google to pay $7M to US states for Wi-Fi eavesdropping
Google will pay US$7 million to settle complaints from dozens of U.S. states about its unauthorized collection of personal data transmitted over Wi-Fi...
Article | 12/03/2013 Third mobile-phone-unlocking bill introduced
Momentum is growing in the U.S. Congress to overturn a U.S. Library of Congress ruling that took mobile phone unlocking out of the legal exemptions to...
Article | 12/03/2013 Internet freedom advocates pleased with European Parliament backtrack on porn ban
Net freedom campaigners celebrated a victory on Tuesday after the European Parliament decided against calling for an all-out ban on Internet pornograp...
Article | 12/03/2013 At SXSW, 3D-printed guns get their turn in the spotlight, too
3D printing's capabilities in art, sculpture and toys have generated considerable buzz at South by Southwest Interactive over the past few days. But o...
Article | 11/03/2013 Oracle, Montclair State University settle lawsuit over PeopleSoft software project
A nearly two-year-long, ugly legal battle between Oracle and Montclair State University over a troubled PeopleSoft ERP (enterprise resource planning) ...
Article | 11/03/2013 Second Apple-Samsung lawsuit in California to go ahead
A judge in California has ruled that a patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung Electronics will continue, after indicating earlier that ...
Article | 8/03/2013 Android does not infringe on Nokia patent, German court rules
The Android operating system has been cleared of patent infringement in a case brought by Nokia against Android smartphone maker HTC.
Article | 8/03/2013 Megaupload shutdown boosted movie sales, says study
The shutdown of Megaupload caused an increase in digital sales and rentals of movies, according to a study by two researchers, which is likely to give...