Computerworld-Apple has told Mac owners running OS X Lion that the beta of Messages,its replacement for both the older iChat instant messaging service and SMS(short message service)texting,will expire Dec.14. To keep using the ...
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A German couple are not liable for the filesharing activities of their 13-year old son because they told him unauthorized downloading and sharing of copyrighted material was illegal,and they were unaware the boy violated this ...
IDG News Service-The U.S.Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit accusing eBay of entering into a"handshake"agreement to not recruit or hire employees of software maker Intuit. The DOJ,in an antitrust lawsuit filed Friday,seeks to ...
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IDG News Service - A court in California has allowed Samsung Electronics to include Apple's iPhone 5 among the products alleged to have infringed its patents, while also allowing Apple to amend its infringement contentions to include the ...
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A U.S.district judge has approved a request for class action in a lawsuit against pizza maker Papa John's International for allegedly sending hundreds of thousands of text spam messages. Seattle law firm Heyrich Kalish ...
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Microsoft and Motorola Mobility will face off in court on Tuesday for the start of a patent trial that could help establish how royalty rates are calculated for standards-essential patents. Microsoft sued Motorola's smartphone division, ...
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Computerworld-A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a provision in a just-enacted California state law that requires all registered sex-offenders to immediately turn over the all of their Internet identifiers and the names ...
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Sony said Thursday that the executive in charge of its online products,and linking them up to its broad hardware holdings,will leave the company at the end of the year. The Tokyo-based electronics giant said Tim Schaaff,who it poached ...
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Tuesday's election leaves President Barack Obama in the White House and maintains the balance of power in Congress.In many longstanding technology debates,policy experts see little movement forward,although lawmakers may look for ...
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Computerworld-A ruling is expected shortly on a motion for a temporary restraining order filed by Ohio Green Party co-chair Bob Fitrakis seeking the removal of software that was installed on central vote tabulation machines in over two ...
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Computerworld-A federal judge in Ohio today rejected claims by Ohio Green Party co-chairman Bob Fitrakis that software that was recently installed on vote tabulation machines in more than two-dozen counties in the state,posed a threat to ...
A highly anticipated patent infringement case between Apple and Motorola Mobility was dismissed Monday by a federal court judge in Wisconsin,hours before the trial was due to begin. The two companies were arguing over license rates for ...
While the risk of being hacked,conned or having sensitive information stolen is possible all through the year,most security experts agree that the holiday season brings a spike in fraudulent activity,both online and off. CSO compiled a ...
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The U.S.Supreme Court has refused to overturn a lower-court decision upholding legal immunity for telecommunications companies that allegedly participated in a National Security Agency surveillance program during the last decade. The ...
Tags: High court, AT&T, NSA, NSA wiretap Case, EFF
The country's largest machinery manufacturer vowed on Thursday to "fight to the very end" in its attempt to sue US President Barack Obama for blocking its wind farm project in the United States over national security concerns. Although the ...