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31 Jul 2002
The European Commission has just launched an on-line consultation asking individual citizens, businesses, governments and public authorities if they feel threatened by cybersquatting. The results will feed into the Commission’s consideration of...
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31 Jul 2002
Thomson, a Canadian financial information services company, has been sued by rival Boston-based company CCBN, alleging that Thomson used confidential information from CCBN board meetings and confidential web sites to compete against the firm.
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31 Jul 2002
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and law enforcement authorities have taken action against 19 internet fraudsters, that they say have conned tens of thousands of consumers out of millions of dollars.
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31 Jul 2002
The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST), acting on behalf of software company Network Associates, has recovered £51,000 from an international IT services company for improper software use. The company, which cannot be named for legal reasons,...
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30 Jul 2002
News site TheRegister.co.uk has revealed that UK technology vendor Foris has fallen victim to pricing errors on its web site, apparently caused by a software error. It appears that on Friday evening, the web site was offering Sony Vaio laptops for £64.82...
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30 Jul 2002
The European Commission yesterday set up an advisory group to co-ordinate regulation on the radio spectrum, which is used for the transmission of mobile and fixed wireless communications. The Radio Spectrum Policy Group will assist the Commission in policy...
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30 Jul 2002
The Australian Federal Court has ruled that Sony PlayStation owners have the right to modify their consoles to play imported and copied games. The Australian subsidiary of Sony was suing retailer Eddy Stevens for copyright infringement.
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30 Jul 2002
Web graphics and publishing software rivals Adobe and Macromedia jointly announced yesterday that they have reached a settlement agreement on all litigation between them. The terms of the settlement are being kept confidential. The two companies claim,...
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29 Jul 2002
Eight US states have reached an agreement with Eli Lilly, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, over its accidental release of subscribers’ e-mail addresses to all those who receive its prozac.com e-mail alert.
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29 Jul 2002
Microsoft is insisting on converting business customers to its new software licensing programme this week. The implementation of the new subscription plan was previously delayed due to users’ complaints. However, according to the company, the 31st...
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