Microsoft sued digital video recorder company TiVo, claiming features in TiVo's set-top boxes infringe four of the software company's patents. The claims of patent infringement, made in federal court in Seattle, revolve around TiVo's program time guide, schedule grid, remote interface and program delivery system.
The House Republicans' first major technology initiative is about to be unveiled: a push to force Internet companies to keep track of what their users are doing. A House panel chaired by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin is scheduled to hold a hearing to discuss forcing Internet providers, and perhaps Web companies as well, to store records of their users' activities for later review by police.
President Nicolas Sarkozy says his Facebook page got hacked — and he jokingly used the opportunity to poke fun at the intruder's spelling mistakes in a fake message saying the French leader won't seek a second term. Sarkozy wrote Monday on his official Facebook page that it had been hacked the previous evening, "perhaps to remind me that no system is infallible."
Facebook, facing potential fines for violating strict privacy laws in Germany, agreed to let users in the country better shield their e-mail contacts from unwanted advertisements and solicitations it sends. Facebook, which has more than 10 million users in Germany, agreed to modify its Friend Finder service to let Germans better block its ability to contact people, including non-Facebook users culled from a user’s e-mail address books.
A new report by Consumer Watchdog accuses the Obama administration of having an inappropriately close relationship with Google, allowing the company to escape scrutiny. The group released the report along with a letter calling on House Oversight chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., to investigate Google's relationship with government agencies.
Mozilla is looking to add a new feature to its Firefox browser that would enable users to opt-out of online behavioral tracking by advertisers. The move follows a December report from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that endorsed the idea of a "Do Not Track" mechanism that would allow Web users to choose whether they want to be tracked online.
A controversial bill handing President Obama power over privately owned computer systems during a "national cyberemergency," and prohibiting any review by the court system, will return this year. The point of the proposal is to assert governmental control only over those "crucial components that form our nation's critical infrastructure," according to Brandon Milhorn, Republican staff director and counsel for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
People who play illegal copies of video games on chipped or modified consoles cost at least £1.45 billion in lost sales in 2010. The Association of UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE), which speaks for the games industry, says it's not just money that's being lost.
Google engineer Matt Cutts posted on his blog that the search giant will be increasing its efforts to rid user results of "search spam" generated by aggregation sites, automated blogs and content farms.
Ever dreamt of controlling a dot-gov or dot-edu? A hacker is selling access to dozens of military, government, and university Websites for $55-499 a piece.
Twitter and Twitter users are being targeted by a malicious worm. The worm sends out tweets with a goo.gl shortened URL link directed to a rogue antivirus application.
The problems continue to pile up for the Pennsylvania woman who became the unwitting star of a viral video after she fell into a mall fountain while text messaging. In the hours that followed Cathy Cruz Marrero's appearance on "Good Morning America" to talk about the fall and its aftermath, she was in court for a status hearing on charges of five felony counts, including theft by deception and receiving stolen property.
Facebook gaffes that can cause trouble in the workplace aren't unique to drunken college students anymore. As more companies and their workers tap into the world of blogs, Twitter and Facebook, employers are tripping over legal potholes in social media.
Trapster is telling registered users to change their passwords due to an attack. Trapster.com, creator of a popular mobile application that warns users about speed traps, notified users that their passwords may have been exposed due to an attack.
Verizon Communications has fired the first shot in the legal war to dismantle the Federal Communications Commission's new Net neutrality rules. The phone company filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the FCC's Report and Order on rules dealing with the issue of Net neutrality.
As part of Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to Washington, the White House said that China has agreed to boost its efforts to promote the use of legal U.S. software by Chinese government agencies and the private sector in China. China has agreed to allocate government funding for the purchase of legal software, audit the use of legal software and publish the results of those audits, and also encourage private companies and state-owned enterprises to use legal software, according to a fact sheet released by the White House.
An online group implicated in the theft of 100,000 e-mail addresses of Apple iPad users says two of its members arrested did nothing wrong. Daniel Spitler and Andrew Auernheimer face counts of fraud and conspiracy to access a computer without authorization.
Spam, phishing and malware attacks on social-networking sites in 2010 were double in number from the year before, according to a new review of cyberthreats. Sophos’ Security Threat Report 2011 explains that the rapid growth of social-networking sites -- most prominently Facebook -- has made them sitting targets for attackers.
The new Congress has only just started, but its Internet and technology agenda is quickly filling up. Top on the list for Republicans will be efforts to undo the Federal Communication Commission's late-December "Open Internet" Order. After that, expect bipartisan action on efforts to slake the voracious appetite for wireless spectrum of mobile Internet users and possible reform of the $8 billion Universal Service Fund.
The head of the Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency defended his agency's aggressive efforts to combat online piracy and counterfeiting by seizing Internet domain names. During a speech at the annual State of the Net conference, ICE Director John Morton defended the agency's "Operation In Our Sites" actions that involved the issuance of warrants in June to seize nine Internet domain names engaged in piracy of copyrighted content.
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