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“It looks like ‘Spam King’ Adam Vitale has finally plead guilty to violation of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 in federal court in New York City. ‘The indictment said that in less than a week in August 2005, Vitale and Moeller sent e-mails on behalf of the informant to more than 1,277,000 addresses of subscribers at AOL, the online division of Time Warner Inc. Vitale will be sentenced on September 13 when he faces a maximum sentence of 11 years in prison. Moeller, who lives in New Jersey, faces the same charge.’…” (Read full article here)
June 12th, 2007
“Opponents of a federal ban on Internet gambling said during a congressional hearing Friday that it would be wiser to legalize and regulate betting than prohibit it. Legal online gambling may return to the US. The ban, put into place last year, is now in jeopardy thanks to the efforts of folks like Barney Frank, the Democratic chairman of the House Financial Services committee. Frank is of the opinion that adults should police themselves for excessive gambling, and the government should stay out of their way…” (Read full article here)
June 9th, 2007
“TorrentSpy, one of the world’s largest BitTorrent sites, has been ordered by a federal judge to monitor its users. They are asked to keep detailed logs of their activities which must then be handed over to the MPAA. Ira Rothken, TorrentSpy’s attorney responded to the news by stating: ‘It is likely that TorrentSpy would turn off access to the U.S. before tracking its users. If this order were allowed to stand, it would mean that Web sites can be required by discovery judges to track what their users do even if their privacy policy says otherwise…’” (Read full article here)
June 9th, 2007
“Philippe Gildas, a French television presenter is suing Microsoft for ‘violation of intellectual property’ — in particular the use of the ‘Vista’ trademark. It appears that Gildas registered the trademark two years prior to Microsoft’s application, planning to use the trademark for a new television channel, Télé Vista, which was to be launched later this year. Apparently, Gildas believes that Microsoft’s ‘hogging of the limelight’ presents an ‘obstacle to the launch’. Gildas has not, however, registered the Vista trademark in categories of activity 9 and 42, which cover software. With this in mind, his case might be hard to prove…” (Read full article here)
June 6th, 2007
“Germany has updated their computer crime law to declare ‘hacking tools’ illegal. This will place most of the professionals in the network admin and computer security fields in a sort of legal grey area. ‘The new rules tighten up the existing sanctions and prohibit any unauthorized user from disabling or circumventing computer security measures to access secure data. Manufacturing, programming, installing, or spreading software that can circumvent security measures is verboten, which means that some security scanning tools might become illegal…’” (Read full article here)
May 31st, 2007
“Graduate students heading to Ottawa’s Carleton University this fall are slated to receive an education of a different sort - learning their rights when it comes to protecting ideas and work from possible theft. The Carleton Graduate Students’ Association is spearheading an initiative to educate some 3,300 grad students on how to safeguard their intellectual property while ensuring they’re being properly recognized for their work…” (Read full article here)
April 9th, 2007
“Apple® today announced that the 100 millionth iPod® has been sold, making the iPod the fastest selling music player in history. The first iPod was sold five and a half years ago, in November 2001, and since then Apple has introduced more than 10 new iPod models, including five generations of iPod, two generations of iPod mini, two generations of iPod nano and two generations of iPod shuffle. Along with iTunes® and the iTunes online music store, the iPod has transformed how tens of millions of music lovers acquire, manage and listen to their music…” (Read full article here)
April 9th, 2007
“Tom’s Hardware Guide and its parent company TG Publishing have been sold to an undisclosed buyer for an undisclosed price. The deal will close later this month, said Omid Rahmat, CEO of Tom’s Publishing, in a letter to the Inquirer. The rumored price, however, is $15-$20 million. Tom’s Hardware is an established news site for tech professionals that most geeks have encountered at least once - the network of sites (including versions in different countries - a total of 12 editions worldwide) reports 50M monthly pageviews and 5M unique monthly visitors…” (Read full article here)
April 8th, 2007
“VeriSign on Thursday said it that it will increase the fees it charges for Internet domains ending in .com or .net. Starting October 15, VeriSign will charge $6.42 for .com domains and $3.85 for .net domains, it said in a statement. The fees are charged to domain registrars such as GoDaddy and Tucows, which typically handle domain registration for customers. The new prices represent a 7 percent price increase for .com domains, for which VeriSign currently charges $6, and a 10 percent rise for .net domains, which cost $3.50…” (Read full article here)
April 6th, 2007
“Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says 15 British naval personnel captured in the Gulf will be freed. He repeated allegations that the British sailors and marines “invaded” Iranian waters, but said they would be freed as a “gift” to Britain. He made the announcement at a news conference, in which he also awarded medals to the commanders who captured the British personnel in the Gulf…” (Read full article here)
April 4th, 2007
“Google Inc. will sell and select some of the ads shown to EchoStar Communications Corp.’s 13.1 million satellite TV subscribers, marking the online search leader’s latest effort to extend its marketing muscle beyond the Internet. Under the partnership announced Tuesday, Google hopes to prove the automated formula running its booming online advertising network can also become a moneymaker in long-established media such as TV…” (Read full article here)
April 3rd, 2007
“The European Commission has sent formal charges to major record companies and Apple, alleging they are restricting music sales in Europe, a Commission spokesman said on Monday. Agreements between Apple and the record companies violate the European Union’s rules that prohibit restrictive business practices, according to the spokesman. “Consumers can only buy music from the iTunes online stores in their country of residence and are therefore restricted in their choice of where to buy music, and consequently what music is available and at what price,” said Jonathan Todd, European Commission spokesman. Apple said it wanted to offer a pan-European store but was hemmed in by the music companies’ demands…” (Read full article here)
April 2nd, 2007
“Revenue continued its steady increase for Linux seller Red Hat’s most recent quarter, but net income dropped 25 percent. For the final quarter of its fiscal 2007, which ended February 28, Red Hat reported revenue growth of 41 percent to $111.1 million. But the company’s net income declined to $20.5 million, or 10 cents per share, from $27.3 million, or 13 cents per share, in the year-earlier quarter. Red Hat’s net income was pushed down by operating expenses that increased from $45.6 million a year earlier to $77.1 million. Part of those expenses stemmed from the company’s acquisition last June of JBoss, a seller of open-source Java server software…” (Read full article here)
March 30th, 2007
“HP announces litigation against Taiwan computer maker Acer for patent infringement. Hewlett-Packard is taking Acer to court over Acer’s alleged infringement of five HP patents. The lawsuit was filed today in a court located in the Eastern District of Texas. More specifically, HP believes Acer infringed on patents ranging from DVD editing, power management, processing capabilities, clock switching, and other technologies from 1997 to 2003. HP wants both unspecified damages and an injunction forcing Acer to immediately stop selling some products on the U.S. market…” (Read full article here)
March 30th, 2007
“The US has lost its position as the world’s primary engine of technology innovation, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. The US is now ranked seventh in the body’s league table measuring the impact of technology on the development of nations. A deterioration of the political and regulatory environment in the US prompted the fall, the report said. The top spot went for the first time to Denmark, followed by Sweden…” (Read full article here)
March 29th, 2007
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