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Trojan bank fraud gang sentenced
News The men were sentenced last Friday at Southwark Crown Court in London for their part in an international criminal network that stole the money from 138 account holders. Azamat Rahmonov, Shohruh Fayziev, Joao Dos Santos... [17 Nov 2009]
Spoliation of Digital Evidence: A Changing Approach to Challenges and Sanctions
White Paper Where the spoliation of digital evidence is so easily undetectable, and where antiforensic measures may be taken to forever prevent such detection, a party alleging spoliation will invariably run up against the argument offered by the... [13 Nov 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - the latest PCs from Acer to Samsung
Photo Here's a selection of the Windows 7 machines that went on sale at PC World's Tottenham Court Road store in London on Thursday to coincide with the OS' official launch. The official release of Windows 7 last week has seen... [26 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News You may think adding a sentence to the company handbook along the lines of 'please be aware your email may be monitored' is enough to protect your organisation from being taken to court - but think again. [22 Oct 2009]
ADACOM Has Been Listed as the First Certification Service Provider in Europe, With Products That Have Been Successfully Tested for Compliance With the On-Line Platform of the Czech Arbitration Court
White Paper The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for .eu domain name disputes is provided by the Prague-based Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech... [01 Oct 2009]
Surety Case Study: RealLegal
White Paper As the legal community relies increasingly on electronic documents, court reporters and other professionals are exposed to the doubled-edged nature of the digital age. The web-based, virtual world means new levels of... [01 Oct 2009]
Microsoft wins U-turn in $388m lawsuit
News A federal court on Tuesday reversed an earlier ruling that Microsoft's product activation technology infringed on a patent held by Uniloc, overturning a $388m verdict in the case. In a ruling on Tuesday, the... [30 Sep 2009]
Gary McKinnon
AS Profile The US has persisted in its attempts to extradite McKinnon, who has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, and has fought legal challenges by the family all the way to the High Court. The latest development in the case... [29 Sep 2009]
HM Treasury strikes five-year IT services deal
News The Treasury is the latest government organisation to access the Flex shared services and joins The Cabinet Office, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, Crossrail and Office for National Statistics. [25 Sep 2009]
Microsoft files lawsuits in malicious-ad crackdown
News Microsoft has tried to work with ad networks to thwart such "malvertising" in the past but this is the first time it has gone to court. Microsoft associate general counsel Tim Cranton said in a blog posting: "Our filings... [18 Sep 2009]
Skype founders vs Skype: 'You've violated our patents'
News Just the latest in an ongoing licence dispute between the popular VoIP service and its developers, the lawsuit, filed in Northern California US District Court, seeks an injunction and damages, which Joltid "reasonably... [17 Sep 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News They concealed and laundered their proceeds by using anonymous internet-based currencies within the US and abroad, and by channelling money through bank accounts in Eastern Europe, court documents indicate. [14 Sep 2009]
Judge upholds Microsoft infringement of date-picker patent
News A federal appeals court on Friday affirmed a lower court ruling that Microsoft infringed on a patent owned by Alcatel-Lucent but said the jury award of $358m in damages was excessive. The US... [14 Sep 2009]
Google Books hit with fresh wave of criticism from Microsoft, Open Book Alliance
News Several groups opposed to Google's Book Search settlement filed court briefs outlining their concerns on Tuesday, the last day such briefs would be accepted. As expected, lawyers for Microsoft, the Electronic Frontier... [09 Sep 2009]
Google Books beefs up privacy policy after criticism
News The proposed settlement will be debated at a court hearing in New York in October. Google has released a more detailed privacy policy for its Google Books product, a move demanded in recent weeks by several critics of... [04 Sep 2009]