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EPIC sues FTC over Google's planned privacy changes

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data.

By Grant Gross | 09 February, 2012 09:28

Tags: U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, social networking, security, search engines, privacy, legal, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Civil lawsuits
Swedish e-commerce startup's execs linked to NYC sex crime

Two Swedish nationals with the same names as top executives of e-commerce startup Klarna were arrested on Saturday in New York and charged with criminal sexual abuse.

By Elizabeth Heichler | 09 February, 2012 08:51

Tags: legal, Klarna, internet, e-commerce, Criminal
Airvana sues Ericsson over femtocell technology

Femtocell developer Airvana is charging Ericsson with breaching their contract over femtocell technology, in a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York.

By Nancy Gohring | 09 February, 2012 06:51

Tags: mobile, legal, intellectual property, Ericsson, Airvana
Rambus, Nvidia settle lawsuits, sign IC patent deal

Rambus and Nvidia have settled past lawsuits and signed a patent agreement covering a broad range of integrated circuit products, Rambus said on Wednesday.

By Agam Shah | 09 February, 2012 03:51

Tags: rambus, nvidia, legal, intellectual property
EU to stengthen its cybersecurity watchdog

A push by European authorities to strengthen the European Union's cybersecurity watchdog has been given a green light by parliamentarians.

By Jennifer Baker | 09 February, 2012 03:22

Tags: Regulation, legal, government, European Network and Information Security Agency, cybercrime

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Apple and Samsung: What's behind the patent fight

Samsung took a step toward finding a kind of "pax tabletica" with arch-foe Apple in an Australian court last week, offering to remove features from its Galaxy Tab to avoid a court ban on sales of the device in that country. But what's really interesting about the case isn't the technical litigation, but the underlying attempt to define how much of a product's design is actually protected under existing, fragmented international laws.

By Jonny Evans | 06 October, 2011 05:45

Tags: tablets, smartphones, Samsung Electronics, patent, legal, intellectual property, hardware systems, consumer electronics, Apple
The RSA Hack FAQ

In the aftermath of RSA saying that its SecureID two-factor authentication tokens may have been compromised in a data breach of the company's network, here are some key questions and answers about the situation.

By Tim Greene | 19 March, 2011 05:45

Tags: security, RSA hack, legal, cybercrime
How DRM could ensure cloud security

Yet another survey is indicating that security is a big issue for those intending to take up cloud computing.

By Keir Thomas | 04 February, 2011 05:53

Tags: software, security, open source, online security, network security, legal, Ipswitch, internet, intellectual property, firewalls, encryption, digital rights management, data protection, cloud computing, cloud, applications
Injunction delivered over Twitter worked, UK attorney says

A U.K. lawyer is claiming victory on Tuesday after a court-ordered injunction delivered over Twitter has stopped his antagonist from impersonating him on the microblogging service.

By Jeremy Kirk | 06 October, 2009 23:26

Tags: twitter, legal

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