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Senator Rand Paul files class action lawsuit against President Obama because...
Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky who describes himself as a “constitutional conservative” is a known libertarian, has filed a class action lawsuit against President Barack Obama, as well...
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Advertising Standards Authority bans ad for Nude Scanner 3D app
An advertisement for the Nude Scanner 3D app has been banned by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).The advertisement first appeared on Channel 4 and in between episodes of Hollyoaks and the...
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Utah Senator wants to raise greenhouse gas limits, because “dinosaurs did...
Jerry Anderson (R), who is the Senator of Utah, thinks that we should raise the limits on greenhouse gases, not lower them.Anderson, who was a science teacher at one point, is trying to fight against...
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White House to launch website aimed at fighting patent trolls
The White House is creating a new initiative to help fight patent trolls and this involves creating a website that those being hit by a patent lawsuit can hopefully use to help.The site was set up by...
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Gearbox sues original creator of Duke Nukem for creating an unauthorized new...
Gearbox has decided to sue 3D Realms and Interceptor Entertainment for using the Duke Nukem property in an unauthorized manner. The studio which brought Borderlands 1 and 2 also holds the trademarks...
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Apple is suing Chinese government for Siri clone
Apple is suing the Chinese government for allowing the development of a program that is very similar to Siri.The lawsuit has been filed against China’s State Intellectual Property Office, which...
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Law forces porn stars to use condoms, so porn studio removes condoms using...
Back in 2012, Los Angeles County passed a law called Measure B that required all adult film actors to wear condoms on camera. Porn studio Falcon Studios, however, has found a way to preserve the old...
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Apple urges Arizona governor to veto anti-gay bill
Apple has spoken out and is urging the governor of Arizona, Republican Jan Brewer, to veto a bill that would allow for business owners to deny service to those of the LGBT community.The legislation in...
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Google is trying to block legislation that bans driving with Google Glass
Google is currently attempting to block legislation in several states that would restrict the use of Google Glass while driving. At the moment eight states are thinking about legislation which would...
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President Obama is considering four alternatives to NSA surveillance, says...
President Obama is currently reviewing four alternatives to the mass surveillance carried out by the National Security Agency (NSA), according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.The deadline for...
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Game developer will abandon controversial ‘candy’ trademark
King, the company behind the massively successful game Candy Crush Saga, have filed for “express abandonment” on their trademark for the word candy.The company claims that the reason they abandoned...
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Texas court says police need warrant to search phone of jailed person
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled on Wednesday that stated police officers have to get a warrant before searching a person’s cell phone once they (the person) are in jail. Unfortunately the...
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How ironic: US government wants to keep metadata collected by NSA past 5-year...
Due to the lawsuits that have been filed against the National Security Agency (NSA), the American government wants to keep the records from the NSA bulk metadata collection program past the five years...
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German court dismisses $2 billion lawsuit against Apple by patent troll
A German court has dismissed the $2.2 billion lawsuit filed against Apple by IPCom, a known patent troll company. They were suing Apple and claiming that they were owed damages for the inclusion of...
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Los Angeles bans e-cigarettes in some public places
The city of Las Angeles has decided to ban the use of e-cigarettes in a number of public places, following in the foot steps of cities like Chicago and New York City. The ban, which will take effect...
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Over 400 people want to join lawsuit against Mt Gox
Over 400 people, from all over the world, have said that they want to join in on a class-action lawsuit against Mt Gox, which until its recent closure, was one of the biggest Bitcoin exchanges. The...
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American government sues Sprint, says Sprint overcharged by $21 million for...
The American government has filed a lawsuit against Sprint, claiming that the company overcharged the government by $21 million for the wiretap operations that Sprint allowed. The US government...
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Man is convicted for installing spyware on women’s PCs while “fixing” them
Andrew Meldrum, who is from London, has been convicted for installing spyware onto the computers of three women and then using the women’s own webcams to spy on them. Meldrum was found guilty on two...
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UK government employee who helped create UK’s porn filter has been arrested...
Patrick Rock, who is an advisor to UK Prime Minister David Cameron and the deputy director of policy, has resigned from his post on Monday because he was arrested in February for being in possession...
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Twitter has bought 900 IBM patents for $36 million
Twitter has paid $36 million for 900 owned by International Business Machines Corp (IBM). This purchase has ended any possibility of a lawsuit between the two companies, which IBM had threatened...
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Japan declares that Bitcoin is not a currency
The Japanese government has decided that Bitcoin is not a currency, and therefore those in charge of regulations may not get into any trouble concerning the $500 million loss of Bitcoin that Mt Gox...
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Two Saudi men go to prison for over five years because of Twitter posts
Tweeting has played a part in the sentencing of two separate Saudi men to time in prison. The two men, whose names have not been released, have both received severe penalties for sending out tweets....
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Parents sue Google because of children who spent too much on in-app purchases
After Apple, it seems that it’s Google’s turn to feel the wrath of parents whose children has spent too much money on in-app purchases without proper consent. The company has been hit with a...
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US senator says CIA hacked and intimidated Congress
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who is the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has accused the CIA of hacking into Senate computers and looking for an internal agency interrogation report...
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EU votes in favor of universal mobile charger using micro USB for all mobile...
Looking for the right charger for your mobile device in Europe might soon become very easy. The European Union has recently voted in favor of introducing a single universal mobile charger for all...
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Google and Viacom end $1 billion YouTube legal dispute
The legal dispute between Google and Viacom, which started back in 2007 because Viacom wasn’t happy about unauthorized TV clips being shown on YouTube, has finally ended and it looks like the two...
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Creators of “revenge porn” site ordered to pay $385,000
Eric Chason and Kevin Bollaert have been ordered by a federal judge district court judge, based in Ohio, to pay $385,000 to a woman who’s pictures, which were of a sexually explicit nature, were posted...
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Porn troll Malibu Media lawsuit thrown out by Florida judge
If you know anything about porn, then you must have heard of adult film company Malibu Media. It’s one of the best in the business, but don’t ask how I know such things. Malibu Media is sometimes...
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Media regulator wants UK law to enforce age checks on porn sites
An independent regulator of the media wants is trying to push the government into making laws that would enforce the age checks on porn sites and ensure that no one under 18 is able to get through....
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New law lets you legally rip CDs in the UK
As of June 1, 2014 it will be legal for those who have bought a CD, or any other form of media, to rip or make a copy of it for their own personal use in the UK. At the moment it is still illegal to...
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Europe court rules that ISPs can be forced to block piracy sites
The European Court of Justice have ruled that those states within the European Union do have the right to force internet service providers (ISPs) to block websites which infringe on copyright. So any...
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Megaupload faces new lawsuit by Hollywood movie studios
Megaupload may be known as Mega now but it’s still facing numerous lawsuits. Just recently, the whole company, with some former employees (Kim Dotcom, Mathias, Ortmann, and Bram Van Der Kolk), have...
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French labor unions ban email for employees after 6PM — sort of
The recent ruling on a no-work-email-after-6-pm for the French caused quite a stir in the marketplace. The first report by The Guardian was clearly misunderstood. Employees are not banned to check...
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Internet Bill of Rights is passed by Brazil senate
The Internet is fast becoming a world on its own. Admit it or not, the Internet is everything to you and me. No one really owns the Internet, we live in it. Who leads it? Nobody can really say but...
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Judge says US search warrants still apply to digital data that is stored...
The recent development in Internet privacy has me worrying about the future. Why? Apparently a new ruling by a New York judge said that US search warrants can be applied to e-mail accounts and other...
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