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Bitcoin Exchange Mt.Gox Has Funds Seized by DHS
CLOUD COMPUTING, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
The Department of Homeland Security has seized and frozen funds intended to go to and from the popular Bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox via the Dwolla payment system.
On 5/15/2013 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
Beat 'em While They're Down: Apple Sues Bankrupt Kodak for Patent Infringement
HARDWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
News from Bloomberg indicates that Apple is trying to sue Kodak on patent infringements, who recently filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
On 2/15/2012 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more

Dutch Court Grants Apple Preliminary Injunction Against Samsung
APPLE, BUSINESS NEWS
The big patent war between the two giants took an interesting twist. A Dutch court has found Samsung's Galaxy Ace, Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphones infringe on Apple's software patent.
On 8/25/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
Mobile Wars Winner: Microsoft's Licensing Strategy More Profitable Than Apple?
APPLE, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
With the Windows Phone 7 platform desperately struggling for market share, Microsoft has begun to use their legal muscle to earn money off phone sales of their competitors.
On 7/12/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

RIM Wants to Out-Bid Google, Apple and Nokia for Nortel's Patent Treasure Trove
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is reportedly looking to out-bid Google's offer in an effort to buy the patent portfolio, with Nokia and Apple also in the picture.
On 4/16/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more
Microsoft Challenges Google's Practices in Europe
BUSINESS NEWS
Brad Smith, speaking as legal beagle for Microsoft, announced that the Seattle, Washington based mega company agrees that Google has violated European competition laws.
On 4/2/2011 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

Cell Phone Use Results in More Cell Time
NEWS
The cell phone has now been defined as a 'computer' by US court. A guy got more cell time because he texted a minor for sex. The cell phone probably now will fall under the 'search warrant required' rules.
On 2/17/2011 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more
Mark Zuckerberg Obtains Restraining Order Against Financially-Strapped Stalker
NEWS
Financially-strapped Pradeep Manukonda was stalking Zuck, threatening his safety, sending flowers to his home and saying he would die for him if he helped him with some cash. He must stay 300 yards away from Mark.
On 2/8/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more

Analysis: Why Privacy on the Web is Dead
SECURITY ANALYSIS
What can be better than equal net access for all and a network Privacy Police force patrolling and monitoring the pipes to protect you? Sure equal network access isn't in your country's constitution. But it should be!
On 2/6/2011 by Andy Marken... Comments (0) Read more
Patent Troll Takes Twitter To Court For Creating Virtual Community of Celebs
CLOUD COMPUTING, BUSINESS NEWS
A patent troll wants to take the popular micro-blogging service to court over alleged patent infringement involving "method and system for creating an interactive virtual community of famous people."
On 1/20/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more

MacBook Pro Owners, Submit Your Claims Over Faulty Nvidia GPUs
APPLE, GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
Fans will be pleased to know that graphics giant Nvidia settled with Apple over faulty GPUs found in some MacBook models. If you purchased a MacBook Pro suffering from faulty GPU, you can now submit your reimbursement claim.
On 1/17/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more
California Hacker Found Guilty, Could Serve Six Years in Jail
SOFTWARE NEWS
A California man has admitted to using personal information he hacked from women's e-mail accounts in Facebook to then send nude pictures of them to everyone in their address book.
On 1/17/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Nvidia GPU Class Action Suit Taking Claims Now
GRAPHICS, BUSINESS NEWS
CES 2011 The lawsuit against Nvidia has finally wrapped up and they are now taking claims in regards to the settlement agreed upon. Hopefully, with the settlement going through, bad memories people had with Nvidia will fade away.
On 1/12/2011 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
DOJ Subpoenas Twitter Over WikiLeaks, What's Next?
SECURITY, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
The tech media is awash with stories about the US Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoenaing, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, a former WikiLeaks volunteer and current member of the Icelandic Parliament. What have we here?
On 1/8/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

EU Commission Goes After Google
CLOUD COMPUTING, BUSINESS NEWS
The European Commission is moving on Google, opening an antitrust investigation into allegations that the search behemoth has abused its dominant position in the search market.
On 12/1/2010 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Net Neutrality: How US laws want to make you guilty for others actions
SECURITY, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
In the US you are guilty be default if there are any incriminating files. But is this right in any case? Read how Net Neutrality is being killed under the table.
On 11/11/2009 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (0) Read more

An Inconvenient Truth: Intel Larrabee story revealed
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
When Intel announced that the company was working on Larrabee, almost everybody thought that Intel would destroy ATI/nVidia. Three years and several billion dollars later, the situation looks a little bit different.
On 10/12/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Greenpeace vs. HP: Backtracking on promise goes wrong
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
While we condemn activities such as breaking and entry, this is a stark reminder that IT went mainstream for all the good and bad purposes. With more revenue comes more responsibility.
On 7/29/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Batterygate Part 2 - Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS

To quote Steve Jobs [paraphrasing Pablo Picasso]: "Good artists copy; great artists steal." And in the words of Benjamin Disraeli:  "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

On 6/29/2009 by Toby Hudon... Comments (0) Read more
AMD's x86 license set to expire in 48 hours?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS

On March 11th, 2009, AMD released an 8-K filling citing that Intel claims that AMD's x86 license is null and void. On March 15th, Intel released a press release citing that AMD could lose license in 60 days.

On 5/12/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

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