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Uniloc will appeal loss of $388m verdict against Microsoft

people's voices must prevailand M$ must pay the piper.What if the Judge was right on the law?Should Microsoft (and stop the childish M$, will ya?) still pay because 12 jurors either didn't understand the subtle differences or hate MS (imagine 12 jurors like you Linux Geek)?If MS did due dilligence...

Tags: Linux, NOW IT, juror, Microsoft Corp., Linux Geek

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Bad time to be accused of H-1B visa fraud

Would your firm want this kind of publicity? Be sure and check out the piece in ComputerWorld (May 27, 2009) re: H-1B fraud prosecution. The article by Patrick Thibodeau describes how the U.S. Federal Government is connecting the alleged abuse of the H-1B...

Tags: Job, H-1B Visa, Juror, Worker, Fraud, H-1B, Government, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Juror Tweet: "I just gave away TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS of somebody else's money"

Juror Tweet: "I just gave away TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS of somebody else's money"That's why I'm not an early adopterI have a computer obviously and a mobile, but no Facebook, and no Twitter. A homepage, but no blog - just some stuff for "show and tell" related to my work, for...

Tags: ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS, TWITS, Twitter, Tweets

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

The Internet On Trial

Don't get too interested in a court case, if you're a juror. Or at least confine your interest to the courtoom itself. That's the lesson derived from the experience of Marvin Gittens, a juror in the trial involving Lillo Brancato,...

Tags: Juror, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-19

Witnesses set for MySpace suicide trial

Well, it's shaping up to be a juicy time at the trial of psycho-mom Lori Drew, the woman whose weirdo obsession with a neighbor girl led to the teen's MySpace-driven suicide. A long list of witnesses are poised to testify, Wired reports, including the parents of...

Tags: Juror, Suicide, MySpace, Internet, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Convicted cop may have been framed with false science

Former Baltimore police sergeant James A. Kulbicki has served a dozen years in a Maryland prison for the murder of his girlfriend. He was convicted based on the testimony of an FBI forensice expert, who said, that even though police couldn't match the bullet to the gun, a science that...

Tags: FBI, Fragment, Juror, Prosecutor, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-19

Police Blotter: Juror caught blogging about DUI trial

Police Blotter: Juror caught blogging about DUI trialAs far as I can tell......the decision is correct. The juror in question did not discuss the case while it was ongoing, as much as he may have wanted to. Rather, he waited until after it was all over, at which...

Tags: juror, DUI, blogging

Discussion threads 2007-11-09

You're NOT going to believe this about one of the RIAA trial jurors

Michael Hegg, a juror in the trial where Jammie Thomas was convicted of music copyright infringement tells Wired's THREAT LEVEL (I am not shouting, their name is all-caps) that the jury convicted her because they wanted to send her "a message." Hegg said the $222,000 verdict in...

Tags: RIAA, Juror, Internet, Peer To Peer (P2P), Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-09

Testimony closes in first RIAA trial

Testimony ended Wednesday in the first trial of a computer user accused of copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America. Defendant Jammie Thomas took the stand but her attorney called no other witnesses. While the RIAA lined up a fairly hefty heap of evidence, Thomas's defense was essentially...

Tags: RIAA, Juror, Productivity, Wi-Fi, Wireless, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-03

Blogging jury duty

Next Mondays issue of the National Law Journal includes an article Juror Blogs Complicate Trials about the uneasy marriage between ubiquitous publishing and communications technologies and the courtroom, specifically in the context of jury duty. It points out that jurors are increasingly posting about their experiences to their blogs,...

Tags: Blogging, Free speech, Lawsuits, Podcasting, User generated content, Voice, Wireless

Blog posts 2007-03-07

Thinking about Vigilantism

Thinking about VigilantismUpdate on Sandia National Laboratories "Vigilante"URL: http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/537833metro02-14-07.htmAlbuquerque Journal, Front pageWednesday, February 14, 2007[u][b]Sandia Hacker Gets $4 Million[/b][/u]By Scott SandlinCopyright © 2007 Albuquerque Journal; Journal Staff Writer A jury delivered a strong— and expensive— message to Sandia National Laboratories on Tuesday, awarding more than $4 million...

Tags: Federal government, Workforce management, Hacking, SECURITY, Sandia National Laboratories, Shawn Carpenter, juror

Discussion threads 2007-02-25

Inmates can present DNA evidence

DNA evidence cannot only be used to prove guilt, it can also be used to exonerate those convicted long ago, the Supreme Court held today PDF. The 5-3 decision expanded inmates' ability to challenge convictions in federal court based on DNA evidence, the Washington Post reports. The decision comes from...

Tags: DNA Evidence, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, DNA, House

Blog posts 2006-06-12

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News to know: Salesforce.com; SXSW; Cisco; HP

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com: Pondering the next 10 years   Sam Diaz: SMBs to Salesforce: We want more SaaS ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., SXSW, Microsoft Windows, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Juror Tweet: "I just gave away TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS of somebody else's money"

Twittering from the jury he was serving on as it was awarding a massive settlement against a building materials company by Jonathon Powell of Fayetteville Arkansas has resulted in defense motions for a mistrial. Powell "was predisposed toward giving a verdict that would impress his audience." by...

Tags: Verdict, Twitter, E-mail, Blogging, Online Communications, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-13

ISPs want to get paid to police users

ISPs want to get paid to police usersWell then, all works out in the end[i]As for Scroggin, he shouldn't expect any checks from the music industry anytime soon.[/i] Then it works out well: Scroggin should not expect a check, and the music industry should not expect any help or work...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Jury Nullification, Scroggin, Internet Service Provider

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

ISP to RIAA: Pay up or do your own dirty work

ISP to RIAA: Pay up or do your own dirty workGood for themGreat move by this ISP.One in millions......... maybe more.............A man with convictions and the guts to back them up. Long live Jerry Scroggin! Hip, hip, hooray!Always good to see some courageNo, it's not the job of ISPs to...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Jury Nullification, RIAA, Internet Service Provider, Pay Up, dirty work

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

The Internet On Trial

The Internet On TrialThat's why I never want to be a jurorYeah, yeah...I know it's our "civic duty". But some people make good jurors and some don't. I'm honest enough to admit that I don't think I could be completely impartial. I've also said that I would...

Tags: Internet

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

Internet stars come out for RIAA trial

Internet stars come out for RIAA trialWhen they were truley innocentThe one thing about these suits is that they ignore they have attacked the wrong person. When the wrong person is attacked, the the actual suit filed in the court becomes a fraudulent lawsuit especially when the RIAA or Directv...

Tags: Litigation, Benefits, RIAA, Internet Star, crime victim, attacked, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Woman receives Sprint wireless broadband bill for $14,062.27

Woman receives Sprint wireless broadband bill for $14,062.27Unlimited?This doesn't look like that kind of issue. With speeds of 14K modem I doubt the woman could have done anything to rack up that kind of bill. This looks like billing glitch.I have thr sprint card..Unlimited plan, but is $99.99 a month....

Tags: Sprint Communications, kind-of, Roaming Charges, Sprint Wireless, broadband

Discussion threads 2007-12-31

Police Blotter: MySpace profile sets convicted felon free

Police Blotter: MySpace profile sets convicted felon freeAnd this is why our legal system is brokenWe assume that we can get a jury of uneducated peers that will only accept the evidence that is presented to them on a golden platter. They are not allowed to associate or research...

Tags: MySpace, Myspace Profile, felon, Police Blotter

Discussion threads 2007-11-30