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Pistol-packin’ bullet despatchin’ iPhone defender ends up in jail

May 27th, 2010 9:15am Lee J. 1 comment

Pistol-packin' iPhone defender ends up in hot water

When gun-lovin’ Roger Witter saw two men nick a load of  iPhones from an AT&T store Gresham, Oregon, he decided to take action.

Instead of sensibly waiting for the feds to arrive, he decided to go all Harry Callaghan on the perp’s asses, and blasted away at their departing car in an attempt to blow out its tyres.

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Google face lawsuits over Wi-Fi Street View data privacy

May 19th, 2010 11:34pm mike s No comments

Google face lawsuits over Wi-Fi Street View data privacy

The fall out continues after Google’s Street View cars were discovered to have been scooping up samples of payload data from open (i.e. non-password-protected) Wi-Fi networks.

Despite posting a comprehensively grovelling apology, a class action lawsuit has just been filed in Oregon district court claiming privacy violation.

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US iPad sales to be blocked by Elan multi-touch patent claim?

March 30th, 2010 9:03pm Lee J. No comments

US iPad sales to be blocked in Elan multi-touch patent claim?Taiwanese tech company Elan Microelectronics have filed a suit against Apple that has the potential to stop the iPad dead in its tracks.

The suit filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission alleges that certain Apple products have violated their multi-touch patent.

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Activist site urges users to email MPs to block Digital Economy Bill

March 17th, 2010 2:06pm Lee J. 2 comments

UK site urges MPs to not rush through extreme web laws

There’s a lot to be concerned about the Digital Economy Bill that is being pushed through the law-making process with unseemly haste.

In response, an activist website has sprung up making it easy for the public to contact their MPs and ask them to consider the controversial bill more carefully.

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Apple sues HTC, guns for Android in massive legal challenge

March 2nd, 2010 5:18pm Lee J. No comments

Apple sues HTC, guns for Android

Bosh! Apple’s over-worked lawyers are off again, this time laying down a massive suit against HTC, claiming that the company is infringing 20 patents “related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware.”

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Microsoft loses patent appeal, Office and Word 2007 sales to end in January

December 23rd, 2009 9:30am mike s No comments

Microsoft loses patent appeal, Office and Word 2007 sales to end in JanuaryMicrosoft has lost its legal appeal with a small Canadian company called i4i, which will result in the sales of its popular software programs Microsoft Word 2007 and Microsoft Office 2007 being halted on January 11th, 2010.

The whole she-bang is over some XML code in the software suites which was found to infringe i4i’s patent, landing the smaller company a right little earner to the tune of some $290 million.

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UK photographers: stop Government plans to strip you of your copyright

November 19th, 2009 12:24pm mike s 2 comments

UK photographers: stop Government plans to strip you of your copyrightNewly proposed government legislation designed to deal with ‘orphan files’ will leave non-commercial websites free to use  a photographer’s images without permission, payment or even credit,

The Digital Economy Bill includes changes to the copyright system and is charged with ‘providing essential support for creative industries in a digital world, through proposals on online copyright infringement and changes to copyright licensing.’

In effect, this will allow free and unhindered reproduction of photographs without payment or credit on non-commercial websites.

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Clash of the Titans: Nokia suing Apple over the iPhone

October 22nd, 2009 5:19pm Lee J. No comments

Clash of the Titans: Nokia suing Apple over the iPhone

Nokia’s fortunes may be flapping faster than Deputy Dawg’s ears in a Gale Force 10 wind, but they’re still willing to take on the mighty Apple in a row over patent infringement.

The Finnish mobile giant has announced that it’s suing its rival Apple for infringing their mobile phone technology patents with the iPhone.

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Does this look like Apple’s logo to you?

October 5th, 2009 12:00pm mike s 1 comment

Does this look like Apple's logo to you?

Insanely, Apple’s lawyers have mounted a legal challenge to stop the Australian retailer Woolworths from using their shiny green logo, insisting that it is too close to its own.

Although Apple are famously litigious, this surely looks like a step too far -  you’d have to be on some seriously mind-bending drugs to confuse the retailer’s effort with the internationality recognised Apple logo.

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Stephen Colbert: man arrested for taking pictures of trains

September 30th, 2009 5:41pm mike s No comments

Despite the law being clear on a citizen’s rights to freely take pictures in public places, UK photographers have often found themselves doing battle with clueless cops and power mad plastic PCs during the course of their business.

Now it seems that things are just as stupid in the States, as comedian Stephen Colbert explains in three steps in this video clip:

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