Pay-as-you-go services could cut software piracy, Microsoft exec says
April 22, 2009Craig Mundie, who heads Microsoft's research operations, said in China that the vendor may be able to reduce its losses from software piracy by expanding use of pay-as-you-go computing plans.
Nokia: We don't know why criminals want our old phones
April 22, 2009The mystery of why cybercriminals are offering thousands of dollars for a discontinued Nokia phone isn't getting any clearer.
Criminals pay top money for hackable Nokia phone
April 20, 2009Criminals are willing to pay thousands of euros for a discontinued Nokia mobile phone with a software problem that can be exploited to hack into online bank accounts, according to a fraud investigator in the Netherlands.
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Naughty workers, spam pollutes, Skype spin off
April 17, 2009A whole lot of employees keep "inappropriate" photos, videos and browser cache links on their work laptops, a survey found. (Honestly, how difficult is it to at least clean out the cache?) As if that's not enough, the spam that clogs our computers is spewing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to McAfee. And eBay plans to spin off Skype after figuring out what many observers said a while ago, which is that they just do not seem to have much in common.
Va. man pleads guilty to selling $1M worth of counterfeit software
April 17, 2009A Virginia man has pleaded guilty to charges related to selling counterfeit software with a retail value of about $1 million on eBay, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
The Pirate Bay four found guilty in Sweden
April 17, 2009The four operators of The Pirate Bay, one of the most widely used BitTorrent sites, were found guilty of being accessories to crimes against copyright law in a Swedish court.
Appeals court blocks Internet streaming order in RIAA music piracy case
April 17, 2009Acting on an appeal filed by the RIAA trade group, a panel of judges in Boston overturned a trial judge's decision to allow a hearing in a music piracy case to be streamed live over the Internet.
Pirates to Worry You: Chinese Manufacturing Partners
April 17, 2009Somali pirates who brazenly attacked container ships in the Indian Ocean have garnered a lot of recent attention. But for companies that source products from Chinese manufacturing partners, there are even greater and longer-term business risks due to pirating attacks on companies' intellectual property and supply chains.
Patent office rules in favor of Microsoft in Alcatel-Lucent appeal
April 15, 2009The U.S. patent office has paved the way for a reversal of a $358 milllion penalty against Microsoft in a patent infringement case involving Alcatel-Lucent.
As expected, Facebook halts The Pirate Bay links
April 10, 2009Facebook has ended its brief e-relationship with The Pirate Bay, the controversial BitTorrent search engine.