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Adblock Plus Wins 6th Court Case Attempting to Shut it Down
Adblock Plus made by Eyeo GmbH has faced the lawsuit brought by Germany’s Spiegel Online head-on and won. The lawsuit is of course an effort to shut down the popular ad-blocking tool and as Eyeo head of communications, Ben Williams puts it succinctly “Every single case wants to do the…
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Valve Given $3m Fine by Australian Federal Court Over Refund Policy
Earlier this year Valve was found guilty of breaking Australian Consumer Law, and the Australian Federal Court aren’t taking that lightly with their decision that Valve should pay up a whopping $3 million fine. I’m sure Valve has the cash for that with plenty to spare, but that kind of…
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French Teen Names WiFi After ISIS – Gets Suspended Jail Sentence
Coming up with creative names for you Wi-Fi is almost a tradition in the tech world, and can often be pretty hilarious. However, it seems not everyone thinks logically before naming their Wi-Fi, such as a teen in France, who has been convicted in court for naming his Wi-Fi “Daesh21” after…
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Deleting Browser History to Avoid Embarrassment Isn’t Destruction of Evidence
A Canadian judge has ruled that a defendant who deleted his browser history, while in full knowledge that his computer was set to be seized by authorities, was not guilty of destruction of evidence since he only did so to stop his girlfriend from seeing the sites he had…
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BT Are Suing Valve Over Steam
Just when you think you’ve heard it all, we like to surprise you. Now it would seem that a company in the UK, British Telecom (more commonly known as BT) is looking to surprise everyone except Valve after claiming that they are now taking the company to court over patents…
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Netflix is Being Sued For Its Price Hikes
Netflix is one of, if not the, largest digital streaming systems. Offering movies and TV series to millions of users all over the world the service has recently revealed that it will be increasing its prices, raising the cost of both the standard prices while also offering the HD package the…
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Internet-Connected Home PCs Not Private Says US Court
Home computer users should have no expectation of privacy if their system is connected to the internet, a federal judge from the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled. The ruling concerns the FBI’s infiltration of PlayPen, a hidden Tor service that facilitated the exploitation of children, and subsequent complaints from…
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Microsoft Loses Windows 10 Update Case – Woman Wins $10K
I’m sure many of our readers have been down the Windows 10 update route, some of you by choice, some of you had your hands forced when your system updated its self, often right in the middle of your work, games, while you slept, and even during a weather forecast!…
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Man Avoids Murder Conviction After Expert Testified via Skype
We all love technology. Sometimes it crashes and breaks but when you get to talk to a friend or family member in a country the other side of the planet, you truly begin to understand just how much technology frees us. In one case this has become more than a…
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Courts Looking At Virtual Reality To Recreate Crime Scenes
Virtual reality can be used to help people experience all kinds of things, from enjoying the thrill of adventures in space to letting an elderly relative view the coast one more time. The university of Staffordshire looks to use the evolving area of virtual reality to help police gain convictions by recreating…
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Filmmakers Pressure Alleged Pirate to Take Lie Detector in Court
Movie studio Voltage, the makers of the Oscar-winning Dallas Buyers Club – starring Matthew McConaughey as an AIDS sufferer who illegally sells medication to those similarly afflicted with the disease – loves to sue BitTorrent users. The company has filled over one hundred lawsuits in US Federal Courts against alleged…
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Refuse to Unlock Your Hard Drive? Get An Indefinite Life Sentence!
In recent years, encryption has taken a bad light in the press as people use it to hide malicious or illegal activity while others use it to just protect and keep their details safe. The government has now made a bold move, keeping someone locked away until he unlocks two…
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Hacker Behind Gozi Virus Ordered To Pay $7 Million
Viruses and malicious software or malware can do lots of damage to a company or even a single person’s life. While hackers can put you at risk by hacking your car or even a nuclear power plant, it shouldn’t be underestimated just how much someone stealing your money can have on…
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Man Jailed After He Failed To Decrypt Hard Drives
If there’s one argument (other than the political arguments) that is on everyone’s mind, it is the one about encryption. With Apple and the FBI going at each other with one legal case after another, it was only a matter of time before a new case appeared that showed the battle…
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Apple Vs The FBI is Over!
The legal case of the year is over already. Apple vs the FBI is over in a court case that saw the question of security vs privacy raised on a national, and even global, level. After cancelling a court hearing with Apple, the FBI have officially closed the court case.…
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