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HP’s fight with Autonomy gets personal

HP’s fight with Autonomy gets personal

By Paul Miller on April 1, 2015

And vice versa. HP is suing Autonomy’s former CEO and CFO for $5 billion, citing fraud. They, in turn, are suing HP for almost $150 million in damages, citing ‘false and negligent statements’ made about them on HP’s behalf. You know the story; HP spends crazy money on Autonomy, a darling of the UK tech sector. […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Autonomy, Autonomy Corporation, fraud, hewlett packard, hp, lawsuit, Meg Whitman, Mike Lynch, tftd

BREAKING: Google to Capitol Records–We’re Not Going to Let You Shut Down Cloud Computing

BREAKING: Google to Capitol Records–We’re Not Going to Let You Shut Down Cloud Computing

By Mark Fidelman on February 1, 2012

Can someone tell Capitol Records that the music has stopped? If you haven’t been following events, Capitol Records (EMI) has sued Boston-based Redigi (a used digital music marketplace) for what amounts to copyright infringement.  Today, Google decided to enter the fray as a third party, and filed an amicus curiae brief (friend of the court) […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged capitol records, Digital audio, EMI, google, lawsuit, Miscellany, music industry, redigi | 1 Response

Law Firm going after individual sellers on Amazon for Patent Violation

Law Firm going after individual sellers on Amazon for Patent Violation

By Dan Morrill on October 31, 2011

I don’t know enough about this right now to go and make the statement of if this is a valid legal issue, or if this is simply “patent trolling”, but apparently a law firm representing Kelora Systems is now going … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged amazon, Ebay, google, lawsuit, microsoft, Patent, Patent infringement, Techwag Basics | 1 Response

NTP is the New SCO

NTP is the New SCO

By Zoli Erdos on July 9, 2010

NTP, the shell company whose only business is to extract ransom from real businesses does not sit on the $600 they extorted from RIM.  They are now suing just about all the smartphone industry: Apple, Google, HTC, Microsoft, LG and Motorola. Is NTP the new SCO? Related posts: NTP Sues Apple, Google, Microsoft And Others […]

Posted in General | Tagged Apple, cellular, extortion, google, HTC, intellectual property, ip, lawsuit, lg, microsoft, mobile market, motorola, ntp, patent troll, patents, sco, smartphones, wireless

Your Honor, You’re Clueless. (Judge Orders Google to Shut Down Email Account)

Your Honor, You’re Clueless. (Judge Orders Google to Shut Down Email Account)

By Zoli Erdos on September 25, 2009

Rocky Mountain Bank might as well be called Royal Sc***up Bank.  An employee emailed loan documentation to the wrong email address.  Bad, but not unseen mistake. However, he also mistakenly attached documents that should not have been sent to anyone in the first place: The attachment contained confidential information on 1,325 individual and business customers […]

Posted in General | Tagged bank, email, google, justice, lawsuit, privacy | 3 Responses

Bought a Netbook or Super-slim Notebook? The “Free” Windows 7 Upgrade May Cost You a Bunch.

Bought a Netbook or Super-slim Notebook? The “Free” Windows 7 Upgrade May Cost You a Bunch.

By Zoli Erdos on August 7, 2009

It’s back-to-school time, and there are some amazing bargains if you’re looking for new laptops: following Walmart, just about all major retailers offer at least one sub $300 model – a bit underpowered, if you ask me, but for $100 more you can get fairly powerful computers, still below the $500 treshold.   Netbooks are no […]

Posted in General | Tagged acer timeline, customer service, ideapad, laptop, lawsuit, lenovo, microsoft, netbook, super-slim, vista, win7 upgrade, windows, windows 7 | 1 Response

The Rise and Fall of Blognation: Follow up

The Rise and Fall of Blognation: Follow up

By Dan Morrill on August 4, 2009

It’s an interesting day in the ongoing saga of Blognation, Sam Sethi and Michael Arrington. While I have written about this in the past, there is one final chapter in this story, and that is the default judgment in a UK court against Michael Arrington. I will have to add this to the story of […]

Posted in General | Tagged Blog Herald, Blognation, freedom of speech, jurisdiction, lawsuit, lawsuits, libel, Michael Arrington, Sam Sethi, techcrunch, UK

The Dog Ate My Computer and Amazon Ate My Homework

The Dog Ate My Computer and Amazon Ate My Homework

By Zoli Erdos on July 30, 2009

I was laughing when I read Prof. Eszter Hargittai’s post: The dog ate my computer and other contemporary student excuses.  Now here’s a sequel: Lawsuit: Amazon Ate My Homework. Justin D. Gawronski, a 17-year-old Michigan high school senior is suing Amazon for wiping out his annotated copy of Orwell’s 1984, reports the WSJ: Gawronski, a […]

Posted in General | Tagged 1984, amazon, lawsuit, orwell

Predicting the First Windows 7 Lawsuits

Predicting the First Windows 7 Lawsuits

By Zoli Erdos on March 4, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife The Vista Capable lawsuit has not even settled yet, and I am predicting the next one: the first Windows 7 Lawsuits – not necessarily against Microsoft, but hardware manufacturers / sellers.  Microsoft is setting the stage for these lawsuits now. The essence of the Vista Capable issue was that […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged class action lawsuit, lawsuit, microsoft, netbooks, operating systems, vista, windows, windows 7 | 1 Response

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