Legal

Mozilla Updates Its Public Licence

Mozilla releases an update on its licence after a two-year collaborative update

12 years ago

Saudi Hackers Steal Israeli Credit Card Details

Saudi hackers claim 400,000 Israeli credit cards compromised and promise to reveal more

12 years ago

Sony, Nintendo, EA Games Turn Their Backs On SOPA

The top three gaming companies have added their names to the growing list of critics opposing the US Government's SOPA…

12 years ago

Facebook Blamed In A Third Of UK Divorces

Facebook has apparently been cited in a 33 percent of divorce cases in the United Kingdom in the past year

12 years ago

Rambus and Broadcom Settle Patent Dispute

Broadcom negotiates five year licensing deal to use Rambus technology in its products

12 years ago

Hasbro Sues Asus Over Transformer Prime Trademark

Hasbro says Transformer Prime tablet infringes its trademark for the popular toys and movie franchise

12 years ago

O2 Error Blocks Church Website Over Adult Content Claim

Users unable to access church Website for four months due to O2's 18-plus rating

12 years ago

ITC Rules Motorola Infringed Microsoft Patent

Microsoft manages to convince ITC that Motorola infringed just one patent out of seven

12 years ago

HTC Phones Face Ban Unless Apple Patented Feature Is Removed

HTC has been found guilty in the US of infringing only one patent of ten asserted by Apple

12 years ago

Samsung Expands German Lawsuit To Include Emoticons

Samsung has added four new patent claims to its lawsuit against Apple in the German courts

12 years ago

Sky Blocks Newzbin2 After Court Order

Sky says it blocked file-sharing site Newzbin2 to protect copyright holders and consumers

12 years ago

British Student Admits Facebook Hack

A student from York has admitted hacking into Facebook, but denies it was with malicious intent

12 years ago

Motorola Wins German iPhone Ban Bid

A court rules that the iPad and iPhone should be banned in Germany, but Apple is set to appeal

12 years ago

Samsung Fails To Block Sale Of iPhone 4S In France

French court calls Samsung's injunction request against the iPhone 4S "out of proportion"

12 years ago

Samsung Wins Tablet Tiff In Oz, But US Fight Goes On

Australian High Court rejects Apple's appeal to extend Galaxy Tab ban, but US no-ban decision is appealed

12 years ago

US Authorities Censor Blog For A Year Without Cause

The US authorities return confiscated domain name to an "illegal" music blog without explanation

12 years ago

Russians Deny England World Cup Bid Email Hack

FBI interviews members of England's 2018 World Cup bid team as part of its investigation into FIFA corruption

12 years ago

ICO Clamps Down On Spam Texters

ICO raids spam text office while survey finds 0.01 percent of people found spam texts useful

12 years ago

Apple Loses iPad Trademark Case In China

The Chinese courts have rejected Apple's claim to the iPad branding because of a disputed prior claim

12 years ago

German Retailers Told To Stop Selling HTC Products

IPCom has written to German retailers, telling them to stop selling HTC 3G products or face legal action

12 years ago

RIM Forced To Rename BBX By US Court

A US Federal Court has granted an injunction preventing RIM from using the BBX trademark

12 years ago

Kaspersky Quits BSA Over US SOPA Support

Kaspersky says Stop Online Piracy Act is against the public interest and quits BSA to emphasise its point

12 years ago

EFF Demands Legal Protection For Jailbreaks

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is asking for legal loopholes to protect users who jailbreak smartphones or video game consoles

12 years ago

HP Responds To Oracle Claim Of Itanium Deception

HP and Oracle have accused each other of lying about the future of Intel's Itanium chip

12 years ago

Industry Predicts More Advanced Attacks in 2012

Cyber-adversaries are gearing up for even more advanced attacks. Fahmida Rashid Explores the security outlook for 2012

12 years ago

McKinnon’s Mother Pleads Before Extradition Debate

Hacker Gary McKinnon's mother wants MPs to renegotiate controversial US-UK extradition treaty

12 years ago

Swiss Government Rules Downloading To Stay Legal

The Swiss government claims that file-sharing does not lose entertainment companies money

12 years ago

Russian Opposition Sites Hit with Attacks

Websites critical of Russia's government appear to have been silenced in DDoS attacks

12 years ago

Apple’s Samsung Ban Bid Rejected By US Court

A US District Court has refused to grant a preliminary injunction against Samsung's smartphone and tablets

12 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Tab Ban Extended Down Under

Australian court bans Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for another week so Apple can launch high court appeal

12 years ago