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Viacom hits YouTube & Google with $1Billion lawsuit

Craig Childs — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:52:59 +0000

After Google’s failure to remove thousands of Viacom owned videos from their site, YouTube, the media company has hit back with a $1 Billion lawsuit.

You may recall Google and Viacom, who owns content from MTV, VH1 and Comedy Central, were in talks to make a deal. However, before [...] Related posts:

Intel CEO Screws Up AMD Lawsuit By Losing Emails

Craig Childs — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:31:48 +0000

Paul Otellini and other Intel execs are under fire from Advanced Micro Devices for failing to retain emails that will assist in AMD’s lawsuit against Intel, and Intel’s Japanese arm, Intel KK.

In 2005 AMD filed a lawsuit against Intel claiming [...] Related posts:

Cyber bullies get YouTube banned in Aussie schools

Craig Childs — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:16:12 +0000

Video sharing web site YouTube has been banned in 1,600 government schools in the state of Victoria, Australia.

Schools in the state have been filtering what sites are available to students for a long time and now have added YouTube to [...] Related posts:

NewsFlash: RIAA Opposes FAIR USE Bill

Craig Childs — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:19:28 +0000

The alterations to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [DMCA] have come under scrutiny from the RIAA, who claim that the changes put content providers at risk again by advocating piracy. But we already knew they were going to say that.

Representatives Rick Boucher, a [...] Related posts:

Does Symantec’s Norton 360 Cost Too Much?

Craig Childs — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:50:37 +0000

Symantec’s latest anti-virus suite, Norton 360, goes on sale today. I wasn’t really expecting a price drop, but it’s come out with a $79.99 per year price tag. Does that seem too much?

First of all, let’s look at what they offer. [...] Related posts:

Microsoft facing $1.52 billion in damages over Alcatel-Lucent audio patents

Craig Childs — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:41:28 +0000

Microsoft must pay $1.52 billion in damages to Alcatel-Lucent for infringing patents relating to MP3 encoding and decoding, a US jury has decided.

Microsoft is asking for the decision to be dismissed; failing that an appeal will be issued.

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Sex addict fired by IBM for chat room visit sues for $5mil

Craig Childs — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:30:35 +0000

There’s a term that’s thrown around work offices with internet access. It’s NSFW. I’m sure you’re familiar with it. It means Not Safe For Work. Generally it’s anything adult related where if [...] Related posts: