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In a ruling that should surprise no one, California Ninth Circuit Court Judge Jeremy Fogel has dismissed a lawsuit filed by ZL Technologies that accused Gartner of committing a host of illegalities via its placement of ZL's e-mail archiving software in the "niche" box of its Magic Quadrant.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation last week aimed a historically potent weapon -- the spotlight of public shame -- at those corporations and individuals who abuse copyright claims to stifle free speech.
On Friday, a judge in San Jose will hear arguments regarding Gartner's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by ZL Technologies that seeks to not only eviscerate the long-controversial "Magic Quadrant" but also punish Gartner severely -- the damages sought are astronomical -- for ever having foisted it upon the IT world.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was the victim of a hoax today when a fake press release claimed the organization had switched positions and now favors "strong" climate change legislation. The hoax included a fake press conference at the National Press Club.
What was essentially a typo last week resulted in the temporary disappearance from the Internet of almost a million Web sites in Sweden -- every address with a .se top-level down name.
What was essentially a typo last night resulted in the temporary disappearance from the Internet of almost a million Web sites in Sweden -- every address with a .se top-level down name.
You're more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark, say the researchers behind a soon-to-debut, semantic-based Web start-up called Book of Odds. And, they add, you're more likely to die falling out of bed than win the lottery.
This item will likely interest only those readers who use Digg. The rest of you are excused.
Under the cloud of a class-action lawsuit and battered by a barrage of negative publicity -- not the least of which occurred on my blog -- T-Mobile has decided that its threat to gouge customers an additional $1.50 per month to continue getting a paper bill wasn't worth the pixels it was written on.
Chi Quang Truong, 46, is being charged by police in Natick, Mass., with "unlawful wiretapping and possessing a device for wiretapping," according to a story in The MetroWest Daily News. If you're thinking foreign spy or industrial espionage, think again. ¿ Try an irate customer who kicked up a fuss at a car dealer's service department.
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