The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced this week that it has filed a petition with the US Librarian of Congress and the Copyright Office to extend ...
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EFF asks Congress for permission to revive “abandoned” online games
It's great that many games have strong online components, but there's a dark side to that connectedness: if the developers (or their partners) shut down ...
Qualcomm is facing investigations on three fronts: US, EU, and China
Chipmaker Qualcomm is facing regulatory investigations in the U.S. and Europe in addition to an ongoing anti-monopoly probe in China. The company is struggling ...
FBI nabs one of its Most Wanted Cyber Fugitives
On November 4, 2014, FBI announced the arrest of John Gordon Baden, 38, who was considered one of San Diego, California’s FBI Most Wanted Cyber Fugitives. Baden ...
Intel to pay $15 per user to settle benchmark manipulation lawsuit
Companies fudging benchmark scores isn’t new, although it seems that after nearly a decade and a half later, Intel has been accused of fudging the benchmark ...
Apple is facing legal troubles in India over the “iFon” name
While the iPhone moniker is one known to many people as being a product from Apple, in some parts of the world that isn’t true. For example in Brazil, the ...
Samsung uses anti-trust concerns in its legal battle with Microsoft
Samsung defended its attempt to back out of a disputed patent deal with Microsoft, citing antitrust concerns over the Redmond company’s purchase of Nokia’s ...
FCC considers hybrid approach to net neutrality
The US Federal Communications Commission appears set to reclassify broadband so that it comes under the agency’s authority, but without explicitly prohibiting ...
Spain passes “Google Tax” for news publishers
For companies like Google, facing problems with the law across Europe has become a common thing. The most recent example of this is now taking place in Spain, ...
The Pirate Bay co-founder found guilty in hacking trial
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, the Swedish cofounder of The Pirate Bay, has been found guilty of hacking by a Danish court in the latest of a fairly long line of ...
New FCC rule change is a massive victory for internet television
Right now internet services don't always have the opportunity to show the same content as traditional TV, but the FCC might be about to change that. Chairman ...
AT&T gets sued by the FTC for throttling unlimited data customers
AT&T is facing blowback from a decision it made back in 2011 to throttle some of its unlimited data customers today in the form of a new lawsuit from the ...
UK lawmakers want to send computer hackers to prison for life
Lawmakers in the United Kingdom are currently considering changes to the country’s criminal code that could result in hackers being locked up for longer than ...
FCC issues $10 million fine for user privacy breaches
The FCC usually frets over issues like fair network access and next-generation technology, but it's now concerned about your privacy, too. The agency has just ...
Thousands of Hungarians are protesting the country’s “Internet Tax”
Trouble is brewing in Hungary, as thousands of concerned citizens took to the streets in Budapest to protest a new proposed tax on internet use. Over 10,000 ...