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  • “Grooveshark Bosses Uploaded Musicâ€? Say Universal In Massive Lawsuit
    In a quite astonishing lawsuit, Universal Music could be demanding hundreds of millions in damages from Grooveshark’s music streaming service. Claims in the lawsuit lay waste to Grooveshark’s insistence that they enjoy �safe harbor’ under the DMCA, stating categorically that bosses and other workers at the company, from the CEO down, personally uploaded many thousands of infringing tracks to the service.
  • Apples claim of Android rip-off awaits U.S. trade agency ruling
    For two years, Apple has told the world that phones running on Google Android operating system are iPhone rip-offs. Now Apple is about to learn whether a U.S. trade agency thinks its claims have merit....The International Trade Commission is set to rule Dec. 6 in a patent complaint lodged by Apple ..Android phones, introduced in 2008, infuriated Steve Jobs.... Jobs made it his mission “to destroy Android,� which he said “ripped off the iPhone, wholesale
  • HP Claims New Wireless Mice Last Two Years on a Single Charge
    The braggadocios Energy bunny likes to beat his drum and tell everyone he can keep going and going and going, but would you have guessed Hewlett-Packard would emerge as the real battery life master? HP just announced a couple of new wireless mice that, amazingly, are supposed to last two years or longer on a single charge, or so the company...
  • Samsung Expands Apple Patent Row In Germany, Sues Over Emoticons
    SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics has filed new claims in its patent war with Apple Inc over alleged patent infringements in Germany, a spokesman for the company said on Monday.
  • GoDaddy lost 72,354 domains this week. It’s not enough.
    Despite a massive Twitter campaign and a blog post that claims "Go Daddy no longer supports SOPA legislation" the company and their CEO have dodged questions about opposing the bill. In essence, they are taking a lesser role by not showing suppor ...
  • The Witcher 2 Devs Defend Pirate Witch-Hunt With Bogus Accuracy Claims
    The makers of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings are cracking down on BitTorrent pirates in Germany, requesting hundreds of euros from each alleged offender. As is always the case with these schemes, settlement demands are sometimes addressed to people who didn’t download the game at all. In a recent interview with PC Gamer The Witcher devs interestingly enough say that their evidence is foolproof, but this claim is 100% bogus.
  • Anonymous goes on hacking spree
    The online hacker group claims to have stolen credit card numbers from a global security firm and used the information to take money from bank accounts and give it to charity.
  • Rumored three iPad model lineup could cut entry price to $299
    If Apple were to add two new iPad models to its lineup this year, it could pave the way for a sub-$300 iPad, a new report claims.
  • The Case for (and Against) Internet as a Human Right
    Vint Cerf is ruffling nerds' feathers with his Thursday op-ed in The New York Times that claims in almost trollish fashion: " Internet Is Not a Human Right. "
  • iOS apps crash more often than Android apps
    A new report from start-up company Crittercism claims that iOS apps are crashing at a greater rate than most popular Android apps.