Policy & Law Archive

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  LG Display employees charged with stealing OLED tech from Samsung

  By Sam Byford on July 17, 2012 04:09 am + 21 comments

  The eleven people arrested on suspicion of illicitly selling OLED technology from Samsung have now Continue reading…

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  Japanese shopkeeper busted for selling illegal game piracy tools

  By Evan Rodgers on July 16, 2012 05:04 pm + 32 comments

  Earlier today, 35-year-old Masayuki Nishimura was arrested in Osaka, Japan for selling "majikon," Continue reading…

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  Samsung Galaxy S III OTA updates removing universal search are a 'precautionary measure'

  By Dieter Bohn on July 16, 2012 01:08 pm + 52 comments

  Samsung surprised users of the all-new Galaxy S III on both Sprint and AT&T with an over-the-air Continue reading…

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  ISPs say blocking The Pirate Bay doesn't affect P2P traffic

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 16, 2012 06:16 am + 112 comments

  It's been two months since governments in the Netherlands and UK ordered ISPs to block BitTorrent Continue reading…

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  RIM reportedly ordered to pay $147.2 million in enterprise server patent suit

  By Adi Robertson on July 14, 2012 03:34 pm + 22 comments

  A lawsuit over RIM's wireless device management system could leave it paying $147.2 million or more Continue reading…

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  Neustar, the company with access to every phone number in the US

  By Louis Goddard on July 14, 2012 11:37 am + 15 comments

  BuzzFeed has published a great piece for conspiracy theorists, offering a look inside Neustar, a Continue reading…

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  Apple sent takedown letters to retailers selling Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1

  By Adi Robertson on July 13, 2012 03:31 pm + 335 comments

  As Samsung and Apple fight over the sales ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1, FOSS Continue reading…

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  LG agrees to pay $380 million to settle LCD price-fixing case

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 13, 2012 07:03 am + 1 comments

  LG is the latest company to settle in a sprawling class action case involving a conspiracy to fix Continue reading…

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  Facebook analyzes relationships and chats to flag up sexual predators

  By Louis Goddard on July 13, 2012 06:05 am + 90 comments

  Facebook automatically scans posts and chat logs for criminal activity, using big data processing Continue reading…

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  ZTE under FBI investigation for allegedly selling surveillance equipment to Iran

  By Sam Byford on July 13, 2012 01:57 am + 24 comments

  Last month it emerged that ZTE was subject to a Department of Commerce inquiry over selling Continue reading…