FEATURED ARTICLES
• Prolific Spammer's Conviction Upheld
• Photo Tech Complicates Child-Porn Cases
• Baidu Sued Over Music Copyrights
• Microsoft Hit With Record Fine From EU
• Yahoo Battling 7 Shareholder Suits
• Court Shoots Down Computer Surveillance
• On Facebook Forever?
• Google Releases Health Service Details
• LinkedIn Down an Hour After Big Upgrade
UPCOMING EVENTS
• ESI Risk Management Webinar: Part II – Tools for Legal Counsel
• Wireless Enterprise Symposium 2008
STRICTLY GADGETS
• Microsoft Cuts Price for Boxed Vista
• Google Gets Into Web Site Building Biz
• Microsoft Launches New Server Software
• EU Clears Packard Bell Purchase by Acer
• Students Slow to Embrace Text Alerts
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FEATURED ARTICLES:
PROLIFIC SPAMMER'S CONVICTION UPHELD
(AP) - A divided Virginia Supreme Court affirmed the nation's first felony conviction for illegal spamming on Friday, ruling that Virginia's anti-spamming law does not violate free-speech rights. Read more...
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• Read the Decision (Jaynes v. Commonwealth)
PHOTO TECH COMPLICATES CHILD-PORN CASES
(AP) - Each week, about 100,000 sexually explicit images of children arrive on CDs or portable disk drives at Michelle Collins' office. Read more...
Related Resources
• Workplace Responses to Child Exploitation on the Internet
BAIDU SUED OVER MUSIC COPYRIGHTS
(AP) - China's top search engine Baidu.com has been sued by a local music industry group for alleged copyright violation, the second recent similar action from the industry, the group said. Read more...
MICROSOFT HIT WITH RECORD FINE FROM EU
(AP) - - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order. Read more...
Related Resources
• Special Coverage: Microsoft Litigation
YAHOO BATTLING 7 SHAREHOLDER SUITS
(AP) - Yahoo Inc. is facing seven shareholder lawsuits alleging the slumping Internet pioneer bungled its response to Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Read more...
COURT SHOOTS DOWN COMPUTER SURVEILLANCE
(AP) - Government surveillance of personal computers would violate the individual right to privacy, Germany's highest court found Wednesday, in a ruling that German investigators say will restrict their ability to pursue terrorists. Read more...
ON FACEBOOK FOREVER?
(Anita Ramasastry) - Why the networking site was right to change its deletion policies, and why its current policies still pose privacy risks. Read more...
GOOGLE RELEASES HEALTH SERVICE DETAILS
(AP) - Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search company's first detailed public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates. Read more...
Related Resources
• It Is Time To Get Smart About Security Breaches
LINKEDIN DOWN AN HOUR AFTER BIG UPGRADE
(AP) - The online networking site LinkedIn was inaccessible for about an hour Friday just a day after a major update with new features and a special message from Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates. Read more...
Related Resources
• NEW VIDEO: Legal Issues for Social Networking Sites and Their Users
UPCOMING EVENTS:
ESI RISK MANAGEMENT WEBINAR: PART II – TOOLS FOR LEGAL COUNSEL
(March 12, 2008, Webinar) - This second installment will take a closer look at the implications of the FRCP amendments from a litigator's viewpoint. The expert panel will discuss how the revised Rules have affected the strategies of outside counsel when responding to e-discovery requests and address ways in which these challenges can be mitigated before litigation begins. Read more...
WIRELESS ENTERPRISE SYMPOSIUM 2008
(May 13-15, 2008, Orlando, Florida) - From a small educational conference for BlackBerry® customers to a major industry event, WES has grown over the years to become the one place where carriers, resellers, ISVs, system integrators and other members of the wireless ecosystem gather to meet customers and form new business relationships. This is your chance to see where wireless technology can take your business. Read more...
STRICTLY GADGETS:
MICROSOFT CUTS PRICE FOR BOXED VISTA
(AP) - Microsoft Corp. will cut the price of some versions of Windows Vista, the software maker said late Thursday. Only copies of the year-old operating system that are sold in boxes directly to consumers are affected by the price cuts - not the versions pre-loaded on personal computers. The cuts will range from 20 percent to 48 percent. Read more...
Related Resources
• Legal Technology Software Center
GOOGLE GETS INTO WEB SITE BUILDING BIZ
(AP) - Google, already the world's most popular spot for finding Web sites, is aiming to become the go-to place for creating Web sites too. The Mountain View-based company is taking its first step toward that goal Thursday with the debut of a free service designed for high-tech neophytes looking for a simple way to share information with other people working in the same company or attending the same class in school. Read more...
MICROSOFT LAUNCHES NEW SERVER SOFTWARE
(AP) - Microsoft Corp. launched a new version of its server operating system with great fanfare Wednesday, but analysts said Windows Server 2008 is an incremental update rather than a giant leap forward. Read more...
Related Resources
• Browse Harware Solutions
EU CLEARS PACKARD BELL PURCHASE BY ACER
(AP) - EU regulators approved the purchase of Netherlands-based PC maker Packard Bell BV by Taiwan's Acer Inc. on Wednesday. Read more...
STUDENTS SLOW TO EMBRACE TEXT ALERTS
(AP) - The massacre at Virginia Tech last year sent colleges nationwide scrambling to improve how they get alerts to students during crises on campus. One solution: Text messages sent to cell phones. But while hundreds of campuses have adopted text alerts, most students are not embracing the system - even in an age when they consider their mobile phones indispensable. Read more...
Related Resources
• LTC's Communications Center
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