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UN denounces killer autonomous robots

, May 3rd 2013 Discuss [7]

The United Nations spends a lot of time considering things that could be used against humans during times of war. One of the things that the UN has been considering recently are the use of automated robots with weapon systems on the battlefield. The UN is strongly against any use of autonomous robots with the ability to end human life. Read The Full Story

Warner Bros. hit with lawsuit over Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat use

, May 2nd 2013 Discuss [1]

If you've never seen Keyboard Cat or Nyan Cat, welcome to your first day on the Internet. That aside, both videos, one lovable and the other maddening in a good way, are the source of a lawsuit against Warner Brothers due to its use of them without permission, credit, or compensation to their creators. Game developer 5th Cell was also tagged in the lawsuit. Read The Full Story

New York City e-hailing taxi project halted

, May 2nd 2013 Discuss [1]

It had look like e-hailing service Uber and yellow taxi drivers in New York City had finally reached a victory, with the city approving a 12-month e-hailing pilot program to test allowing customers to hail yellow taxis from an app or other electronic service. Yesterday, Uber had announced its return to NYC, along with a few details about its service. A mere 24 hours later, the service has been blocked...again. Read The Full Story

Sega and Gearbox hit with lawsuit over false advertisement

, May 1st 2013 Discuss [2]

Aliens: Colonial Marines popped up in the news a few times last year, perhaps most notably last summer when word had it the game wouldn't have any female characters, a rumor that was squashed a couple months later. Now that the game has finally released, gamers have discovered a different area that has proved disappointing: the differences between the game demos and the game itself, which is different enough to be false advertisement, according to a recently filed lawsuit. Read The Full Story

Facebook wins legal victory over domain squatters

, May 1st 2013 Discuss [1]

We've all done it at some point - hit the wrong key or two while going to a common website, such as Google or Facebook, only to be sent to a knock-off website on a similar URL, some of which are phishing attempts, others featuring their own content or service. Regardless, it is annoying and many of them now have their days numbered, with Facebook winning a legal victory over domain squatters in court today. Read The Full Story

Fake Firefox spreads spyware as makers Mozilla retort

, May 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

Mozilla has sent out a cease-and-desist letter to Gamma International, who has been disguising commercial malware as Mozilla's Firefox web browser. Gamma's software uses Mozilla's trademarks and brand to mislead consumers into thinking its product is affiliated with the company. In the properties of the fake Firefox browser, all of the information, including version number, copyright, trademark claims, and more are exactly the same as the genuine Firefox browser. Read The Full Story

Google tax questions resurface as staff spark suspicion

, May 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

Google and its auditor will be quizzed a second time on allegations of tax avoidance in the UK, it's reported, after investigations into whether the search giant misled a government committee turned up some inconsistencies. Google's own London staff - not to mention its customers - believe they're responsible for the sort of sales that would make the UK division liable for a far larger tax bill, Public Accounts Committee head Margaret Hodge reportedly confirmed to Reuters, despite Google VPs arguing that the only sales to UK clients happen from the company's Dublin branch in Ireland. Read The Full Story

Apple vs Samsung back in court November to re-calculate damages

, Apr 30th 2013 Discuss [1]

Apple vs. Samsung will reconvene in November to recalculate jury damages, it's been confirmed, with Judge Lucy Koh warning both parties to expect "Groundhog's Day" in the courtroom. Apple had been granted $1.05bn in damages from Samsung last year, after a jury found the Korean company guilty of patent infringement with fourteen of its Android products; that figure was subsequently slashed, but questions around how the original jury considered each of the relevant patents forced a new damages trial that will kick off on November 12 2013. Read The Full Story

UK law allows anyone to use your digital images

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [4]

Whether you're an amateur photographer who makes liberal use of Instagram and similar apps or you're a professional who uploads a lot of off-hours snapshots online, a bill just passed in the UK should give you pause. The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 has a clause in it that allows for anyone to use a photograph whose owner can't be located, something that is a two-edged sword. Read The Full Story

Pirates suggest Copyright Alert System inefficient with crowdsource tests

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [1]

On February 25th, several United States ISPs got together and decided to launch the Copyright Alert System (CAS) in order to stop online piracy. With the CAS, ISPs would be able to detect when one of their users downloaded files illegally, and they would issue a warning to the user. The ISPs call it the "6 strikes" program, where the user would be warned up to 6 times, with each consecutive warning being more aggressive than the previous. Pirates from all around wanted to test out just how efficient the new CAS system was. Read The Full Story

Undercover cops sell iPhones in black market scheme

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [17]

Undercover cops in San Francisco are looking to cut down the amount of iPhone thefts there are in their city. However, these cops are taking a different approach than just running after iPhone robbers and cuffing them. Instead, they are going after the buyers of the stolen products, in a scheme that they call "cutting the head off the snake". San Francisco Police Captain Joe Garrity says that if the iPhone thieves aren't able to sell their goods, there's no market for them. Read The Full Story

Opera sues former employee for giving trade secrets to Firefox devs

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [2]

Makers of the Opera web browser have sued a former employee claiming that he took the trade secrets that was given at Opera and used them at Mozilla, the company behind the popular Firefox web browser. The man being accused, Trond Werner Hansen, left Opera in 2006, but returned in 2009 and 2010 as a consultant. Read The Full Story
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