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Time Warner hit with class action suit over $4 fee

, Nov 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

If there's one (of many things) customers don't like seeing on their monthly statement, it's a frivolous charge. It's not surprising that when Time Warner started sending out notifications alerting customers to a monthly $3.95 modem rental fee, the results were less than enthusiastic. Now the company is being hit with a class action lawsuit in New York and New Jersey. Read The Full Story

Kixeye files cross-complaint against Zynga

, Nov 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

Kixeye has filed a cross-complaint against Zynga in what has become a back and forth battle between the two companies. The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California, and comes after a lawsuit by Zynga against Kixeye. It all started when one of Zynga's employees who worked on CityVille left for the now-suing company. Read The Full Story

Microsoft sued over the Surface’s storage capacity

, Nov 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft's tablet/PC hybrid, the Surface RT, is advertised at 32GB and 64GB, depending on which model you purchase. As with all cell phones, laptops, tablets, and other devices with internal storage, the actual user-available capacity is lower due to the operating system and such. Andrew Sokolowski, a California lawyer, isn't happy about this, and has sued Microsoft over his 32GB Surface's storage space. Read The Full Story

Blizzard hit with lawsuit over Battle.net security

, Nov 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

To many, securing your Battle.net account with one of the authenticators Blizzard offers is just the way the game is played. Folks have been using authenticators to secure their Battle.net accounts for years now, but one player has decided he's had enough. His name is Benjamin Bell, and he's the leading plaintiff in a new class action lawsuit brought against Blizzard. Read The Full Story

Judge rejects request to block Dish AutoHop and PrimeTime Anytime

, Nov 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Ah, commercials. They're convenient for those times you want to grab more snacks without missing any of your show, and maddening when you just want to watch TV without seemingly endless commercials. Dish Network offers two features via its Hopper Whole-Home DVR that allows users to record shows and skip commercials. Fox tried to block these features, but a judge has ruled in Dish's favor. Read The Full Story

Apple avoids antitrust investigation by allowing Amazon to lower ebook prices

, Nov 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple has negotiated a deal with European Union regulators that will result in the company avoiding a potential investigation on antitrust violations. However, in return, Apple is letting Amazon set their own prices for ebooks, which will most likely be lower than what Apple offers in their iBooks store. Read The Full Story

Apple loses right to sell iPhone in Mexico

, Nov 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

While the iPhone is selling well in various parts of the world, it's a different story in Mexico. Apple has lost a court case in Mexico that may completely ban the company from selling the iPhone in the country. The court ruled that the "iPhone" name is too phonetically similar to that of Mexican telecommunications company iFone, which registered the name in 2003. Read The Full Story

FTC reportedly recommends lawsuit against Google over patents

, Nov 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

The FTC has been nosing around Google for a while now, having formally launched a probe back in June to look into whether the company is guilty of blocking competitors’ access to essential technology patents. Earlier this month, we reported that Google was looking into settling the issue. Now it seems the FTC has formally recommended that the company be sued. Read The Full Story

Microsoft sued over Live Tiles in Windows

, Oct 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

While the Live Tiles feature in Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Phone 8 may be something new for PC and tablet users, it was actually introduced two years ago with the launch of Windows Phone 7, but a small operating system technology designing company by the name of SurfCast is just now suing Microsoft over the Live Tiles feature. Read The Full Story

Man arrested for plotting ownership scheme against Facebook

, Oct 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

39-year-old Paul Ceglia, a New York wood pellet salesman who claimed he owned a huge stake in Facebook by forging documents, was arrested today and taken into custody by US Postal inspectors at Ceglia's home in Wellsville, NY. He was arrested on charges that he falsified records and destroyed evidence in a multi-billion dollar scheme to defraud Facebook and the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Read The Full Story

Samsung infringed on Apple patents, judge rules

, Oct 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

You win some, you lose some. In this case, Samsung is the loser, with a federal trade panel judge ruling that the company infringed on Apple's patents. This is the latest in a long patent war that the two companies have been engaged in for quite some time, and comes after the South Korean company's brief victory in the Netherlands. Read The Full Story

Google contemplates patent antitrust settlement

, Oct 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

We reported last Friday about a potential antitrust lawsuit that the FTC was looking at slapping Google with over patent violations. The Federal Trade Commission has been investigating potential antitrust claims regarding Google for over a year. Recently, it started poking around the way Google handled the patents it received when it bought Motorola, and now it seems Google is considering a settlement. Read The Full Story
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