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IBM settles with U.S. over alleged discrimination in job ads

IBM agrees to pay $44,500 for ads that U.S. government said showed preference for visa holders

3D printing: Good for retail? Tesco CIO says so

While others see 3D printing as the beginning of the end for retailers, Tesco CIO Mike McNamara sees it as an opportunity.

France sanctions Google for European privacy law violations

The action follows a French-led analysis of Google's new privacy policy

Google’s Gmail scanning unclear to users, judge finds

Judge Lucy H. Koh will allow a class action suit that alleges Google violated wiretapping laws to proceed

Spear phishing poses threat to industrial control systems

Patent trolls will gain from a single European system, vendors warn

The new E.U, patent rules would allow easy European wide sales bans on products, the tech companies wrote

Judge orders patent troll to explain its ‘Mr. Sham’ to jury

Jurors to hear about ‘sham’ Texas company with one ‘sham’ employee

Indian biometric ID project faces court hurdle

The country's Supreme Court has ruled for now against making the biometric ID mandatory for receiving services

Strip club sues Oracle over unpaid $33,540 tab

The New Century Theater in San Francisco alleges an Oracle employee rang up the charges over two days

Internet Explorer zero-day attackers linked to Bit9 hackers