NEW & NOTEWORTHY

• Court Orders YouTube to Give Viacom Video Logs
* Privacy: You Don't Know What You Got Until Its Gone
• 'Public' Online Spaces Don't Carry Speech, Rights
* The Freedom to Disallow Speech in Cyberspace
• Wi-Fi Security: Some Advice from the FBI
• Digital Threat Prompts Movie Industry Downgrade
* Complimentary Legal Kit: Protecting Your Intellectual Property Online
• Facebook Could See a Standoff Over Scrabble
* Legal Issues for Social Networking Sites and Their Users

WORLD BEAT

• EU, US Near Deal on Pact on Protecting Privacy
* Legal Technology Videos - EU Data Privacy

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

• Microsoft Backs Icahn's Bid to Oust Yahoo Board
* Icahn Urges Yahoo Shareholders to Elect New Board
• VMware Warns on Revenue, Replaces CEO Greene
• Microsoft Expands Its Response to Hosted Software
• Pioneer to Sell Blu-Ray Disc Recorders

NEW & NOTEWORTHY:

COURT ORDERS YOUTUBE TO GIVE VIACOM VIDEO LOGS
(AP) - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when. Read more...

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• Privacy: You Don't Know What You Got Until Its Gone

'PUBLIC' ONLINE SPACES DON'T CARRY SPEECH, RIGHTS
(AP) - Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative. Read more...

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• The Freedom to Disallow Speech in Cyberspace

WI-FI SECURITY: SOME ADVICE FROM THE FBI
(Federal Bureau of Investigation) - You're at the airport waiting for your flight. With time to kill, you're thinking of connecting your laptop to the airport's Wi-Fi to check your office e-mail...do some personal banking...or shop for a gift for your spouse. Read more...

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• FindLaw's Networking & Storage Section for Legal Professionals

DIGITAL THREAT PROMPTS MOVIE INDUSTRY DOWNGRADE
(AP) - A Lehman Brothers analyst downgraded the entertainment industry Monday and slashed forecasts for its five major companies, saying digital downloads of movies and TV shows posed a huge threat to profits from DVD sales that the companies rely on. Read more...

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• Complimentary Legal Kit: Protecting Your Intellectual Property Online

FACEBOOK COULD SEE A STANDOFF OVER SCRABBLE
(AP) - C-O-M-P-E-T-E. Developers of a highly popular but unauthorized version of Scrabble for the online hangout Facebook vowed Tuesday to do just that, now that a video game maker has weighed in with an official version of the word game. Read more...

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• Legal Issues for Social Networking Sites and Their Users

WORLD BEAT:

EU, US NEAR DEAL ON PACT ON PROTECTING PRIVACY
(AP) - Privacy rights vs. terror fights: The EU and the United States are close to agreeing on how to protect personal and private data while still letting law enforcement officials share information to combat organized crime and terrorism. Read more...

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• Legal Technology Videos - EU Data Privacy

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MICROSOFT BACKS ICAHN'S BID TO OUST YAHOO BOARD
(AP) - Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine or possibly the entire company. Read more...

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• Icahn Urges Yahoo Shareholders to Elect New Board

VMWARE WARNS ON REVENUE, REPLACES CEO GREENE
(AP) - Shares of VMware Inc. plunged 25 percent Tuesday after the software maker replaced co-founder and CEO Diane Greene and warned that revenue would fall short of prior estimates. Read more...

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• Dell, VMware Delivering Virtualization Everywhere

MICROSOFT EXPANDS ITS RESPONSE TO HOSTED SOFTWARE
(AP) - Microsoft Corp. is strengthening its early-stage push to fend off competition by offering more Internet-based software, a change from its traditional method of selling programs that run on individual desktops or corporate servers. Read more...

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• More Software Resources

PIONEER TO SELL BLU-RAY DISC RECORDERS
(AP) - Pioneer Corp. will start selling Blu-ray disc recorders in Japan sometime before March 2009, the company said Tuesday, the latest in a string of Japanese electronics makers entering the increasingly competitive sector. Read more...

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• More Hardware Information in the Legal Technology Center