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- SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is a copy of Unix'
- Open-source fans have dismissed Darl McBride's court comments in the lawsuit brought against SCO by Novell Troubled software maker SCO's chief executive has claimed the Linux operating system includes Unix source code, during a court case in which Novell is suing SCO for royalties on Unix. ...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, SCO Group Inc., Unix, Court Case, Open Source, Peter Judge ZDNet.co.uk, Novell, SCO, lawsuit
- News items 2008-05-02
- Psystar: Go-to-jail-free card
- Posting email I received from Andrew Storms, director of security ops at nCircle Network Security: There are absolutely enough key indicators here to warrant concern. The Pystar folks simply aren't escaping from this one unharmed. Lets start with Apple. They will most...
- Tags: Card, Lawsuit, Credit Card, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Web Site Development, Sales, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Are IT malpractice suits around the corner?
- Does Waste Management's lawsuit against SAP indicate the beginning of a bevy of IT malpractice suits? TechRepublic's Justin James makes that argument and it's worth noting. Earlier this week I detailed and posted Waste Management's case against SAP. Much of it revolves around promises made by SAP...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Information Technology, SAP AG, Programming, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit
- The group of copyright scholars and advocates gathered Wednesday at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood demonstrated that while copyright must function in a converged world, opinions on how it should function are as divergent as ever. The panel pictured from left to right consisted...
- Tags: Innovation, Lawsuit, Patent, Harbor, TiVo Inc., Fred, Lohmann, Copyrights, Copyright System, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Gore Lawsuit Over Inconvenient Untruths?
- Will Gore be in court over his movie, "Inconvenient Truths?" For those who find the fuss over global warming to be inconvenient, the thought is delightful. The idea was publicly aired last week by the founder of the Weather Channel who agrees with those who see "global warming"...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Global Warming, Fraud, Litigation, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Medical Lawsuits may soon be a thing of the past
- Whenever I discuss rising medical costs here, at least one commenter often several will chime in and blame the lawyers. If we just didn't have all those nasty lawsuits... Well you may get your wish. In a case called Riegel vs. Medtronic,...
- Tags: Wyeth, Lawsuit, FDA, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-09
- Alaskan village sues myriad energy corps over global warming
- Photo courtesy Luke Cole and Center on Race, Poverty & Environment. The Native Alaskans who live in little Kivalina are suing two dozen corporations for damages. The picture above is nearly forty years old. It shows Kivalina in the 1960s. The native village...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Global Warming, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Lawsuit: Comcast is a 'totalitarian' business
- Ars Technica reports that we now have the first lawsuit against Comcast for its throttling practices. One Sanford Sidner, apparently a heavy P2P user, says that his service will often "slow to a crawl" when using file-sharing applications and that he feels "betrayed" by Comcast's actions. ...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Comcast Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- BlackBerry maker, Motorola duel in Lawsuits
- BlackBerry maker, Motorola duel in lawsuitsHow sadMotorola has turned into a bitter little patent troll.You guys want to turn the handset unit around? Call off the lawyers and hire some designers and artists to create something we'd really like to own.LG Prada phone -> Should have been a Motorola product.The...
- Tags: Motorola Inc., BlackBerry-maker, lawsuit
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- Exxon v. Venezuela and you're the loser in this battle
- Exxon claims it's won a round in its court battle against Venezuela. Venezuelan assets are now frozen in Britain and Netherlands. A lawsuit is in court int he U.S. as well. Exxon claims total Venezuelan assets valued at $36 billion dollars are now frozen. ...
- Tags: Venezuela, Lawsuit, Exxon Mobil Corp., Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-02-10
- Palm settles Lawsuit for excessive Treo 600/650 repairs
- Palm settles lawsuit for excessive Treo 600/650 repairsDie layers, die!Everything about, around, and even near lawyers is evil. Class action lawsuits seem all the more so.Legal fees are ~1.5M and settlement for each injured party is $75. The lawyers collectively endured ~20,000 times more pain and suffering than each Treo...
- Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Palm Treo, excessive Treo, phone, Palm Inc., lawsuit
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- Palm settles Lawsuit for excessive Treo 600/650 repairs
- I just received the following notice in my email inbox from an email address (Palm__Inc@news.palmnewsletters.com) with Palm Inc. in the header. Apparently there was a class action lawsuit that was settled out of court and all the details can be found on the Palza Settlement website. The detailed email is...
- Tags: Repair, Lawsuit, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Settlement, Palm Treo, E-mail, Treo 650, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-01-23
- Is McAfee just asking for a Lawsuit?
- Eben Moglen and the troops at the Software Freedom Law Center may want to read the McAfee annual report more than once. Without this warning there's a chance Eben may do a spit-take on his morning coffee. McAfee stock is down 25% 20% in the last two months...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Lawsuit, McAfee Stock, Public Relations, Open Source, Security, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- Sure bet for 2008: More Apple Lawsuits
- Sure bet for 2008: More Apple lawsuitsWMA is a dead format.It just does not seem to know it yet.Heck, Microsoft's own Zune does not play WMA-DRM9.I am all for opening things up, but the existing Lawsuit is so full of errors and lies, it is funny. This lawsuit will...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, WMA, Apple Inc., lawsuit, Sure bet, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Sure bet for 2008: More Apple Lawsuits
- Nothing appears to bring out the snarky comments and questionable legal actions than success in the technology markets. Apple's winning combination of the iPod and the iTunes Music Store seems guaranteed to keep the lawsuits coming in 2008 and beyond. Last week, on the last day of...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Apple iPod, Plaintiff, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Nothing, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Latest antitrust Lawsuit targeting Apple's weak spots
- The latest antitrust lawsuit filed against Apple, combined with recent moves by the music labels, could spell bad news for Apple. The lawsuit, filed on Dec 31st, is interesting because it goes beyond the usual claims of iPod/iTunes monopoly and asks some additional questions which could put...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Antitrust, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Chinese dogowner's Lawsuit may signal resistance to censorship
- It might be a sign that Chinese citizens are increasingly unwilling to submit to government censorship. A dog owner is taking on government officials by filing suit over their censorship of his blog post, The Washington Post reports. "It is so funny that people...
- Tags: China, Lawsuit, Censorship, Dog Owner, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-12-26
- Let the Lawsuits ensue
- Let the lawsuits ensueYeah right! Blame the car makers and BushGee! The liberals in CA and NY government could simply TAX gas guzzlers through sales tax or super high registration fees.A $6000 tax or registration fee on a Hummer would sure quell demand and Washington wouldn't have a thing...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, pollution, congestion pricing, lawsuit, tax, registration fee
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- Let the Lawsuits ensue
- It ain't over 'til. it's over to paraphrase that great sports philosopher Yogi Berra. And the battle is now joined between states wanting tighter auto emissions controls and the current White House which wants tighter political controls. The most populous state with the most cars on the road,...
- Tags: Lawsuit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Think Secret ceases publishing to settle Apple suit
- In a surprising move Apple rumor site Think Secret has agreed to stop publishing today to settle lawsuit with Apple, Inc. In a brief, 68-word press release, publisher and founder Nick Ciarelli said: Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that results in a positive...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
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