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- Facebook settlement: Kill Beacon, pay $9.5 million into fund to promote online privacy
- A class action suit over Facebook's controversial Beacon program today received preliminary approval PDF by a U.S. District Court, bringing an end to the Beacon service and giving the company an option of clearing the matter without long - and expensive - court proceedings. The proposal calls...
- Tags: Facebook, Online Privacy, Settlement, Class Action, Beacon, Class Action Settlement, Litigation, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Amazon: Congress, not Google, should make digital book policy
- In its stinging rebuke PDF of the Google Books settlement, Amazon lays out the full, horrendous ramifications of the deal: it rewrites copyright law, creates a monopoly in perpetutity, short circuits debate on the issue and takes the matter out of Congress' hands. Here's the major points...
- Tags: Google Inc., Settlement, U.S. Congress, Amazon.com Inc., Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- Microsoft agrees to give choice of browsers to Windows 7 users in Europe
- Microsoft is willing to give Windows 7 users in Europe a choice of browsers, rather than simply no browser. The European Commission announced on its Web site on July 24 that Microsoft has now proposed as part of settlement talks to allow the "ballot screen" to be included in...
- Tags: Europe, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- DOJ confirms Google Books investigation
- Is the Justice Department actually investigating the Google Books deal? Yes, the department confirmed to the federal judge reviewing the class action settlement. It is looking into whether the deal violate the Sherman Antitrust Act, The New York Times reports. In a letter to the judge,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Settlement, U.S. Department Of Justice, Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Google, Michigan boost argument for book deal
- Relying on Google's proposed settlement with book authors over Google Book Search, the University of Michigan has amended its contract with Google to digitize the university library's vast holdings, UMich announced. The agreement opens up the U-M library's extensive collections of 8 million works to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Agreement, Michigan, InfoWeek, Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- Antitrust investigation into Google book deal?
- The Justice Department is "in contact" with Google and its critics over a proposed settlement that essentially gives Google monopoly control over thousands of books that may belong in the public domain. The Wall Street Journal reported today that antitrust investigators at Justice have been talking with...
- Tags: Google Inc., Antitrust, Corporate Law, Litigation, Security, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- Gorillas and antitrust regulators
- When a company loses an appeal of a negative antitrust ruling, how do they satisfy regulators whose strides have suddenly been lengthened by the stamp of approval handed down by an upper level court? If Microsoft's recent decision is any guide, they do whatever the hell that regulator tells them to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Regulator, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., EC, Microsoft Windows, Regulations, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software, Government, Business Operations, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- The 22" dual-core all-in-one game PC for $765
- The 22" dual-core all-in-one game PC for $765Up the RAM and cost up to $800I wouldn't game with anything less than 2 GB. Not saying cutting edge, but many games that are unplayable on 1 GB with a weak proc come alive with 2 GB. This also applies...
- Tags: Games, Processors, PC, Bombay Police, Indian Intelligence, game, dual-core
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- The Famous Missions of California 1.0 (Mobile)
- A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of ZealeThe Famous Missions of Californiaby William Henry HudsonExcerpt:I. Of Junipero Serra, and the proposed settlement of Alta California.II. How Father Junipero came to San Diego.III. Of the founding of the Mission at San Diego.IV. Of Portola's quest for the...
- Tags: Mission, Mobile, Blackberrybooks, E-books, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Litigation, Smart Phones, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2007-09-26
- A rational debate on Net Neutrality
- The subject of Net Neutrality has become so politicized that it's almost impossible to have a rational debate on the subject. Even the term "Net Neutrality" has become a political slogan that is often deliberately vague to hide its true meaning. Is it even possible to have a rational debate...
- Tags: Technology policy, News, Networking, Net Neutrality, Mobile/Wireless, Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- A rational debate on Net Neutrality
- The subject of Net Neutrality has become so politicized that it's almost impossible to have a rational debate on the subject. Even the term "Net Neutrality" has become a political slogan that is often deliberately vague to hide its true meaning. Is it even possible to have a rational debate...
- Tags: Vint Cerf, Google Inc., Legislation, Tim Berners-Lee, QoS, Network, Prioritization, Customer, Net Neutrality, Service, Carrier, Ed Whitacre, Snowe-Dorgan, Internet, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- China stepping back from proposed blog rules
- China stepping back from proposed blog rulesBush Solution Was a Good OneThe current US President Bush solved the slander via blog problem by applying existing laws involving voice communication. If you think of a divorce, the solution is easy to understand. Say a person wants to for legal strategy discredit...
- Tags: Blogging, Litigation, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SAY IT, real name, harassment, husband
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- Google's big European hypocricy
- In “Google gets defensive, all over the world” earlier in the week, I pointed out the $150 billion market cap irony of the world’s most powerful company decrying the use of the world’s legal system, when others employ it to defend themselves against alleged Google unfair business practices. I...
- Tags: Business Models, Content, Copyright, Google, Google Software Applications, Government, Internet Data, Legal
- Blog posts 2007-02-17
- Porn Spammer Settles: FTC Does Crappy Job
- From CNET: An alleged marketer of online porn has agreed to pay a $465,000 penalty to settle spam charges, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday. Under a proposed settlement, TJ Web Productions has also agreed to adhere to federal spam laws, the FTC said...
- Tags: Spam, job, porn spammer, settlement, e-mail, FTC, viewable area, FTC&rsquo, s Adult Labeling Rule, TJ Web Productions, e-mail address
- Blog posts 2007-01-31
- Yahoo click fraud initiatives: Exclusive update
- Last June, in conjunction with an impending settlement of a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by Checkmate Strategic Group, Inc. alleging breach of contract and unfair business practices, Yahoo made a public commitment to a multi-prong effort to further strengthen its anti-click fraud...
- Tags: Business Models, Legal, Government, Click Fraud, Yahoo! Inc., Class Persons
- Blog posts 2007-01-10
- Zango's continued bad practices in light of FTC's proposed settlement terms
- Zango's continued bad practices in light of FTC's proposed settlement termseasy to find out..."The write up includes a discussion of the proposed $3 million payment specified in the settlement and why that amount may be a "slap on the wrist", when, in fact, Zango's ill-gotten gains likely far exceed that...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Zango, FTC
- Discussion threads 2006-11-27
- Zango's continued bad practices in light of FTC's proposed settlement terms
- Just over two weeks ago, the FTC announced a proposed settlement with Zango for the complaint filed earlier this year. Under terms of the settlement, Zango is required to give up $3 million in ill-gotten gains and to stop a number of bad practices that have been documented back to...
- Tags: Spyware/adware news
- Blog posts 2006-11-19
- Microsoft gets tough on Office fakers
- Microsoft gets tough on Office fakersMicrosoft gets tough on Office fakersMicrosoft has to do what it has to do in order for it to protect its investment. The millions if not billions of dollars lost from pirated copies of Office could be put to use to help Microsoft succeed...
- Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2006-10-27
- Judge tosses part of AMD suit against Intel
- Judge tosses part of AMD suit against IntelDivide and B.S. - It's worked for MICROSUCKS many times beforeIntel has learned from MICROSUCKS quite well. MICROSUCKS has effectively worn down the DOJ and many others by filing one court motion after another for years as Intel is doing in the AMD...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Processors, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Isreal
- Discussion threads 2006-09-26
- Microsoft sued over Forefront security brand
- Microsoft sued over Forefront security brandI agree.How about Microsoft CYA ?As I said about the "Lindows" litigation...This one's not worth fighting. MS should simply change the name.Ahhh ze tables haf been turned!Remember the Linspire suit!? Payback is a mother f***er isn't it? ]:)Just call it ForeRunner or suchmarket the...
- Tags: Operating systems, What-If, Microsoft Corp., Forefront security brand, Linspire
- Discussion threads 2006-09-15
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