HP’s fight with Autonomy gets personal
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. […]
BREAKING: Google to Capitol Records–We’re Not Going to Let You Shut Down Cloud Computing
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) […]
Law Firm going after individual sellers on Amazon for Patent Violation
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 →
NTP is the New SCO
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 […]
Your Honor, You’re Clueless. (Judge Orders Google to Shut Down Email Account)
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 […]
Bought a Netbook or Super-slim Notebook? The “Free” Windows 7 Upgrade May Cost You a Bunch.
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 […]
The Rise and Fall of Blognation: Follow up
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 […]
The Dog Ate My Computer and Amazon Ate My Homework
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 […]
Predicting the First Windows 7 Lawsuits
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 […]
