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USPTO shreds Edge trademarks and kills a troll

, Apr 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Several years ago a man named Tim Langdell was able to successfully win trademarks on several rather generic terms. The terms trademarked by Langdell included "edge," "cutting edge," "the edge," and "gamer's edge." After winning those trademarks, the man said about suing any video game company that used any of those words in the title of their video games. Read The Full Story

eBay seeks help from users to fight an upcoming federal sales tax legislation

, Apr 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

A new legislation, known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, will allow states to require online retailers to collect and remit use tax on purchases shipped into their states. The new legislation will only affect businesses that generate over $1 million in out-of-state sales, however, John Donahoe, CEO of eBay, says that merchants who generate less than $10 million in sales, and/or have less than 50 employees, should also be exempt. Read The Full Story

Penguin to terminate Apple e-book deal to settle EU antitrust case

, Apr 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Penguin, the last of five publishers, including Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan, has offered to terminate its e-book deal with Apple in order to settle with EU antitrust regulators. The e-book agreements forbade other retailers from selling the e-books from these publishers at lower prices than Apple's iBookstore. Read The Full Story

LulzSec hacker gets prison sentence for Sony Pictures hack

, Apr 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the man known as Cody Andrew Kretsinger has been issued a prison sentence for his part in a 2011 attack on a Sony Pictures-owned website, this incident earning hima cool 1 year in a federal cell. This particular hack ended up having the names and information of customers of Sony products stolen and leaked to the public. This information included the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of a massive amount of customers. Read The Full Story

Viacom loses copyright lawsuit against YouTube

, Apr 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Once again, YouTube had risen as victor against Viacom in a copyright lawsuit that has been limping along for quite some time now. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton sided with the video hosting service, stating that YouTube is protected by the DMCA, and that Viacom's arguments against it demonstrated an anachronistic slant on the law. Read The Full Story

LulzSec hacker “Recursion” sentenced to a year in prison

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

It has been a long process, but one of LulzSec's hackers who went by the name "Recursion" has been sentenced, receiving one year in prison for his part in a cyberattack on Sony Entertainment. After serving his year, the hacker, who's real name is Cody Kretsinger, will have to perform 1,000 hours of community service and home detention. Kretsinger plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer, according to Reuters. Read The Full Story

House passes CISPA bill with flying colors

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

After being squashed in the Senate last year, the CISPA bill has made a reappearance in the House of Representatives once again, and it passed with flying colors. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, as it's called, passed in the House by a majority vote of 288 to 127. It's now on to the Senate to get a yea or nay. Read The Full Story

Apple told by China to remove obscene content from online store

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

China's National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications has targeted Apple, ordering the company and nearly 200 other websites to remove what it has decided is unacceptable content. Apple hasn't yet commented on the matter, but Bloomberg reports that it was smacked with orders to remove content that wasn't named, while other websites were completely shut down. Read The Full Story

Google to Glass owners: don’t sell them, and don’t share them

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Do you know someone slated to get a pair of Glass Explorer edition frames in the next few weeks? Are you hoping to borrow them for a week or so? You might be out of luck the same way those who want to sell their pair for a markup are. Buyers may have paid $1,500 for the frames, but Google retains the power to kill the device from afar, something it says it will do if users violate its terms of service. And no, you won't get a refund when your glasses go dark. Read The Full Story

Facebook partnering with attorneys general for privacy awareness

, Apr 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Let's face it: Facebook privacy is something of a misnomer -- it's hard to use "Facebook" and "privacy" in the same sentence without it being considered negative. However, the social networking giant knows it, and it has announced that it will be partnering up with 19 state attorneys general in order to raise awareness for teen privacy on Facebook. Read The Full Story

Google issues settlement terms to the European Union

, Apr 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google has issued some new settlement terms to EU regulators to make sure that its search engine is much more competition-friendly. According to The Wall Street Journal's sources, Google's proposal was submitted last week, and will alter the way the search engine will look in Europe (it will look the same as it does now everywhere else in the world). If approved, Google would be bound to this proposal for 5 years, and it would be monitored by a 3rd party to ensure its following through with the terms. Read The Full Story

France to seek digital regulation changes following AppGratis’ App Store removal

, Apr 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Earlier this week, we reported that Apple had pulled AppGratis from the App Store, seemingly without reason, fueling both a great deal of criticism and speculation. Following, it was revealed that the service had been pulled due to violating certain guidelines, primarily the one involving push notifications with advertisements and more. In light of this, Reuters is reporting that France will approach the European Commission to seek "tighter regulation." Read The Full Story
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