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Sony Hacker Caught???

Posted by Geoff Parker on 26th of September, 2011

Reports from the US suggest that the FBI has arrested one of the key perpetrators involved in the recent hacking of technological giant Sony's computer systems. Cody Kretsinger, allegedly a key component of the notorious LulzSec group of hackers had his home raided late last week. Cody, who resides in Phoneix, is one of four people targeted a...

Sun Newspaper Hacked

Posted by Geoff Parker on 19th of July, 2011

Following the media frenzy that have recently engulfed the headlines across the world, The Sun Newspaper again finds itself the centre of attention for all the wrong reasons. News international - the owner of The Sun and was also owner of the News of the World announced that the site was hacked by the notorious Lulz Security Hacking syndicate....

Apple in 'Data Leak' Case

Posted by Geoff Parker on 30th of December, 2010

Electronics giant Apple are the subject of a lawsuit being taken against them in the wake of data leaks from the iPad and iPhone. Two individual groups are pursuing claims against Apple who claim that applications better known as 'apps' for the iPad and iPhone leak personally identifiable data. More importantly though, the claims made are not s...

Australian Man Sues Yahoo!

Posted by Geoff Parker on 28th of June, 2010

A former music promoter from Melbourne, Australia is taking search engine giant Yahoo! to court! He claims that search results made him look like a criminal! Michael Trkulja was the victim of a shooting last year. As a result of this unfortunate incident when Australian Yahoo! users searched 'Melbourne crime' an image of the man appeared among th...

Microsoft Launch Law Suit over Click Laundering

Posted by Geoff Parker on 4th of June, 2010

Pay ,per-click advertising is a huge money business and makes up a big percentage of the revenue for the internet's biggest advertising providers. Google, Microsoft and Yahoo provide the best platforms for advertising on the internet with targeted advertising, the likes of which you cannot get anywhere else. However, as with any major industry, th...

Facebook Court Battle Uproar

Posted by Geoff Parker on 1st of April, 2010

The two Americans who were awarded millions of dollars after claiming they had come up with the idea for Facebook say their legal battle isn't over. The two characters in question, Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss studied at Harvard University alongside Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.   It was here that they started a site called ConnectU in 2003....

Yelp Face Extortion Allegations

Posted by Geoff Parker on 26th of February, 2010

2 Law suits have been filled in Los Angeles federal court against Yelp. The 2 class action law firms are claiming that Yelp has attempted to "extort" money from small firms in exchange for the removal of negative reviews. The claim is that Yelp is running an extortionate scheme where the companies employees are calling companies and demanding mont...

Three Google Executives Are Convicted in Italy

Posted by Geoff Parker on 25th of February, 2010

An Italian court has convicted three Google executives in a trial over a video showing a teenager with Down's Syndrome being bullied.   This case was the first of its kind in internet history and since then has raised worrying concerns over the safety of internet use. The Google employees were accused of breaking Italian law by allowing the video...

Au revoir Google Suggest French Appeals Court

Posted by Geoff Parker on 8th of January, 2010

Not for the first time, Google finds itself in a bitter battle with the French courts. 'Centre National Prive de Formation a Distance' filed a law suit against Google Suggest claiming that searches for 'Centre National Prive de Formation a Distance' presented the French word 'amaque' in Suggest's results. 'Amaque' meaning 'swindle' or 'scam' was d...

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