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FBI crackdown nabs 8 botnet herders

The FBI today announced the arrest of eight U.S. men accused to hijacking PCs for use in a million-strong botnet that accounted for $20 million in economic loss. In its "Bot Roast II" crackdown, the FBI said it also served 13 search warrants in the U.S. and...

Tags: U.S. District Court, FBI, Bot, Distributed Denial Of Service, Computer, Florida, AKILL, Michael Downey, Federal Government, Phishing, Security, Government, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-11-29

Tech lawsuits: Is it time for a "U.S. District Court of Technology" with its own bench?

Tech lawsuits: Is it time for a "U.S. District Court of Technology" with its own bench?And one for Doctorsand one for lawyersand one for plumbersand one for electriciansand one for, aw heck, you get the idea...Amazingly, our court system and indeed the country seems to have managed for 200+ years...

Tags: U.S. District Court, IS IT

Discussion threads 2006-11-07

Tech lawsuits: Is it time for a "U.S. District Court of Technology" with its own bench?

Somewhere in the back of my mind, the fact that I have seen multiple news headlines having to do with new or ongoing lawsuits in the tech industry was gnawing at me. So, I decided to search ZDNet on the words "infringement" and "lawsuit" to see what came up. Here,...

Tags: General, Legal

Blog posts 2006-11-07

FTC Cracks Down on Alleged Spyware Site

A U.S. District Court has ordered a Web business offering free music files, browser upgrades and ring-tones to halt downloads of alleged spyware and adware, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission FTC. Instead of the free files or patches, users' computers were infected with spyware. The FTC's complaint...

Tags: U.S. District Court, Web Browser, FTC, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Web Browsers, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet

White papers 2005-11-11

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Qualcomm patent ruled invalid in German Nokia case

The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid. HELSINKI--The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell...

Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones

News items 2008-07-24

Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle

Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...

Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones

News items 2008-07-24

COPA suffers another blow

InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...

Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Judge refuses to reduce 'rogue' admin's bail

Breaking news: A San Francisco judge just refused to lower Terry Childs' bail from $5 million, the SF Chron reports. Prosecutors said that by rigging the network so that key programs were held in memory so that they would be deleted when the network was shut...

Tags: Bail, Administrator, Network, Sheriff, Prosecutor, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-23

'Spam King' escapes from federal prison

Edward "Eddie" Davidson, a notorious e-mail spammer who was sentenced to jail time in April, has escaped from a federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado. Davidson left, also known as the "Spam King, made a run for it when his wife visited him last Sunday and is now officially...

Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Restitution, Federal Prison Camp, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-23

COPA is unconstitutional

The Third Circuit has upheld a lower court decision that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutional, AP reports. In its ruling Tuesday, the federal appeals court concluded that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutionally overly broad and vague. The court also ruled that...

Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Parental Control, Third Circuit, Regulations, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs

Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...

Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-23

SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city

"The first thing I want you to know, Mr. Mayor, is that when you walk out of this room, you will have the computer codes." So spoke Terry Childs, San Francisco's jailed network administrator, to Mayor Gavin Newsom, in a spur-of-the-minute jailhouse meeting, according to SF Chronicle...

Tags: City, Lawyer, Computer, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-23

NY gov signs game bill into law

New York State legislation that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed was signed into law. A bill that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed into law Tuesday by New...

Tags: Law, Minor, Games, Personal Technology, video games, video game violence, Nintendo DS, New York, Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot

News items 2008-07-23

E-gold owners plead guilty to money laundering

Wow, big morning!  If anyone has seen Nitesh Dhanjani and Billy Rios's talk on phishing and identity theft, which was presented at the last couple Black Hat conferences, and will be on display again at Black Hat Vegas, you know that the identity theft market is a huge problem.  You...

Tags: Flooz, Currency Service, Identity Theft, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-22

McAfee fined $18 million for patent infringement

A federal jury in Texas has ordered McAfee to pay $18 million in past and future damages for infringing on a patent held by DeepNines Inc., according to Barron's Tech Trader Daily blog. The court decision, revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, was handed down last week. ...

Tags: McAfee Inc., SEC Filing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-21

AMD on road to recovery, says research firm

AMD on road to recovery, says research firmWhile this may sound too simple...all AMD needs is a processor that would outperform what Intel is offering. The CPU market is a lot less sophisticated than analysts would have you believe. But then what would they have to write about.When AMD had...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Facebook sues German 'clone'

On Friday, Facebook filed suit in California court against studiVZ, a German social net with a look undeniably close to Facebook's. Facebook accuses studiVZ of copying its interface. "We believe that our success thus far has been directly related to the unique look and feel of both...

Tags: Facebook, studiVZ, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-21

The computer mouse set to die out in the next five years? Don't bet on it!

The computer mouse set to die out in the next five years? Don't bet on it!I've used perfect Voice Recognition--it still sucksWant to experiment with perfect VR? I did! Here's how:Have a friend (who is willing to be your input device for a full 8 hour day) type for you...

Tags: Mice, Keyboards, mouse, computer, computer mouse, keyboard

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Apple is not the real enemy of open source

Apple is not the real enemy of open sourceGodwin's Law is now in effectGodwin's law: whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate was in progress.Loser.Apple is the official NAZI PARTY of Open Source.Where is http://opendarwin.com? It's GONE.Apple SUPPORTED the whole OSx86 project, then THEY reneged- There...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Linux, Digital media, Godwin, Apple Inc., open source, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

NebuAd: Galileo or pariah?

So, it would seem we have found the outer limits of user tracking and ad-serving. At a House hearing yesterday, NebuAd ran into universal condemnation for its plans to monitor broadband customers' web visits and deliver targeting advertising, reports News.com's Declan McCullagh. Contemptible. Goes against everything...

Tags: Web, Advertisement, Cable Company, Internet Service Provider, Notice, NebuAd, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cable, Channel Management, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-18