At what point do you stop trying to track and prosecute cyber-criminals? Obviously, you can't let criminals run around willy-nilly, but when you look at the resources involved in bringing those guys to justice—and are you really nabbing the right guys in the first place?—it's worth at least talking about. Is fighting cyber-crime about...
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Yesterday, Apple sued HTC, alleging that the Taiwanese smartphone maker is violating 20 of Apple’s patents. Most of these patents are about the software, specifically the user interface. Highlights of these patents include diagrams detailing flick scrolling, and a swipe-to-answer feature.
No one doubts that the iPhone was the first gadget with these kind of...
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It's the start of yet another lazy Saturday, so let's make things a little more interesting with a side dish of outrage. A 15-year-old student in Pennsylvania has accused his high school of spying on him using a school-supplied MacBook. The school had accused the boy “inappropriate behavior” that it found him engaged in...
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At what point do you consider something "unreasonable"? Let's say you're pulled over while speeding—do the police have the right to search your mobile phone? And let's say they do, and they find other verboten material on the phone? Should you also be on the hook for that, on top of your speeding ticket?...
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To any one without any formal legal background, Legal Matter Management is merely a smattering of jargon thrown together to boggle our minds. On the other hand, to those that are concerned in firms or firms that need correct, day by day intelligence which will aid them in every area of their legal...
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