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Non-profit ISP start up promises fully encrypted, private Internet
- In an editorial piece by Cnet, Nicholas Merrill describes his upcoming Internet service, Calyx, as a "non-profit telecommunications provider dedicated to privacy, using ubiquitous encryption". According to Merrill, his goal is to fully encrypt Internet traffic at the ISP level…
Former AMD, Intel engineer pleads guilty to stealing sensitive documents
- Biswamohan Pani, a former engineer for both Intel and AMD, has plead guilty to five counts of fraud centered around the theft of sensitive Intel documents. The stolen information, valued at an approximate total of $1 billion, included chip-related design…
NY purges sex offenders from online gaming with "Operation: Game Over"
- New York state Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, announced that over 3,580 state registered sex offenders have been "purged" from various online gaming networks. The effort to keep sex offenders away from youthful gamers is part of a state initiative coined…
Twitter escalates anti-spam efforts, files lawsuit against spammers
- Twitter has taken a stand against those spamming their popular micro-blogging service by filing a lawsuit in a federal court in San Francisco against five of the most prolific spam tool providers, and the people that use them to flood…
Arizona legislation will make cyberbullies, Internet trolls criminals
- Upon the Arizona governor's desk sits a revised house bill (pdf) which is ready to be signed into law. The changes in H.B 2549s aim to curb and even criminalize cyberbullying, however, it may also make nearly every chat room and…
Facebook releases Zuckerberg's Harvard emails, wants lawsuit dismissed
- Embroiled in a legal battle over whether or not Paul Ceglia owns half of Facebook, the social network's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has released a cache of personal emails which refute those claims, many of which date back to his tender…
FTC fines RockYou $250,000 for exposing identities of 32 million gamers
- Online social gaming outfit, RockYou, has settled with the FTC after an embarrassing security snafu in 2009 allowed hackers to reveal the accounts and passwords of more than 32 million users. The company has been fined $250,000 and is required…
Google's Autocomplete may violate individual rights, says Japan court
- A Tokyo court has issued a provisional order requesting Google to remove specific search terms from its "Autocomplete" feature. This request follows a petition launched by an unnamed Japanese man. Although his name is currently unknown, the individual's attorney claims…
FTC praises 'Do Not Track' initiatives, refreshes privacy framework
- In a new report published by the FTC (pdf), the commission attempts to lay a new framework to protect the privacy of citizens and refreshes its own views on how to accomplish those goals. Some of the ideas outlined include Do…
Megaupload: MPAA wants data kept for lawsuits, scammers target users
- The Motion Picture Association of America has requested that Megaupload's host, Carpathia, retain about 25PB (yep, that's petabytes) of data. According to Wired, this move follows an earlier appeal made by Carpathia where the hosting company had asked the court to…
Samsung, RIM sued over emoticon display patent :-(
- Described as "pictorial representations of an expression or a person's mood", emoticons are widely used amongst habitual texters. Unfortunately for Samsung, Research In Motion and possibly others, Varia Holdings claims they own a patent which would prevent companies from providing a…
Google defends Hotfile's right to 'safe harbor' under DMCA
- The MPAA filed lawsuit against Hotfile little over a year ago, arguing that the cyberlocker had made a business out of enabling massive digital theft by giving users a place to store and share pirated movies. Now, in the aftermath…
Apple, book publishers probed over e-book price fixing
- The U.S. Justice Department has warned Apple and five of the country's largest book publishers that it plans to file a lawsuit for their alleged price-fixing of electronic books unless the companies agree to change their business practices, the Wall…
Weekend tech reading: Fifth Amendment protects encrypted storage
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In a ruling that could have broad ramifications for law enforcement, a federal appeals court has ruled that a man under investigation for child pornography isn’t required to unlock his computer hard drives for the federal government, because that act would amount to...
Apple sued for $1.6 billion for using "iPad" in China, apology requested
- A major Chinese display company, Proview Technology, has demanded that Apple cease using "iPad" in China. After engaging in "ambiguous" negotiations with Apple over the matter, executives at Proview have decided to take legal action by suing the company for 1.6 billion…
Nvidia and Rambus settle four-year memory patent dispute
- In 2008, Rambus accused Nvidia of infringing upon 17 patents across six of their product lines. After four years of legal sparring, the companies have finally decided to resolve the matter privately. The newly struck deal will be valid for…
Acer sues former CEO Gianfranco Lanci for joining Lenovo
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Acer has sued former CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci for allegedly breaching a contract signed during his departure last year. Filed in Lanci's native Italy, the suit highlights a non-compete clause that barred Lanci from joining rival firms for 12 months...
Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban upheld in Germany, Tab 8.9 added to injunction
- Today, a German court upheld a preliminary injunction which prevents the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany. Fortunately for Samsung, the first two patent claims were dismissed; however, this did not change the court's original, overall decision. The…
EFF helps Megaupload users retrieve their non-infringing files
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Last week, cyberlocker service Megaupload was shut down and its executives were arrested. Consequently, the now defunct site is poised to have its hosted files forcibly erased. However, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has come to the aid of "innocent" Megaupload users...
Mobile phone users to be punished as "war criminals" in North Korea
- According to the country's government, North Koreans caught using a mobile phone will be deemed as war criminals and punished accordingly, The Telegraph reports. The same punishment also extends to those attempting to flee the country's borders, an offense that…
Motorola targets iPhone 4S and iCloud in new lawsuit, probably with Google's blessing
- The patent wars rages on in the smartphone and tablet markets and the latest salvo comes from none other than Motorola Mobility, which is currently in the process of being acquired by Google. On Wednesday, the company filed yet another…
Judge rules defendant may be forced to decrypt her laptop
- Judge Robert Blackburn made a ruling (PDF) this week which may change the way encryption is handled in future court cases. Although the defendant invoked 5th amendment rights as many others in prior, similar cases have, Judge Blackburn does not believe…
Creepy Steve Jobs action figure pulled, bronze statue still stands
- It appears Chinese toy maker, In Icons, did manage to invoke the wrath of Apple. Earlier this month, the litigious company threatened to sue In Icons for creating a creepy, unlicensed action figure which sported an eerie semblance to Steve Jobs…
Grooveshark sued, Spotify limits free music to 10 hours per month
- Grooveshark has been the target of litigious music companies for years, most notably being sued by the three largest record label groups in the world. Supposed partner and fourth largest record label group, EMI, now has the company in its…
Notebook maker Quanta accuses AMD of hawking faulty chips
- AMD has been sued by Quanta Computer, the world's largest contract laptop manufacturer, for allegedly selling defective chips. In its San Jose, Calif. federal court filing, Quanta claims that it purchased AMD chips that failed to meet certain heat tolerances,…
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