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Now draft biz guillotine law triggers info privacy watchdog

Data revealed during insolvencies sparks Euro ire

15 Apr 07:00

Judge scolds Apple, Motorola for using court as 'business strategy'

Fed up with 'obstreperous and cantankerous conduct'

11 Apr 18:54

Google submits 'formal commitments' to EC over search

Now will you pull out the probe?

11 Apr 14:25

Remember Streetmap? It's suing Google in a UK court

Files complaint to 'protect its business'

11 Apr 14:07

Your consent 'almost always' needed when firms use your data to profile you

Watchdog, er... reassures Euro punters

10 Apr 08:44

US judge: no class action against tech giants' 'wage-control pact'

Disgruntled unpoached bods can continue battle, however

8 Apr 20:20

Get lost, drivers: Google Maps is not for you – US judge

California clamps down on furtive fingering

8 Apr 17:46

Apple handed victory in Samsung text-selection patent case

Full ITC panel to decide in August if Sammy's kit should be banned

5 Apr 23:36

GPs blow whistle to watchdog on patient record privacy threat

Docs fear they'll break data protection laws

5 Apr 08:38

Australian Feds charge 17-year-old 'Anon' with four crimes

Ten years in chokey on the cards for defacement and intrusions

5 Apr 05:14

Rackspace sues 'the most notorious patent troll in America'

Sounds like a job for SHIELD

5 Apr 00:25

Swedish judge explains big obstacles to US Assange extradition

Wikileaker's bizarre bonking behaviour revealed, along with likely legal escapes

4 Apr 03:14

Major blow for Apple: 'Bounce back' patent bounced back by USPTO

Finality isn't final, art wasn't prior, wails Apple

3 Apr 13:27

Copyright troll Prenda refuses to explain legal strategy

Principals invoke Fifth Amendment right to silence

3 Apr 00:23

Federal lawyers, MIT threatened following Aaron Swartz' death

Persecuted prosecutors get guillotine decap postcards

2 Apr 12:58

Judge: Facebook must see Timelines Inc in court over trademark

Just want to punch you really hard in the Face ... bitch

2 Apr 11:43

Texas judge sends Uniloc packing in Rackspace patent suit

Turns out floating-point numbers aren't patentable

28 Mar 20:51

EMC, Carbonite fight off patent pursuer

Troll kicked off the backup cloud

27 Mar 21:51

Free speechers want into Apple and Samsung sealed court filings

Want everything but the formula for Coke, complains beak

27 Mar 15:08

Cyberwar playbook says Stuxnet may have been 'armed attack'

Would you rather be shot, blown up, stabbed - or hacked?

27 Mar 13:04

US democracy activists lose case against Baidu and China

Manhattan court is not the place to sue a country, says judge

26 Mar 05:09

Nokia deflates Google's video codec thought bubble

VP8 proposals face fight from the Finnish

25 Mar 03:10

News scraper Meltwater loses US court case

Paltry traffic ruled no compensation for lost fees

22 Mar 18:04

Apple exec says music labels, Hollywood, 'old fashioned' on copyright

Head of Apple Australia says music, movies, price gouging is Big Content's fault

21 Mar 23:26

Google extends trademarks-in-ads policy to whole world

Insert usual blather about search quality and choice as motive

21 Mar 07:15

One-time wannabe governor charged for Facebook share Ponzi scheme

What's worse, real Facebook shares or pretend ones?

20 Mar 16:25

Twitter patents sending messages, promises not to sue everyone

Do no evil - we've heard THAT one before

20 Mar 14:03

First sale doctrine survives US Supreme Court

Books are still property

19 Mar 22:03

Supreme Court silence seals Thomas-Rasset's file sharing fate

$220,000 slap for 24 songs shared stands

18 Mar 23:23

Virnetx loses Cisco case: VPNs not its property

The Borg as great big billy-goat gruff

18 Mar 00:49

Police accuse Reuters hack of helping Anonymous hackers

Social media editor aided Tribune defacement

15 Mar 00:38

Aaron Swartz prosecutor accused of 'professional misconduct'

Lawyers claim he hid evidence and abused plea bargaining

14 Mar 19:10

Groupon deal spam slapped by Australian regulator

When 'unsubscribe' means 'we'll still send you email'

14 Mar 06:32

Coca Cola in the dock over illegal China GPS map claims

Sugar Daddy says GPS logistics tools were commercially available

13 Mar 07:14

ITV catches up with TVCatchup

ECJ ruling bleak news for Internet rebroadcast

10 Mar 23:09

Google's Wi-Fi sniffing to result in $7 million fine

Slurp sparks states' slight slap

10 Mar 21:35

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