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Google to Face Lawsuit Over ‘Incognito Mode’ Allegations!
If you use Google Chrome (and we’re pretty sure most of you reading this do) then you’ll undoubtedly be familiar with the ‘Incognito’ mode function. In a nutshell, it’s a feature within the browser that allows you to search the internet without any automatic associations being made to any of…
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Piracy Legal Case Hits Courts With $560m In Damages Claimed
Huge Piracy Legal Case Begins! Anyone who pays attention to the piracy aspects of the internet will know that in the last few years, legal action has started to make in-roads. Put simply, it’s getting harder to download things illegally. With countries, hosting companies and even internet service providers looking…
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Net Neutrality Begins Its Defence In US Courts
Net Neutrality It’s been a little over a year in the making, but following the repeal of net neutrality protections in America, the matter has finally hit the courts. With the opening statements being conducted yesterday, supporters of the motion have been stating their case for the reinstatement of the…
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Net Neutrality Moves To The Courts In 2019
Net Neutrality With the end of the year approaching, the deadline for the ‘legal loophole’ to overturn the FCCs decision to repeal the Net Neutrality protections has now expired. With not enough votes achieved in the house of representatives gathered to overturn the decision it marks the end of the first…
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British Diver Sues Elon Musk For ‘Paedophile’ Comments
British Diver Officially Sues Elon Musk For ‘Paedophile’ Comments You may recall earlier in the year the story about a group of boys in Thailand who got stuck in a cave due to an ill-fated (and advised) ritual. The story quickly gained worldwide attention with many people volunteering their help…
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China Opens A Second ‘Internet Court’ For Online Disputes
China Opens A Second ‘Internet Court’ For Online Disputes China is a pretty big country with a massive population. Ok, so I probably didn’t need to tell you that, but did you know that China has over 800 million people using the internet? When you consider that that is over…
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Australian Court Fines Apple For Refusing To Fix Products
Australian Court Fine Apple For Refusing To Fix Products Previous Repaired By Third Parties I daresay that the vast majority of iPhone, iPad or any Apple product has had to have it repaired at some point or another. On my personal iPhone, it has had a screen replacement and I…
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Germany Allows First Nazi Imagery In A Game Since 1998
Germany Allows First Nazi Imagery In A Game For the First Time in 20 Years Following the events of the Second World War, Germany has clearly been quite stringent on the use of Nazi imagery. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the country chooses to ignore it. They are, however, keen…
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Man Fined £1,100 For Dog Nazi Salute YouTube Video
Man fined £1,100 for dog Nazi Salute YouTube video At times it seems that YouTube might be full of dog or cat videos. It certainly felt that way 10 years ago. One YouTube user though has found himself fined for a unique dog video which many have deemed anti-semitic. Mark…
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Jailed Hacker Told To Pay £69,000 Or Face 2 More Years
UK Hacker told to pay fine or spend 2 more years in prison Cybersecurity and attacks are something that courts, throughout the world, have had to treat far more seriously in recent years. The changes have seen far harsher sentences handed out. One such jailed hacker in the UK, however,…
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Valve Issues Second Appeal Against $3m Australian Fine
Valve Issue Second Fine Appeal A little over a year ago, Valve was hit with a $3m in the Australian courts. The reason for this fine was due to their reported failure to issue refunds on their Steam gaming platform. Representing one of the first major legal cases in regards…
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Brain Tumour Charity Urges Caution over Mobile Phone Court Ruling
The Brain Tumour Charity has urged caution following a court ruling in Italy which has compensated a man for having a brain tumour which was linked to his mobile phone usage. The court in Italy was persuaded that the claimant, Roman Romero’s, tumour was linked to his 3-4 daily business use…
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Google Loses Sole Search Engine Rights for Android in Russia!
Google has settled out of court to promise that future versions of its Android software in Russia will have to include other non-google search engines and applications. In addition to this, Google has also agreed to include a tool that will make swapping the default Google options (most notably the search engine)…
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“Drone Slayer” has Quadcopter Shooting Lawsuit Thrown Out
William Merideth, a Kentucky man who shot down a quadcopter that he thought was flying over his property, has had the resulting lawsuit from the owner of the drone dismissed by a federal judge. David Boggs, who piloted his DJI Phantom 3 near Merideth’s property, filed a suit against Merideth…
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“Nerd Judge” Questions KickassTorrents Case Evidence
Artem Vaulin, the suspected owner of torrent site KickassTorrents, was arrested in Poland last year for alleged copyright infringement in the US. Vaulin’s legal team is trying to get the case thrown out while the accused awaits possible extradition to the US, and a self-described “nerd Judge” is in the…
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