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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 court vacated the earlier... [30 Sep 2009]
BlackBerrys feeling the squeeze as smartphone rivals smarten up
News BlackBerry maker RIM on Thursday said it sold fewer BlackBerry phones than analysts had expected and the company's quarterly earnings were hurt by a legal settlement. Even though RIM still saw strong sales of BlackBerrys, the news sent... [25 Sep 2009]
Facebook to kill Beacon: Info-sharing programme crumbles under privacy concerns
News The social network has settled a year-old class action lawsuit that targeted its alleged failure to provide adequate information and privacy controls to users with regard to Beacon, which shared information about users'... [21 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]
Google Books hit with fresh wave of criticism from Microsoft, Open Book Alliance
News The proposed settlement goes well beyond the legitimate role of a copyright lawsuit -resolving claims for infringement - and imposes a slew of provisions that would restructure the rights and remedies of absent copyright... [09 Sep 2009]
Amazon steps up Google Books criticism with court filing
News Authors groups and publishers vehemently disagreed, resulting in a class-action lawsuit and the proposed settlement at issue in this case. Amazon came out swinging on Tuesday against Google's proposed settlement with... [03 Sep 2009]
Information Quality Management Services: Make Information Meaningful to the Processes It Fuels
White Paper People have to work harder to find answers to their questions; money and time are wasted with ad hoc remediation efforts; and cataclysmic events (such as an audit or lawsuit) reveal impairments only when it is too late... [02 Sep 2009]
Facebook faces lawsuit over privacy concerns
News A group of Facebook users filed a civil lawsuit in the US on Monday that alleges the social networking site is violating California consumer privacy laws. The lawsuit, which was filed in California's... [18 Aug 2009]
Compliance Rules: Best Practices for Cost-Effective, Comprehensive Compliance
White Paper Unmanaged email and other ESI can trigger financial, productivity, and legal nightmares should your organization one day find itself embroiled in a workplace lawsuit. Best practices call for a proactive approach to email... [14 Aug 2009]
Why Microsoft Word won't disappear after 'landmark ruling'
News The news that a judge has slapped an injunction that could bar Microsoft from selling its flagship Word software is a big deal. But don't expect to see Redmond allow one of its key money makers to be pulled from the market - even for a day. [13 Aug 2009]
Google's $106.5m software buy to be challenged in court
News The lawsuit, filed Monday in Delaware Chancery Court, seeks class action status and a permanent injunction against the deal. The lawsuit also alleges that On2's board agreed to provisions that prohibit... [13 Aug 2009]
Microsoft takes aim at alleged IM spammers and phishers
News The software giant filed a civil lawsuit Thursday in King County Superior Court in Seattle against Funmobile, Mobilefunster, and several individuals, who Microsoft says is responsible for the intentional misuse of the... [17 Jul 2009]
ATM hack talk pulled from security conference
News In 2005, a security researcher was able to give his presentation at Defcon on how attackers could take over Cisco routers but hours later Cisco Systems filed a lawsuit against him. It's almost security conference season... [02 Jul 2009]
Badges of honour for Twitter's big boys
News Twitter's team is rolling this out a bit prematurely because there are some powerful people breathing down their necks: the manager of the US baseball team St Louis Cardinals has filed a lawsuit against the service after... [15 Jun 2009]
Twitter's fake tweeters to be unmasked
News The news follows the filing of a lawsuit by US baseball team St Louis Cardinals' manager Tony La Russa over fake tweets made in his name. Stone wrote in a company blog post on Saturday: "With due respect to the man and... [08 Jun 2009]
