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'Spam king' could face criminal charges in Facebook case
News Judge refers suit against self-described "spam king" Sanford Wallace to the U.S. Attorney's office for possible criminal proceedings.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Phishing, Spamming, attorney, Bankruptcy, e-mail, Facebook, CAN-SPAM Act, Judge, San Jose
RIAA loses mistrial appeal
News The Recording Industry Association of America has been dealt another blow in its only copyright infringement case to go to trial.
Tags: Copyright, Web sites, Music, RIAA, P2P, Kazaa, copyright law, Judge, Internet Service Provider, industry
Juniper Networks pulls security talk from conferences
News Network infrastructure company cancels researcher's talk at Black Hat and Defcon about ATM insecurities after a vendor complains.
Tags: Network security, Hacking, Federal Government, Business applications, ATM, Security, Conference, Cisco Systems Inc., Juniper Networks Inc., E-book
SCO Group wins Unix copyright appeal
News An appeals court rules that a judge was hasty in deciding Novell didn't sell Unix copyrights to SCO Group.
Tags: Business applications, SCO Group Inc., Unix, Novell Inc., Bankruptcy, payment, CEO, Linux, asset, agreement
Microsoft to be heard on Word injunction appeal
News Company to make its case Wednesday for why it shouldn't face an injunction banning sales of Word following a jury's ruling that it infringed Canadian company's patent.
Tags: Business applications, software company, Sales, antitrust, federal judge, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, XML
Microsoft granted stay of Word injunction
News Landmark injunction would have required the software giant to stop selling its popular Word in its current form by next month.
Tags: Business applications, Patent, software company, Sales, Toronto, spokesman, federal judge, Microsoft Word, XML
Microsoft unlikely to let Word injunction stand
News Redmond has options, whether it is creating a technical workaround, appealing, or pursuing settlement talks. Likely, the company is exploring all three options right now.
Tags: tagging, Redmond, Texas, spokesman, federal judge, Microsoft Word, XML
Dell faces class action lawsuit from workers
News The lawsuit claiming the computer company underpaid call center workers could draw as many as 5,000 plaintiffs now that it's been given class-action status in Oregon.
Tags: Legal, Lawsuits, Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Class Action, Worker, Tennessee, CNET Networks Inc., U.S.
Studios win US$100M judgment against TorrentSpy
News Los Angeles federal court judge also issues permanent injunction against former search engine of BitTorrent files.
Tags: Web sites, Multimedia, TorrentSpy, BitTorrent, Search Engine, MPAA, financial, Internet, Los Angeles, California
YouTube privacy at risk in Google-Viacom ruling
News Google scores a legal victory in keeping its search source code secret from Viacom, but YouTube users are not so fortunate with their privacy.
Tags: Lawsuits, Search, Privacy, Video, Viacom Inc., Google Inc., Privacy, YouTube Inc., antipiracy, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Cold boot encryption-bypassing source code published
News Source code is now available to utilities that can bypass programs like Microsoft's BitLocker and Apple's FileVault in some circumstances.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Privacy, Source Code, Encryption, Memory, Computer, RSA Security Inc., screensaver, AES
Judge rules Oracle withheld lawsuit evidence
News A U.S. judge says the software giant deliberately withheld or destroyed evidence sought in a class-action lawsuit filed against the company.
Tags: Legal, Notebooks and tablets, Lawsuits, Susan Illston, Larry Ellison, business management, software, financial, Oracle Corp., knowledge
Microsoft reiterates case against Word injunction
News Monday filing is just the latest in the company's appeal of a patent infringement ruling that among other things, bars the sale of Word in its current form.
Tags: Business applications, software company, Toronto, Microsoft Word 2003, tagging, Microsoft Word 2007, Texas, Microsoft Word, XML
Microsoft files appeal in Word injunction case
News Company finds faults with rulings that led to jury's patent infringement ruling. Microsoft also faces injunction that threatens to halt sales of current form of Word.
Tags: Business applications, Patent, Sales, chairman, Canada, financial, Texas, Microsoft Word, XML
Judge sides with YouTube on several copyright issues
News US Federal court dismissed some of the copyright complaints made by a class of plaintiffs because they were made overseas and aren't protected by US copyright law.
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Federal Government, Viacom Inc., Google Inc., Class Action, YouTube Inc., New York, copyright law, Judge
