Fine reduced in file-sharing case
Published On: Jan 25, 2010
You'll probably have to dig into you memory banks to recall Kazaa, the once wildly-popular file-sharing service. I can remember dowloading a few things, including my fair share of viruses, off of there, causing me to conclude that the risks far outweighed the "rewards".
It had to be two ...Read more...
Off to jail you go!
Published On: Nov 25, 2009
You may not know Alan Ralsky but, you may be familiar with his work. He was probably responsible for a good portion of junk emails you received in your inbox over the years.
Ralsky spammed inboxes everywhere from 1997-2007 and, at one point, was sending out 70,000,000 emails ...Read more...
A virus that is beyond malicious
Published On: Nov 9, 2009
Whenever the issue of computer security comes up (at least with Windows), I can't stress enough how important it is to have good antivirus software. With that being said, there are going to be some viruses that get through. Unfortunately, there are some that are so malicious that they ...Read more...
Microsoft says the sky will fall if it cannot sell Word
Published On: Aug 24, 2009
If you're Microsoft, the rules that govern other simply don't apply to you. At least that appears to be their thinking. Recently, a judge ruled that Microsoft had to stop selling Word within 60 days and keep it out of circulation until it removed some offending code that ...Read more...
$1.92 Million. Really?
Published On: Aug 18, 2009
There is no doubt that Jammie Thomas-Rasset illegally downloaded and shared 24 songs. However, was the judgment against her really necessary? In an world where you can download a file legally for $1 to 1.29 per song, do you think it's realistic to believe that punishing a person ...Read more...
Three Indicted in largest indentity theft ever
Published On: Aug 17, 2009
A lot of have gotten used to paying with things with plastic, whether it be with a credit card or, if you're like me and hate having to go to an ATM, you use your debit card quite a bit. I can remember, with some trepidation, reading several months ...Read more...
Off to jail, idiot!
Published On: Aug 17, 2009
Sometimes, the word "stupid" doesn't cut it. Often, I complain to friends about the number of racists who feel empowered by the anonymity of the internet to say and write some of the most vile things about people of color that I have ever heard or read.
However, I ...Read more...
Microsoft ordered to stop selling Word
Published On: Aug 13, 2009
Uh-oh, it looks like Microsoft may have been caught infringing on another company's intellectual property, yet again.
This time, the party leveling this charge is i4i LP, who owns a technology that allows complex documents to be treated as databases. The Canadian firm alleged, and a U.S. judge ...Read more...
Now, this is gangster!
Published On: Aug 2, 2009
Imagine you have a wildly popular service, connecting some 480 million users worldwide. Imagine getting ready to launch your IPO and anticipating a big payday. Now, imagine that, in the year leading up to it, you are headed to a court battle and your opponent holds something over your head ...Read more...
NAACP uses technology to combat police misconduct
Published On: Jul 13, 2009
If we remember the the killing of Oscar Grant III on New Year's night of this year, we understood the power of technology when common citizens had the presence of mind to have their phones ready to take video of the incident. Because of this, we were able to ...Read more...
