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Alleged tech support scammers settle FTC charges

Operators of two alleged tech support scams that charged consumers hundreds of dollars to supposedly fix their computers have settled charges from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

By Grant Gross | 17 May, 2013 18:28

Tags: Sanjay Agarwalla, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, regulation, security, Civil lawsuits, legal, Desktop security, Conquest Audit, government, Mikael Marczak, Virtual PC Solutions
Banking privacy prevails over copyright enforcement, Dutch court rules

Privacy laws protecting bank account holders are more important than providing information to aid in copyright enforcement, according to a Dutch court ruling this week.

By Loek Essers | 17 May, 2013 15:00

Tags: Brein, Civil lawsuits, legal, ING Bank
Yahoo wins appeal of $2.7 billion suit in Mexican court

An appeals court in Mexico has overturned an approximately US$2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo and Yahoo Mexico in a breach-of-contract suit concerning online directories.

By Stephen Lawson | 17 May, 2013 01:12

Tags: Yahoo, Internet-based applications and services, Civil lawsuits, legal, internet
German case on embedding YouTube videos referred to EU court

Embedded YouTube videos don't infringe copyright under current German law, but they could violate European rules, the German Federal Court of Justice said on Thursday.

By Loek Essers | 16 May, 2013 13:51

Tags: Google, intellectual property, copyright, Civil lawsuits, legal, youtube
Google has to delete offensive autocomplete results, German federal court rules

Google has to remove search suggestions from autocomplete in Germany if the results are offensive, the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe ruled Tuesday.

By Loek Essers | 14 May, 2013 12:46

Tags: Google, Civil lawsuits, legal, internet, search engines

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2012: The year in quotes

Some of the most memorable IT-related quotes were uttered in courtrooms this year, which involved a steady stream of legal challenges about intellectual property. In no particular order, these are some of the comments that stuck with us as 2012 winds to a close.

By Nancy Weil | 12 December, 2012 13:45

Tags: sharp, Civil lawsuits, EDRi, mark hurd, International Telecommunication Union, internet, Mergers and acquisitions, samsung, Google, Janis Sharp, legal, government, William Lee, business issues, Gary McKinnon, Oracle, RiTeng Computer Accessory Co., personnel, Tyler Ochoa, intellectual property, steve ballmer, smartphones, software, Lucy Koh, amazon, foxconn, larry ellison, Apple, Santa Clara University School of Law, eric schmidt, Roger Kay, Werner Vogels, storage, Meg Whitman, YEAR END, Hewlett-Packard, William Alsup, consumer electronics, security
The scariest US software project horror stories of 2012

Sure, plenty of enterprise software projects go just fine and end up giving customers all the things vendors promise: lower operating costs, streamlined operations and happier users.

By Chris Kanaracus | 10 December, 2012 21:36

Tags: business issues, Government use of IT, applications, IBM, enterprise resource planning, YEAR END, epicor, Civil lawsuits, software, government, Oracle, SAP, legal
HP-Autonomy fraud allegations fallout: The winners and losers

Hewlett-Packard's bombshell revelation that it would take a US$8.8 billion non-cash writedown after allegedly discovering major accounting fraud related to its Autonomy business unit has rocked the tech world.

By Chris Kanaracus | 20 November, 2012 19:40

Tags: business issues, hardware systems, Civil lawsuits, Mike Lynch, Hewlett-Packard, Criminal, services, personnel, Autonomy, Shane Robison, SAP, legal, software, Leo Apotheker, financial results

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