Posts Tagged ‘ law ’

Suspected iPad Hackers Arrested, Charged

January 18, 2011
Suspected iPad Hackers Arrested, Charged

You may remember early last summer when the brand new iPad 3G ended up being a bit of an embarrassment for AT&T thanks to a security exploit. Some industrious hackers managed to use a brute force attack to extract user email addresses and names. No…

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Sony Sues PlayStation 3 Hackers

January 12, 2011
Sony Sues PlayStation 3 Hackers

As the saying goes, ‘Keep your friends close, and sue your customers.’ Wait, that doesn’t exactly right, but it’s the motto Sony’s sticking with as it takes legal action against a band of hackers who uncovered and published security codes for the PlayS…

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Microsoft Takes Issue with Apple’s Proposed ‘App Store’ Trademark

January 12, 2011
Microsoft Takes Issue with Apple’s Proposed ‘App Store’ Trademark

Credit Apple for popularizing the concept of an “app store” as a viable business model, but should the Cupertino company be granted a trademark for the term? Not as far as Microsoft is concerned.
Microsoft this week filed a motion opposing Apple’s ap…

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Twins Unhappy with $65 Million Facebook Settlement

January 12, 2011
Twins Unhappy with $65 Million Facebook Settlement

If you’ve seen the movie “The Social Network,” then you’re familiar with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin brothers who accused Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their idea. Zuckerberg and the entire Facebook organization have always denied the charges,…

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Supreme Court Refuses to Red Light Antitrust Case Against Music Labels

January 11, 2011
Supreme Court Refuses to Red Light Antitrust Case Against Music Labels

“Suck it up, buttercup, you’re going to have to defend your actions.” The Supreme Court didn’t word things that it way, but it might as well have when it refused to review a ruling that reinstated an antitrust lawsuit accusing major record labels of co…

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Six Female Students Arrested for Orchestrating "Attack a Teacher Day" via Facebook

January 10, 2011
Six Female Students Arrested for Orchestrating "Attack a Teacher Day" via Facebook

Talk about social networking gone wrong. According to the Associated Press, half a dozen middle school girls have been arrested for allegedly inviting other students through Facebook to participate in “Attack a Teacher Day.”
The students involved say i…

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Amazon Threatens to Kill the Affiliate Program in Illinois in Response to Proposed Tax Bill

January 9, 2011
Amazon Threatens to Kill the Affiliate Program in Illinois in Response to Proposed Tax Bill

Amazon is throwing a minor temper tantrum in response to a new tax bill recently passed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, and it could leave affiliate members in the state high and dry if it gets signed into law. A sharply worded e-mail sent out to Illi…

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Twitter Comments to Land Courtney Love in Court

January 6, 2011
Twitter Comments to Land Courtney Love in Court

We’re not surprised Courtney Love said/wrote something that earned her a lawsuit, we’re just surprised this is the first time a celebrity’s been sued over comments left on Twitter.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Love had been in a dispute with Da…

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