Just because it can be done, doesn’t mean it should be done. At least that is what the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) chairman is saying now. Last week, Tom Wheeler announced a proposal that would lift the FCC ban on usi...
Feeling overwhelmed by all of the social media out there? That’s okay, you’re not alone. Google believes that there are a lot of people that can’t seem to keep up with social networking and has taken out a patent on a program that...
The “tag and fight” keeps on going between Apple and Samsung. Sometimes competition goes far higher than just markets, such as courtrooms. In the latest series of “Apple versus Samsung” in the “courtr...
Another judge is unhappy with the conduct of the National Security Agency (NSA). This time it is Judge John D. Bates of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) — the court that must give approval for surveillance ...
The legal drama over patent infringement and how much Samsung owes Apple plays on. Samsung asked for a mistrial in the most recent case, a retrial of last year’s patent infringement battle, because of a remark made by Apple’s lead...
The Electronic Privacy Information Center’s (EPIC) case against the NSA was not brought before the Supreme Court like they had hoped. In a shocking — or maybe not so shocking — move, the high court declined to hear the...
A court in Washington, D.C. has ordered The US Department of Homeland Security to reveal details on exactly how “Standard Operating Procedure 303” works. With this procedure Homeland Security is able to shut down wirel...
Canadian authorities recently busted a child pornography business that spanned countries worldwide. As a result of the three-year investigation, 348 people — 108 Canadians, 76 U.S. citizens, and 164 citizens from various cou...
After fighting with the Authors Guild for eight long years, Google has finally gotten the green light to go ahead with Google Books. The massive book-scanning project was Google’s attempt to scan and digitally capture around...
Baidu, which is the top search engine in China, and QVOD, a Chinese video on demand service, are being targeted for copyright violation. The suing parties are seeking $49.2 million in damages and they have named themselves the The...
According to Judge Paul Grewal, it seems Samsung is guilty of violating a protective order that was issued by court to prevent certain documents from reaching the public. The documents that were leaked pertained to patent licensin...
Carlos Enrique Perez-Melara has just made the FBI’s most wanted list of cybercriminals. He was charged back in 2005 for creating and selling a malware program, which documented messages as well as keystrokes on infected comp...
There has been a big step forward in the use of drones in US air space. The Federal Aviation Administration has released its “roadmap” for allowing drones to operate in US airspace. These guidelines spell out recommendations for d...
Like other major tech companies have done since Edward Snowden’s revelations on the NSA, Apple has released its first transparency report on user data. The report outlines the requests for users’ data it received from ...
Tim Cook, Apple’s Chief Executive Office, wrote in the Wall Street Journal about how he was in favor of the US government passing an anti-discrimination bill that would target discrimination that takes place in the work plac...
