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Trial Against “The Pirate Bay Foursome” Delayed

The lawsuit initiated against four individuals, all connected to the Pirate Bay, the Sweden-based biggest Bittorrent tracker, was delayed until the end of the year. Although the Stockholm District Court previously announced that the litigation would begin by the end of the summer, it seems that now it needs more time...

29 August 2008
05:06 GMT

MySpace User Suicide Case on Trial

An American 49-year-old woman who pretended to be a 16-year-old boy caused, as prosecutors say, the death of a young girl. Now that she's been indicted, her aim is to avoid trial by all means, by having the charges dismissed. Her lawyer, as cited by the Washington Post, is trying to convince the judge that Lori ...

24 July 2008
06:25 GMT

studiVZ Claims Facebook Is Jealous

As we previously reported, Facebook has entered a legal action against what seems to be an exact copy of the American social network. Although the formal announcement of the lawsuit has not been made yet, studiVZ, the company that was accused of plagiarism, has released a quite intriguing statement regarding the matt...

21 July 2008
04:49 GMT

eBay's Reputation Is Redeemed

Counterfeit products available on eBay and other purchasing sites cannot be totally shut out, unless the companies that fabricate the originals keep a keen eye on what is going on on these properties. This statement was underscored by the judge who exonerated eBay of any guilt in the process vs. jewelry giant Tiffany...

15 July 2008
03:00 GMT

MySpace Photos Reason for Trial

The social networking site MySpace is indirectly involved in a trial against a Wisconsin teenager. Alex Phillips, a user of MySpace, faces jail after he was caught posting indecent photos of his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend on his MySpace page. It appears that this was a vengeful act on behalf of the teenager, prompted ...

22 May 2008
07:03 GMT

Stolen Software, Cause for US Trial

A former engineer at the Palo Verde nuclear plant in Arizona faces serious charges for using a a piece of software he illegally took from the plant in Iran. The trial in which the former employee is involved has started this Tuesday and comes one year after the man's arrest, and two after he took the training so...

14 May 2008
11:08 GMT

200 Million Pages Can't Be Wrong: Intel Sabotaged AMD's Business

The legal action filed by AMD against Intel in 2006 got new evidence to support AMD's allegations claiming that it had been sabotaged by its arch-rival on the processor market. According to the latest information emerging from the trial, AMD gathered 200 million pages of documents that say Intel paid its partner...

7 May 2008
06:59 GMT

First Ever Facebook Harassment Case on Trial

Let's get things straight from the start, harassing somebody live or via any other means of communication is evil, despite what conclusions I might draw later on. Stalking isn't good either, unless it's for a really noble cause, and as those don't roll around that often and mobster ex-boyfriends d...

5 March 2008
13:06 GMT

Jessica Simpson Hates Fat People

Now who knew Jessica Simpson was such an insensitive idiot? I mean yes, of course, we heard rumors and all, but I never believed this wonderfully empathic and selfless girl was actually a gold digger intent on nothing but taking and not giving anything back. She should have taken a few lessons in sensitivity from Lin...

20 February 2008
06:28 GMT

Yahoo! Shows Humanitarian Face

The recent problem that Yahoo! was faced with regarding the two dissidents jailed by the Chinese authorities must have reached you, no matter what media the information came through. It was an ugly business with the Congress thrashing the Yahoo! officials, including head Jerry Yang, that were held responsible for not...

14 November 2007
05:20 GMT

McDonald's Gets Burger Orders through Cellulars

McDonald's seems to keep finding solutions for people to make as little effort as possible for getting their calorie filling from their fast food restaurants. The latest gimmick is that of allowing users to place their orders and even to pay from their mobile phones. So that they don't have to get up from t...

20 September 2007
10:22 GMT

Finally: Amy Wino's Hubby May be Going Down

Amy Winehouse has been lying low over the past week and ever since she returned from her holiday in Santa Lucia her health seemed to have taken a turn for the better. The troubled singer who turned 24 over the weekend made a triumphant return on stage at the Mercury Prize award in London and was also seen at her frie...

17 September 2007
08:07 GMT

Lindsay Lohan Back on Trial!

In case you were beginning to miss dear Lindsay, here's some good news for those of us who believe that the blonde disaster got off too easily when sent to trial earlier this year. No, don't get too excited - she has at least managed not to run over anyone with her car, and there were no drugs found in her ...

12 September 2007
09:57 GMT

Crack-heads of the Past, Unite!

I was almost certain that the Bobby Brown - Whitney Huston days were over and done with. I mean, I do remember the times when they were the talk of the day, in a way that can't be properly understood nowadays except by analogy: imagine a cross between the Amy Winehouse and Britney, with the added bonus of a viol...

5 September 2007
03:44 GMT

Americans Catch Russian Hacker After 4 Years

I was just browsing the Internet in search of some material when I ended up on this guy's blog where I found a story about a Russian hacker. Then I went and read more on WJS' site. This guy was pretty smart while on the computer, but I'm sorry I cant say the same about real life. First, this Russian du...

23 August 2007
06:28 GMT

Worm Creators Trialed

Well, if you're in China, you could get $12.500, but it's more probable to get 5 years... or more! Malware developers that have created the annoying Fujacks worm are being trialed in China for their deeds. The culprits Li Jun, Wang Lei, Zhang Shun and Lei Lei are facing charges in a people's court in H...

22 August 2007
09:35 GMT

MySpace Takes Spammer Down!

MySpace has just shown that it really takes care of its registered users. Recently, they rooted out a spammer by suing him in court. The MySpace people filed a lawsuit against spammer Sanford Wallace that was using MySpace for his own financial purposes. What he did was send a lot of messages to MySpace users, trying...

22 August 2007
08:55 GMT

Nicole Richie Is Not Going to Jail

As we've already informed you, Nicole Richie's representative, Shawn Chapman Holley, filed a motion yesterday asking that his client's trial be postponed. The reason for such a request is that the expert defense witness is out of the country and he is not coming back until early next month. We're ...

12 July 2007
04:16 GMT

Nicole Richie Tries to Fly The Coup, Let's See If She Lands on Her A*s

Today's the day that Nicole Richie's trial begins. However, that may not happen, if Shawn Chapman Holley (Nicole's legal representative) has his way with the judge. He is requesting that the trial's start date be postponed for August 13.Since Nicole Richie faces a misdemeanor charge, she does not ...

11 July 2007
03:05 GMT

Free Trial of Exchange Server 2007

Microsoft has announced a new offer for enterprise customers that are looking to test its email, calendar and messaging platform Exchange Server 2007. According to the Redmond Company, enterprise users will be able to access a free trial service of Exchange Server 2007 via Unisys, a company that will implement and ma...

19 April 2007
11:57 GMT

Alcatel-Lucent Completes Trial of EDGE Technology in Bangladesh

Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has successfully completed the first live trials of EDGE technology in Bangladesh on TM International Bangladesh (TMIB) commercial GSM 900MHz and 1800 MHz network. Alcatel-Lucent has upgraded TMIB's existing Alcatel-Lucent-supplied GSM infrastructure with simple software activati...

9 March 2007
04:39 GMT




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