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China blocks search engine AltaVista
News The move comes just days after the China government blocked access to Google.
Philippine carriers willing to reduce SMS fees
News But country's operators slam government's proposal for free SMS, arguing that market forces--not the government--should force prices down.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, Mobile platforms/communications, Data services, India, Carrier, Text Messaging, Service, Government, food, SMS
Judge sides with Volkswagen in Net name lawsuit
News A little-known Net access company using the address VW.net lost its legal battle Wednesday against the giant German carmaker Volkswagen, a sign that judges are again picking Goliath over David in Net name disputes.
Flaw researcher settles dispute with Cisco
News Agreement bars further discussion on a presentation on exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco router software.
Tags: Data security, Legal
Russian crypto expert arrested at Def Con
News The FBI took a Russian encryption expert into custody Monday at his hotel in Las Vegas for allegedly publishing software that cracks a variety of methods used to secure e-books.
Mac clone company silent on court risk
News Psystar is currently selling Open Computers with Apple's Mac OS X Leopard preinstalled, in what appears to be a clear violation of Apple's software license agreement.
Tags: Mac OS, Lawsuits, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Computer, phone, Apple Mac OS X Leopard, software
Protesters declare war on copyright law
News Supporters backing Dmitry Sklyarov, the Russian programmer accused of five counts of copyright infringement, declared war on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act at a fund-raiser for Sklyarov's legal defense on Wednesday.
Suit filed over VeriSign domain redirect
News VeriSign is facing a new class-action lawsuit over its controversial "SiteFinder" service, which redirects all misspelled or unassigned .com domain names to a search page managed by the domain name registrar.
Should software developers fear Facebook, Apple?
News Harvard law professor says that controlling third-party platforms may put companies in a gate-keeping position that could stifle innovation.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Protocols and platforms, Apple Inc., App, Developer, Platform, social networking, software, Facebook, co-founder
Lawyers slam FBI 'hack'
News A sting operation in which FBI agents downloaded data from two Russian-based computers has some high-tech lawyers concerned that the precedent may be used to justify indiscriminate, cross-border hacking.
Free Web: Its days are numbered?
News Paul Anderson was a big fan of Yahoo's free Internet phone calls until the portal began charging for it. Like him, millions of people who have come to depend on online services will realize the inevitable: The free ride on the Web is coming to an end.
Are the days of free Web numbered?
News The new Internet may be dominated by a handful of megacorporations able to promise the safety and convenience of paying for Web usage in one place, thus avoiding a maddening jumble of per-click charges, sliding storage fees and daily content subscriptions.
Do antipiracy measures rob consumers?
News Recently unveiled antipiracy measures aimed at eliminating even casual copying of software have some experts questioning whether companies have gone too far in controlling the use of their copyrighted material.
Friends, foes file comments in Microsoft antitrust case
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Judge sides with Volkswagen in Net name lawsuit
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