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Wozniak: Know who you are as an innovator
News Great innovation is sometimes borne from lack of funds and the ability to think differently from the rest of the market, says Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Tags: Product development and design, Innovation, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Wozniak, Software AG, Computer, Miami, Apple II, computer programmer
Sony settles rootkit case with 39 states
News Record label to pay US$4.25 million a year after acknowledging that it secretly installed antipiracy software on music CDs.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Legal
Asia-Pacific to lead in developer numbers
News By 2005, the Asia-Pacific will have more software developers than North America.
Techies threatened by stress and thrombosis
News IT workers are the most stressed of all professionals and are also putting their lives at risk from deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
Tags: Workplace, HR policies and procedures
Australia blocks attempt to extradite online 'pirate'
News An Australian court rejects prosecutors' effort to bring the alleged ringleader of the DrinkorDie group to United States for trial.
U.S. Supreme Court won't review Microsoft patent appeal
News With Microsoft facing preliminary verdict of more than US$500 million for alleged patent infringement, proceedings now continue before federal district judge.
Tags: Patents
US to cybercriminals: You're going down
News US Attorney General John Ashcroft said federal officials would crack down on an increasing wave of cybercrime by beefing up 10 specialized units so they can better concentrate on catching hackers and pirates.
Record industry sues Audiogalaxy
News The RIAA charges that the file-swapping service's efforts to filter access to copyrighted songs have been ineffective.
Appeals court ponders Microsoft patent case
News Judge suggests jury in Eolas-Microsoft trial should have been permitted to consider prior art.
Tags: Business applications
US to cybercriminals: You're going down
News US attorney general John Ashcroft said federal officials would crack down on an increasing wave of cybercrime by beefing up 10 specialized units so they can better concentrate on catching hackers and pirates.
US feds bulk up to fight cybercrime
News On a day that the White House's Web site came under attack, US Attorney General John Ashcroft announces a new initiative that includes added personnel to fight hackers and pirates.
Sklyarov's lawyers push for plea bargain
News Prosecutors and defense attorneys for the Russian computer programmer charged with circumventing e-book copyright protections are negotiating a possible plea bargain.
Sony has far to go in rootkit case
News Label settled with two states but still must negotiate with others for secretly loading antipiracy software onto computers.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Privacy, Lawsuits
H-1B workers win symbolic court victory
News A California court has dismissed an appeal involving an Indian computer programmer and a US recruitment firm, handing a small but symbolic victory to H-1B visa workers.
Who has the right to control your PC?
Insight Sony "rootkit" CD debacle spotlights broader clash over rights to control the way computers function.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
