Craigslist countersues eBay, escalating legal fight
May. 14, 2008
Classified-advertising site Craigslist is countersuing eBay, accusing the online auction company of using its stake in Craigslist to misappropriate proprietary information and engage in false advertising, trademark ...
CSC settles government kickbacks case
May. 13, 2008
Computer Sciences (CSC) has agreed to pay US $1.37 million to settle allegations that it received kickbacks on technology contracts with U.S. government agencies, part of an alleged scheme involving millions of dollars ...
Hacker writes rootkit for Cisco's routers
May. 14, 2008
A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has placed increasing scrutiny on the routers that carry the majority of the Internet's traffic.
Google takes Street View snaps in Paris; lawsuits may follow
May. 09, 2008
Google has begun scanning the streets of Paris, gathering data for its Street View service, which adds street-level photography to the satellite views offered by Google Maps. The search company will gather a wealth of ...
Judge slaps TorrentSpy with $111M damages
May. 08, 2008
A U.S. judge has ruled on a nearly $111 million copyright-infringement decision against TorrentSpy.com, the BitTorrent peer-to-peer search site.
Microsoft sniffing around Facebook? Google's Paris street photos may spark lawsuits
May. 09, 2008
In the wake of collapsed talks with Yahoo, Microsoft reportedly is sniffing around social-networking site Facebook as a possible acquisition target; Google has begun scanning the streets of Paris, gathering data for its ...
Microsoft satellite map project sued over name
May. 07, 2008
Microsoft's TerraServer-USA satellite imagery project has been slapped with a trademark lawsuit from a small North Carolina company with a confusingly similar name.
US agency to investigate semiconductor patent complaints
May. 15, 2008
... several lawsuits in an effort to enforce their patent, and they are facing a recent lawsuit asking that the patent be invalidated.
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EBay seller pleads guilty to software piracy charges
May. 15, 2008
A 23-year-old Oregon man has pleaded guilty to charges that he used identity theft to set up bogus accounts on eBay, where he sold counterfeit software with a retail value of more than US$1 million, the U.S. Department ...
Danish union wants IBM's Palmisano to testify in court case
May. 07, 2008
Danish IT workers union PROSA wants to call IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano as a witness in a Danish court case concerning the company's use of contracts that prevent customers and partners from recruiting IBM ...
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