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Oracle loses (again) in battle to get Google Java case retried (again)
Oracle has been turned away in its latest effort to get a new trial for its Java API copyright claim against Google.
San Francisco District Court Judge William Alsup denied [PDF] Oracle's latest motion to have the case reheard, this time on grounds of misconduct on the part of Google's lawyers.
The legal war, which has been …
TalkTalk hack: Teen in court on hacking and blackmail charges
The fifth suspect to be arrested in connection with the megahack of TalkTalk last year has appeared in court today.
Daniel Kelley, of Heol Dinbych, Llanelli, was arrested in Llanelli last November and arrived in court today charged with 14 offences relating to hacking, blackmail and fraud conducted between March and November …
Swiss vote for spy powers
Switzerland has decisively voted in new surveillance laws granting the country's law enforcement agencies powers closer to those in other western nations.
The referendum vote passed with a 66.5 per cent majority on a low voter turnout, carried notably on the back of positive sentiment from the country's older voters.
The laws …
And! it! begins! Yahoo! sued! over! ultra-hack! of! 500m! accounts!
Just two days after Yahoo! admitted hackers had raided its database of at least 500 million accounts, the Purple Palace is being dragged into court.
Two Yahoo! users in San Diego, California, filed on Friday a class-action claim [PDF] against the troubled web biz: Yahoo! is accused of failing to take due care of sensitive …
Uni student cuffed for 'hacking professor's PC to change his grades'
A student at Kennesaw State University in Georgia is accused of hacking into his professor's computer to improve his grades.
Chase Arthur Hughes, 19, was arrested and charged this week after allegedly raiding the university's computers in May. The teen made a number of alterations to his grades, and those of his friends, for …
Pull the plug! PowerPoint may kill my conference audience
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
The man on stage is baffled. It was his big moment, a chance to show off his company’s proficiency and expertise, but now he’s being made to look useless.
Two huge screens on either side of the stage are supposed to be displaying his presentation. They remain resolutely blank.
A 200-strong audience of paying conference …
Oracle lawyers prevail in copyright case (No, not that, the other one)
Oracle has been awarded $46.2m in its copyright battle with Rimini Street.
The Nevada Federal Court awarded the cash [PDF] to cover the legal bills Oracle has racked up in its years-long battle with Rimini – which repackaged and sold support services for Oracle products without a license.
The federal court also put in place a …
Man accused of $180k ass-based gold smuggling scam awaits verdict
A Canadian man accused of smuggling $180,000 of gold out of the Royal mint – allegedly in his anal cavity – is awaiting a court verdict after his defence condemned the government’s case as “appalling” and entirely circumstantial.
Leston Lawrence, 35, of Ottawa was accused of charges including theft, laundering the proceeds of …
Microsoft sues Wisconsin man (again) for copyright infringement (again)
Microsoft is hoping the third time will be the charm in its efforts to shut down a man once again being accused of pirating its products.
The Redmond giant has filed suit [PDF] in the US District Court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, against Anthony Boldin for illegally selling product activation keys for its products. The complaint …
Jakarta be kidding me! Google gets $400m tax bill from Indonesia
Google is facing a bill for hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid taxes.
An official in Indonesia wants to collect around $400m in fees from the Mountain View ads giant. Muhammad Hanif of the tax office special cases branch said authorities have visited Google and suspect that the tax avoidance may go back as far as five …
FCC Comms criticized
The two Republican commissioners in the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have been accused of withholding documents that show they acted in cahoots with congressional Republicans in trying to kill net neutrality rules.
Ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Elijah Cummings, has sent …
Is Tesla telling us the truth over autopilot spat?
An increasingly bitter fight between Tesla and its former autopilot partner Mobileye is raising questions over the electric car company's honesty.
Elon Musk's corporation is notoriously prickly. When it does come under criticism – whether on safety issues, the practicality of long-distance drives, or its autopilot feature – …
Apple's tax bill: Big in Japan. Like, $120m big
Apple has again been hit with a relatively small bill for skirting tax laws, this time in Japan.
A report from national broadcaster NHK World claims that the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has told Apple to cough up $120m (12.3bn Yen) to cover back taxes that the Cupertino giant failed to pay.
The report notes that Apple has …
Lauri Love extradition A-OK
Accused hacker Lauri Love can be extradited from Great Britain to stand trial in the US on charges of hacking into US government computers, Judge Nina Tempia has ruled at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Love reportedly sat "stony-faced" as the judge delivered her verdict. He has been given permission to appeal.
El Reg's in- …
Googler mad over cop scrap
A Google engineer is promising to take legal action after he says he was knocked about by police.
Ali Afshar, Google engineering manager and former CTO of Microlink, claims he was driving in Silicon Valley (he wouldn't name the city or police department) when he spotted a man in handcuffs surrounded by four police officers. …
Dropbox apologies for clunky administrator account access on Macs
Dropbox has denied accusations that its Mac client is stealing passwords.
Developer Phil Stokes has accused the cloud locker company of sucking up administrator passwords on machines in a bid to reduce the number of permission prompts.
Stokes says in analysis that Dropbox's Mac client abused the system preferences’ …
You should install smart meters even if they're dumb, says flack
The UK’s controversial smart meter programme will only succeed in saving consumers cash if people are made aware of the benefits, says Rob Smith, head of policy and public affairs at Smart Energy GB.
Some 53 million smart meters are due to be installed in residences and small businesses by the end of 2020, at an estimated cost …
Publishing military officers' names 'creates Islamic State hitlist'
The Ministry of Defence has been accused of creating an Islamic State hitlist by publishing the names and ranks of Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force officers.
Made available to the public since the 18th century, the Army and Navy Lists contain the names, service numbers, ranks and date of seniority of every serving officer …
Bloke accused of Linux kernel.org hack nabbed during traffic stop
A man who allegedly hacked the Linux Kernel Organization's kernel.org and the Linux Foundation's servers has been collared by cops.
Donald Ryan Austin, 27, of El Portal, Florida, will appear in court in San Francisco later this month. He is accused of four counts of "intentional transmission causing damage to a protected …
Tim Cook: EU lied about Apple taxes. Watch out Ireland, this is a coup!
Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook has claimed that the European Commission made up its claims about the business’ tax payments in Ireland.
Earlier this week EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said that Ireland failing to collect taxes from Apple at the standard rate of 12.5 per cent amounted to “state aid” and thus …
BT boils over, blows off Steam, accuses Valve of patent infringement
UK telecoms goliath BT is suing games developer and publisher Valve, alleging the Steam service infringes multiple patents.
In a complaint [PDF] filed with the Delaware district court, BT accused Valve of ripping off four technologies it has patented related to the operation of cloud services (in this case, Steam). This is the …
Angler's obituary: Super exploit kit was the work of Russia's Lurk group
Ruslan Stoyanov was right: what could be history's most advanced financially-driven malware was the progeny of some 50 jailed hackers known as the Lurk group.
It is a finding that solves the mysterious demise of the world's most capable exploit kit and one of the biggest threats to end users on the internet.
Kaspersky's head …
Lawyers! win! millions! in! bonkers! Yahoo! email! snooping! case!
A bunch of lawyers have persuaded Yahoo! to keep scanning e-mails for advertising and pay their fees.
The class-action case was launched in 2013, and finally got the formal green-light to go ahead last year.
The Purple Palace wanted to scan e-mails passing through its systems, so as to deliver targeted advertising to those …
Shock: AT&T totally not OK with FCC saying it ripped off US schools
AT&T has issued a rebuttal to the FCC's July complaint that it overcharged schools and libraries in Florida for internet service.
The US telco giant said in a policy blog post that the FCC's allegations it violated of pricing rules for the federal E‑rate service program were "factually wrong."
AT&T had been accused of …
Europe to order Apple to cough up 'one beeellion Euros in back taxes'
The European Commission (EC) will demand an additional €1bn ($1.12bn) from Apple in back taxes, according to Reuters.
Back in 2014, the EC took issue with Ireland's tax arrangement with the electronics giant – Apple's European headquarters is in Dublin – and accused it of effectively allowing Apple to shelter tens of billions …
'Fake CEO' Chinese chap cuffed in $54m fraud probe
Police in Hong Kong have arrested a Chinese man on charges of laundering the proceeds of an online robbery that netted millions of dollars.
In January, Austrian engineering firm FACC – which makes aircraft parts for the likes of Boeing and Airbus – admitted that it had lost up to €50m ($54m) after someone impersonating the CEO …
Irish Olympics' officials digital devices seized in Rio
Laptops and mobile phones of a trio of Ireland’s Olympics’ officials have been taken by Rio police. The Brazilian cops are believed to be investigating the illegal sale of Games tickets.
The PCs and phones were taken along with the passports of three individuals by officers who arrived at the offices and accommodation of the …
This MySpace investor keeps spamming Google with lawsuits – and the ad giant just wants him to stop
Google has asked a US court to stop a former MySpace investor from repeatedly filing suit against it.
The web advertising giant this week told (PDF) the US District Court for Northern California that Brad Greenspan has been burdening its lawyers and racking up its legal bills by constantly filing motions in a lawsuit that was …
Twitter suspends 235,000 'violent extremism' accounts
Twitter has announced it has blocked a further 235,000 accounts that promoted “violent extremism.”
The avian network's new report comes a week after it succesfully defended a case in which parents of a man slain by ISIS accused it of supporting terrorists.
Twitter says it's increasingly using automated means to identify and …
BT best provider for 10Mbps USO, says former digi minister Ed Vaizey
BT's Openreach is the internet provider best placed to deliver the government's plan for a Universal Service Obligation (USO) of 10Mbps by the end of the decade, former digital minister Ed Vaizey has said.
Speaking to The Register, Vaizey said: "I think if you want the most effective, quickest and likely-to-be-delivered …
Baltimore cops accused of violating FCC rules with Stingrays
Three civil rights groups have filed a complaint with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the use of Stingray devices by the Baltimore Police Department (BPD).
The filing [PDF] accuses police investigators of operating without a license and interfering with the cellular network, both while unfairly targeting …
Adblock Plus blocks Facebook block of Adblock Plus block of Facebook block of Adblock Plus block of Facebook ads
Those hoping for a quick resolution to the cat-and-mouse game between Facebook and Adblock Plus will be disappointed to know that the back-and-forth battle shows no signs of letting up.
On Tuesday, Facebook changed its desktop website so that visitors would see ads on pages even if they are running an ad-blocking plugin. It …
US extradition of Silk Road suspect OK'd by Irish judge
An Irish court has authorized the extradition to the US of a man accused of helping to administer the infamous Silk Road website.
Gary Davis, 27, of Kilpedder, Co Wicklow, has moved one step closer to a US trial on charges of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, computer hacking and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Mr …
Bleeping Computer countersues Enigma in software review libel row
PC fix-it site Bleeping Computer has hit back at Enigma Software's defamation lawsuit with several counterclaims that accuse the software house of running a "smear campaign" to discredit it.
In a notice posted to its site, Bleeping Computer, a New York state company, says that it has accused Connecticut-based Enigma of, among …
Kazakhstan accused of hacking journos, activists by EFF
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has accused the Kazakhstan Government of sending malware-laced phishing emails to two investigative journalists in the country, along with activists, and family members to help spy, locate and extradite targets.
The group revealed their detailed technical findings at the Black Hat …
IBM: Illegally Bleeding Mortgages (...allegedly)
IBM has found itself in the crosshairs of the US government after one of its subsidiaries has been accused of financial fraud.
A lawsuit [PDF] filed in the US District Court of Southern New York accuses both Big Blue and its Seterus loan servicing company of taking more than $13m from Fannie Mae in reimbursements it was not …
Akamai, Limelight bury hatchet (not in each other) to end patent spat
Internet backbone facilitators Akamai Technologies and Limelight Networks have agreed to end their long-running patent battle, and instead forge a $54m licensing agreement.
The deal will see Limelight pay the $54m to Akamai in a set of 12 installments beginning this month. In exchange, Akamai agreed to drop the $51m letter of …
FBI electronics nerd confesses: I fed spy tech blueprints to China
A veteran FBI geek funneled sensitive information about the Feds to the Chinese government – and now faces years behind bars.
Kun Shan "Joey" Chun, 46, sent organizational charts and photographs of spying technology to a handler in the Middle Kingdom, while working as an electronics technician in a New York FBI office.
Chun …
UK govt digi-chief confirms he is standing down after ... 9 months
Stephen Foreshew-Cain, the head of the UK's Government Digital Service, has stepped down from his position after just nine months in the role – amid rumours that GDS is for the chop.
In a blog post Foreshew-Cain confirmed that he had handed in his notice to civil service head John Manzoni.
"I’ve been fortunate to work with …
What's ordered in Vegas, doesn't stay in Vegas? $6.7m of printer ink 'stolen by office worker'
A Las Vegas woman stole printer ink worth $6,715,531 from her employer and sold it to a reseller on the other side of America, it is claimed.
When Jennifer McCain-Bray worked as a purchasing analyst for the Las Vegas Valley Water District – a public utility – she ordered millions of dollars of extra printer ink and toner, had …
Encyclopedia Dramatica user hit with £10k damages after calling ex-councillor a 'paedo'
A user of satirical wiki Encyclopedia Dramatica has been hit with libel damages of £10,000 in England, UK, after posting untrue accusations of paedophilia and mocked-up sex photos featuring a former Labour councillor on the site.
The case, heard earlier this month in London's High Court, was brought by Samuel Collingwood Smith …
Someone (cough, cough VeriSign) just gave ICANN $135m for the rights to .web
An unnamed organization just paid $135m for the rights to sell ".web" domain names. This is three times the previous record of $45m for .shop, and seven times the average auction price for top-level domains.
The massive price tag has raised eyebrows in the domain name industry, not least because one of the companies taking …
Florida Man cleared of money laundering after selling Bitcoins to Agent Ponzi
A money-laundering case in Florida has unraveled after a judge declared Bitcoins are not a valid form of money.
Judge Teresa Pooler cleared [PDF] defendant Michell Espinoza of running an unlicensed money exchange and money laundering charges on the grounds that the Bitcoins he sold to two undercover investigators were goods …
Uber's dud private dick given a hard time by judge in stiff surge case
A private investigator hired by Uber potentially broke the law while digging up dirt on someone suing the taxi app biz, a New York judge has ruled. Information gathered by the dodgy sleuth cannot be used in court by Uber, the beak added.
Uber and its CEO Travis Kalanick were sued by New Yorker Spencer Meyer, who accused them …
The very latest on the DNC email conspiracy. Which conspiracy? All of them, of course!
It was devastating. Absolutely devastating. It's hard to imagine anyone surviving such a shocking revelation. But they probably will of course. Thanks to their connections, if you know what I mean.
What are we talking about? Take your pick because election season is upon us and everyone, absolutely everyone is up to no good …
Alleged hacker Lauri Love will learn his fate in September, says judge
Lauri Love will not find out whether he will be extradited to the US until September, District Judge Nina Tempia said today at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Judge Tempia will hand down her judgment on the US authorities' attempt to have Love handed to them for trial on Friday 16 September at 2pm.
There were more than 20 …
IT boss 'set up fake companies to charge his employers $2.4m'
A former lead systems engineer with a US software development company has been accused of laundering $2.4m (£1.8m) in an IT consulting scheme.
The office of the Texas Attorney General has filed 11 counts of fraud and money laundering against Albert Shih-Der Chang, who worked at One Technologies, a Dallas-based firm that …
Samsung: You won't settle? Fine, we'll do this the Huawei
Samsung has filed a countersuit against Huawei in China over allegations of patent infringement.
The South Korean electronics behemoth filed allegations of infringement on six patents it holds in China. According to filings seen by Reuters reporters in Beijing, the Samsung claim would seek to collect 161 million yuan (around …
Nitwit has fit over twit hit: Troll takes timeless termination terribly
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Twitter this week permanently banned a high-profile self-proclaimed troll, marking a possible sea-change in how the social network tackles its worst users.
Baffling web celeb Milo Yiannopoulos was previously temporarily suspended from the service and earlier this year had his "verified" status revoked.
Then after Yiannopoulos …
What do you call a spreadsheet with decent numbers for a change? qualcomm_q3_2016.xlsx
Qualcomm is crediting strong sales in China and an infusion of back royalty payments for a better-than-expected quarterly return.
The California-based mobile chip designer said that it was able to turn around a lacking performance last quarter thanks to improved licensing revenues from smartphone sales.
Additionally, Qualcomm …
