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Google settles Street View privacy case for $7 million

Google settles Street View privacy case for $7 million
  • Posted March 12, 2013, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Google has come to an agreement with 38 states and the District of Columbia to settle a dispute regarding the company’s use of Street View vehicles to secretly collect personal information as it roamed the streets. The search giant has…

Microsoft fined €561m for not showing browser ballot on Win7 SP1

Microsoft fined €561m for not showing browser ballot on Win7 SP1
  • Posted March 6, 2013, 2:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • The European Commission has fined Microsoft €561 ($730 million) for not complying with a three-year old agreement to give Windows users a selection of alternative browsers. In 2009, Microsoft faced an antitrust case with the EU that suggested the company abused its position...

Weekend tech reading: Inconsistencies in Apple v. Samsung ruling

Weekend tech reading: Inconsistencies in Apple v. Samsung ruling
  • Posted August 26, 2012, 1:16 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • Late in the process yesterday at the Apple v. Samsung trial, when the parties and the judge were reviewing the jury verdict form, Samsung noticed that there were, indeed, inconsistencies in the jury's verdict form, a possibility Samsung anticipated. In two instances, results were crazily contradictory...

FCC fines Google over Street View, investigation dropped

FCC fines Google over Street View, investigation dropped
  • Posted April 16, 2012, 8:55 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • The US Federal Communications Commission has fined internet search giant Google $25,000 for deliberately impeding the investigation into the collection of wireless network data for their Google Street View project, according to the New York Times.

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