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Microsoft earmarks $1.5bn for Yahoo! staff

News should it succeed in its unsolicited buyout bid for the internet search pioneer, according to court documents in a shareholder lawsuit cited by the Wall Street Journal. Microsoft plans to set aside $1.5bn for employee retention at Yahoo!

Tags: staff, yahoo, microsoft

[30 Apr 2008]

Facebook under attack: The spam and phishing threat

News Facebook brought a lawsuit against the hosting service, which was subpoenaed. The popular social-networking site Facebook is coming under increased attack by spammers and phishers, the company's security chief has revealed.

Tags: phishing, spam, facebook

[23 Apr 2008]

SAP sued over 'defective' software

News The spokeswoman said in an email: "It depends on what SAP's response is to the lawsuit. The software maker sold Waste Management computer programs that were supposed to be designed to manage tasks unique to US companies that haul waste and handle...

Tags: sap, software, sue, programs

[27 Mar 2008]

ARC and Duluth Police Prevent Crime and Improve Efficiency With Real-Time Information

whitepaper Without the data to back them up, police were unable to retain an apprehended teen and if a teenager no longer under an arrest warrant was mistakenly arrested, police were at risk of a civil lawsuit. Arrowhead Regional Corrections (ARC) is a five...

Tags: application servers

[14 Jan 2008]

SAP to sell TomorrowNow?

News But earlier this year, Oracle filed a lawsuit against TomorrowNow and SAP, alleging the company went beyond its former customers' contracts and downloaded proprietary Oracle software and materials. SAP has announced its third-party support and...

Tags: sap, court battle, legal action, oracle

[20 Nov 2007]

Oracle: 'Any fresh BEA bid would be lower'

News Icahn, who initially demanded BEA accept the highest bid it receives and filed a lawsuit to force a BEA shareholder meeting, has remained quiet since reviewing the financials. If Oracle renews its bid for rival BEA Systems, it would be at a price...

Tags: oracle, bea, bid, scale

[16 Nov 2007]

On-demand software can help banks avoid fines

Comment The prosecutors also recently filed a $130m lawsuit against Lloyds TSB, alleging the bank had knowingly helped to launder proceeds from a large securities fund. The crackdown on financial crime has opened up opportunities for vendors to produce...

Tags: money laundering, regulation, saas, hosted

[01 Nov 2007]

Oracle pulls $6.7bn BEA offer

News Otherwise, he warned, a potential lawsuit and proxy fight may be on the near horizon, according to a letter Icahn sent to BEA directors. According to Icahn's letter to BEA's board: "I am sure that the BEA board would agree with me that it would be...

Tags: carl icahn, middleware, bea, oracle

[29 Oct 2007]

Jobs to take the stand in options backdating case

News Apple CEO Steve Jobs will have to appear before federal investigators as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) lawsuit against Nancy Heinen, Apple's former head lawyer, Bloomberg has reported.

Tags: sec, stock options, backdating, steve jobs

[21 Sep 2007]

Microsoft settles Eolas patent saga

News Microsoft has settled a long-running and expensive lawsuit with Eolas Technologies, a start-up backed by the University of California that alleged Internet Explorer infringed a patent. The company said in a statement: "We're pleased to be able to...

Tags: ie, patent, microsoft, eolas

[31 Aug 2007]

Motorola slaps Aruba with patent suit

News Aruba refused to comment on the lawsuit at the time of writing. Two subsidiaries of phone giant Motorola are suing Aruba Networks over two alleged patent infringements relating to wireless LAN architecture.

Tags: wlan, patent, aruba, motorola

[29 Aug 2007]

TorrentSpy out of luck in email hacking suit

News A lawsuit filed last year by TorrentSpy - a BitTorrent search engine - that accused the movie studios' trade group of intercepting the company's private emails, was tossed out of court last week. But while a US District judge found that the Motion...

Tags: file-sharing, hacking, mpaa, torrentspy

[29 Aug 2007]

P2P indexing site shutters access to US users

News TorrentSpy.com, the BitTorrent tracking site facing a copyright lawsuit from the motion picture industry, is shutting down access to users in the US, the company said in a statement. The barring of US residents by TorrentSpy comes as a US district...

Tags: mpaa, copyright, torrentspy, bittorrent

[28 Aug 2007]

Yahoo! fights China human rights suit

News s motion: "This is a lawsuit by citizens of China imprisoned for using the internet in China to express political views in violation of China law. has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two Chinese journalists who alleged that the...

Tags: human rights, china, yahoo!

[28 Aug 2007]

Apple slapped with copyright suit - report

News Rap singer Eminem has accused Apple of copyright infringement in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, according to a story in The Detroit News. Eminem's music publishers have not given Apple permission to offer the artist's music for download, according...

Tags: itunes, downloads, copyright, apple

[01 Aug 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 27.07.07

Round-Up The lawsuit accuses Zuckerberg of fraud and intellectual property theft and demands that ConnectU be given ownership of Facebook. Kids these days don't know they're born. While today's young adults embrace mobile technology, social networking and...

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[27 Jul 2007]

Where next for TomorrowNow?

News At the heart of the issue, Oracle alleges in a lawsuit, is that TomorrowNow, as it provided support services to customers who hold an Oracle licence, accessed Oracle's support system and downloaded software and materials that surpassed what those...

Tags: oracle, sap, tomorrownow

[04 Jul 2007]

The hard reality of virtual world litigation

Comment The plaintiff states in his lawsuit that many people currently are living large portions of their lives - forming friendships, acquiring property, entering into contracts, establishing business relationships and setting up social organisations...

Tags: litigation, second life, virtual worlds

[14 Jun 2007]

YouTube copyright battle hots up

News The Federation Francaise de Tennis and Ligue de Football Professionnel, as well as New York-based Cherry Lane Music Publishing, have joined a class-action lawsuit that accuses YouTube and parent company Google of copyright violations, according to...

Tags: copyright, youtube

[06 Jun 2007]

Leader: ERP consolidation matters

Leader In March, Oracle served a lawsuit against SAP and its subsidiary TomorrowNow, alleging some dirty tricks, to paraphrase. Some of the largest costs for user organisations are far-reaching applications that go by the catch-all term enterprise...

Tags: sap, erp

[30 May 2007]

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