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Oracle to revamp schools ERP software, with an eye on Workday

Oracle Student Cloud and a new edition of PeopleSoft Campus Solutions are in the works

By Chris Kanaracus

Mar 10, 2014 3 mins

ERP Systems Legal Technology Industry

Samsung removes standard-essential patent claims from US Apple suit

Samsung is no longer asserting any claim of any declared standard-essential patent in this case

By Loek Essers

Mar 10, 2014 2 mins

Apple Intellectual Property Legal

US court disallows NSA from holding phone records beyond five years

The government had said the data may be required as evidence for privacy civil suits filed by various groups

By John Ribeiro

Mar 10, 2014 3 mins

Cybercrime Government Legal

Getty makes 35 million images embeddable to gather data, monetize usage

Embedded content may only be used for editorial purposes, Getty said

By Loek Essers

Mar 6, 2014 3 mins

Data Center Intellectual Property Legal

Apple again denied permanent US sales ban against Samsung products

Apple failed to provide enough evidence to warrant an injunction, legal damages should be sufficient

By Loek Essers

Mar 6, 2014 3 mins

Intellectual Property Mobile Device Management Small and Medium Business

Facebook goes thumbs-down on illegal gun sales

Facebook says it will take action against sellers who may use the site to evade laws

By Zach Miners

Mar 5, 2014 3 mins

Collaboration Software Cybercrime Small and Medium Business

Sprint accused of overcharging US for spying assistance

Sprint is accused of overcharging law enforcement agencies more than US$21 million

By John Ribeiro

Mar 4, 2014 3 mins

Cybercrime IPv6 Telecommunications Industry

Second federal ‘kill-switch’ bill introduced targeting smartphone theft

The bill in the House of Representatives follows similar proposals in the Senate and the California State Assembly

By Martyn Williams

Mar 3, 2014 2 mins

Cybercrime Legal Manufacturing Industry

US appeals court permits YouTube to display anti-Muslim video with changes

The Google unit was earlier asked to take down the controversial movie trailer

By John Ribeiro

Mar 3, 2014 4 mins

Intellectual Property Legal Media and Entertainment Industry

Class-action suit charges Mt. Gox with fraud, seeking the return of users’ bitcoins

The exchange committed fraud by not properly handling a hacking attack, the suit alleges

By Zach Miners

Feb 28, 2014 3 mins

Collaboration Software Legal Small and Medium Business