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• Nokias war with Apple heats up thanks to new complaint

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  • Latest salvo in war between technology rivals • iPhone, iPod and Mac computers targeted in complaint Mobile phone giant Nokia has stepped up its dispute with Apple by claiming that "virtually all" of the Californian companys products infringe its patents. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Finnish handset ...
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• Information and Privacy Cases of the Year

  
  Slaw — Authority: 588
  I’ve always loved year-end lists. Here’s a Canada-centric top ten “information management and privacy cases” list for 2009. Endorsement and criticism invited! #1 Grant v. Torstar . The Supreme Court of Canada recognizes a new defamation defence – the “responsible communication on matters of public ...
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• Breakfast briefing: Words struggles, Googles tuggles and Duke Nukem very serious troubles

  
  Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 135
  • The failure of Microsoft to overturn a ruling that Word infringed another companys patent has left the software leviathan in a tricky situation. While it had got an injunction stopping sales lifted , the company will now tweak Word so that it isnt breaking the law. • After last weeks reports that Google ...
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• iPhone Already Revealing Security Risks

  
  Slaw — Authority: 588
  If you check out Steve Matthews ‘ great post today, Web Law Predictions for 2010 , there is one that is already starting to stand out: I’ll go out on a limb, and predict that 2010 will be the year a law firm somewhere will declare smart phones to be a security risk, jamming transmission internally or banning ...
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• The illegal e-Borders disaster | Michael Cross

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  The electronic border control system was flawed from the outset. The IT profession needs to learn to stand up to its paymasters One of the finalists in this years e-Government national awards to be presented next month is a project called e-Borders . It is up for a gong in the category "innovation in strategy at a ...
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• US regulators sue Intel over antitrust allegations

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  US regulators today launched a legal action against Intel, amid fresh accusations that the computer chip maker deliberately stifled competition. The announcement by the Federal Trade Commission, which oversees the enforcement of competition law in the US, marks the latest in a series of worldwide antitrust cases ...
  2 weeks ago

• How would it look if the browser choice were by market share?

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Wondering how fair it is if the logos for the competing browser are all the same sizes under the Microsoft/EC ruling? Weve drawn up the proportion by market share... Youll have read about the defeat for Microsoft at the hands of the European Commission over browsers . To wit: Existing Windows users in Europe, ...
  2 weeks ago

• EU ends competition case as Microsoft offers choice of web browsers

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  European users of Windows will no longer have Microsofts Internet Explorer as default browser European computer users who rely upon Microsoft Windows and its Internet Explorer application to get online are to be offered the chance to switch to a competing web browser. The deal today between the software company and ...
  2 weeks ago

• EU drops Microsoft browser charges with agreement on ballot screen

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  The EUs Competition Commission has dropped its anti-trust case following agreement on a ballot screen that will offer users a choice of browsers The EUs Competition Commission has dropped its browser-based anti-trust case against Microsoft after reaching agreement with the US-based software company about providing ...
  2 weeks ago

• Breakfast briefing: Microsoft in hot water, Australia closes in on web filters

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  • After being accused of lifting code from messaging service Plurk - a story we told you about in yesterdays briefing - Microsoft confirmed yesterday that it was, indeed, guilty of pilfering . The culprit? Apparently an independent developer hired by MSN China. The sites been suspended, but it may not be the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Breakfast briefing: Amazons author deal, and Microsofts latest spots of bother

  
  Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 135
  • The publishing industry has got plenty of worries about the ebook market - just witness Simon & Schusters decision last week to delay electronic publication of new titles by several months - but perhaps the biggest threat is now materialising: best-selling business author Stephen R Covey has signed an ...
  2 weeks ago

• ABA Techshow 2010 Schedule Released

  
  Slaw — Authority: 588
  In case you overlooked it in our selected #slawca retweets from last week, the ABA Techshow 2010 schedule has been released. ABA Techshow will be taking place March 25-27, 2010 in Chicago. View the quick web version of the schedule (session titles only, speakers aren’t listed here) or download the PDF schedule ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ten years of technology: 2001

  
  Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 135
  As the naughties come to a close, we take a look at the biggest technology stories of the decade - and how the Guardian reported them at the time Sitting here at the tail end of a vast, sweeping recession, it may feel grim out there. Theres a good reason for that: it is. But for the technology industry, few collapses ...
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• Globalive – the Implications

  
  Slaw — Authority: 588
  The Canadian Government stunned the telecom sector last Friday when it overturned the CRTC’s October 2009 ruling that Globalive Wireless Management Corp. was not Canadian-owned and controlled as required by section 16 of the Telecommunications Act. The variance is effective immediately which means that it’s ...
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• US video game company sues British blogger

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  The US based online game company Evony is suing a British blogger for defamation In an internet defamation case that lawyers say could set an "extraordinary precedent", an American games company is suing a British blogger in the Australian courts. Evony, an online games company registered in the US state of ...
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• Craigslist founder felt cheated by eBay

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  The founder of classified advertising website Craigslist says he felt betrayed by eBay soon after the auction giant took a $32m stake in his company five years years ago. Craig Newmark, who started Craigslist in 1995, told a court in Delaware on Thursday that he would have blocked the deal that saw eBay acquire more ...
  2 weeks ago

• Breakfast briefing: Oracle takes on the EU, while Playboy pouts at iPhone users

  
  Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 135
  • With its $7.4bn purchase of Sun Microsystem tied up amid objections from the European Union, Oracle is taking the offensive to Brussels. In a closed hearing, the company is suggesting that the claims that the buyout is anti-competitive are false. The FT says Oracle thinks regulators "cherry-picked" their ...
  2 weeks ago

• Round two in eBay and Craigslist clash

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Tuesday was the second day in the court case between eBay and Craigslist, and interesting details continue to be thrown up as the two sides fight out their tempestuous relationship. A quick recap: the dispute, which goes back several years, focuses on eBays minority shareholding in the classified site , which the ...
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• Whitman: eBay would have loved to have bought Craigslist

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Executives at eBay had wanted to acquire rival Craigslist outright when they bought a share in the site in 2004, former eBay boss Meg Whitman told a court on Monday. The 53-year-old - who is now running for political office in California - said that eBay paid $32m for a minority stake in the pioneering classified ...
  3 weeks ago

• Court battle as Craigslist and eBay fight for control

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  • Auction giant claims rival has secretly diluted shareholding • Whitman and Omidyar expected to testify Craigslist and eBay, two of the worlds biggest websites, are going head to head in a dispute that could have major implications for the future of the classified advertising giant. Lawyers for the two ...
  3 weeks ago

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