Legal

Pirate Bay Defendant Heads For Supreme Court

One of the defendants in the Pirate Bay trial says he will take his appeal bid to the Supreme Court…

13 years ago

Patent Monopolies Threaten Open Source Innovation

If patent holders start picking on members of the open source community, innovation will suffer, warns Eric Doyle

13 years ago

Apple-Nokia Patent War Begins New Round

In an all-out patent row, Nokia has issued 13 complaints against Apple in Europe

13 years ago

Film Industry Orders BT To Block File-Sharing Site

The Hollywood film studios'association has demanded that BT blocks access to Usenet indexing site Newzbin2

13 years ago

Assange Defence Fund Backed By Pilger And Others

A legal defence fund for WikiLeaks' Julian Assange has been set up, backed by journalist John Pilger

13 years ago

WikiLeaks’ Assange Released On Bail

At the hearing that confirmed Julian Assange's release on bail, the judge banned live Twitter updates

13 years ago

Facebook Crimes Soar Over 100,000 In Five Years

Facebook is a hotbed of crime, linked to 100,000 calls to police in the UK, according to a report

13 years ago

Advisor Warns Of WikiLeak Attacks On Government Websites

National security advisor Sir Peter Ricketts says WikiLeaks supporters may attack government sites

13 years ago

WikiLeaks Judge Allows Tweeting In Court

The judge who granted bail to Julian Assange yesterday allowed reporters to tweet from the courtroom

13 years ago

WikiLeaks’ Assange Arrested In Britain

Assange denies rape allegations, while cyber attacks hit both opponents and supporters of WikiLeaks

13 years ago

Europe’s Google Witchhunt Smacks Of Microsoft

Microsoft may not be able to compete squarely, but it can engage in legal subterfuge, backing smaller companies to aid…

13 years ago

Microsoft To Get Supreme Court Hearing In i4i Case

Microsoft will have its appeal in a long-running patent-infringement case with i4i heard by the US Supreme Court

13 years ago

Pirate Bay Founders Lose Court Appeal

The three founders of the file sharing website Pirate Bay have lost their appeal and face an increased fine

13 years ago

Police Request For Website Closure Powers Causes Concern

A proposal to give the police power to close down websites could put legitimate businesses at risk

13 years ago

ICO Issues First Data Loss Fines

A county council and an employment agency are first to feel the wrath of the Information Commissioner

13 years ago

Twitter Bomb Joker Takes Battle To High Court

Paul Chambers' appeal against conviction goes to the High Court, while Britain's senior Judge warns Twitter could disrupt jury trials

13 years ago

Twitter Supports Bomb Joker With #IAmSpartacus Tag

Twitter users stand up to be counted, as bomb joke becomes a free speech issue

13 years ago

Kroll Ontrack Touts Hosted e-Discovery Service

Kroll Ontrack is now offering a cloud-based service to assist businesses in locating potentially important legal evidence

13 years ago

Blue Coat Lets PacketShaper Dig Deeper Into Traffic

Network managers will have greater control over the traffic running across their networks after a significant upgrade to Blue Coat's…

13 years ago

IT Staff Feel They Are Treated Worse Than Their Peers

Half of IT people feel they are treated badly - so how can their lives be improved?

14 years ago

HP Blocks Oracle Subpoena For Apotheker Trial Appearance

HP is refusing to allow its new CEO Leo Apotheker to testify in the Oracle/SAP trial, but all eyes will…

14 years ago

BT Scuppers Ministry Of Sound’s Flagship Piracy Battle

The Ministry of Sound is speechless after BT destroys most of the evidence for its battle against illegal music downloading

14 years ago

Google Settles Privacy Lawsuit Over Buzz

Google has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by Buzz users, although the company still finds itself in hot…

14 years ago

1E Upgrades NightWatchman Power Control

New desktop management software saves Aviva the equivalent of the emissions from 500 cars

14 years ago

Microsoft’s Cloudy Thinking Could Stunt Windows 8

Microsoft is making wrong assumptions about cloud adoption in a world still tied to XP, compounding the risks surrounding Windows…

14 years ago

Google Sues US Government Over Microsoft Contract

Google is suing the US Government, alleging that the Department of Interior unfairly restricted its ability to bid for a…

14 years ago

IBM Accelerates Analytics Push With Cognos 10

IBM expands its business analytics strategy with the release of Cognos 10 and other software and services at its Information…

14 years ago

Jury Selected For Oracle-SAP Court Room Date

Eight people have been chosen as the jury for the legal tussle between Oracle and SAP, in which the latter…

14 years ago

CloudSleuth Community Aims To Provide Cloud Insight

The partner-driven CloudSleuth community, launched by Compuware, aims to improve performance of the cloud's federated infrastructure

14 years ago

Apple Hits Motorola With Multitouch Lawsuit

Apple has accused Motorola of allegedly infringing on its patents related to multitouch technology with its Android smartphones

14 years ago