In a bizarre twist, file sharing service Megaupload files suit against record label Universal, claiming censorship. Megaupload recently put together a music video promoting their service, featuring a number of prominent music artists including Kayne West, P Diddy, Snoop Dog, Chris Brown, Macy Gray, The Game, and Mary J Blige. As word spread and the […]
As part of Microsoft’s latest update to Xbox 360, you must first sign off on a new terms of use agreement, which contains a mandatory arbitration clause for U.S. users. That means if you sign off on the clause, you can’t sue Microsoft for any damages. Of course, if you don’t sign off on the […]
The stories keep on coming about Apple vs. competitors battling in out in the courtroom. Just last week, a small Spanish tablet manufacturer by the name of NT-K decided to sue Apple for anti-competitive behavior, after succeeding in defending itself against a patent infringement suit Apple brought against them. Motorola just won a patent infringement […]
Oh Google, come on. I have to say, I’m a bit disappointed in your behavior. I know it’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission, but I have a hard time picturing a group of Google executives sitting in a meeting and saying, “We’ll just do it, and see if they notice”, […]
If you listen closely, you can hear real game designers all around the world laughing in Zynga’s face. Zynga, the Vanilla Ice of the gaming industry, was hit by yet another patent suit last Wednesday. According to a press release by Agincourt Gaming, “Agincourt, a recent entrant into the social gaming space, owns foundational patents […]
Sure, there were little stories like HP officially dropping the Touchpad’s price to $399, but for all extents and purposes there’s really only one bit of tablet news this week: the heating up of the lawsuit between Apple and Samsung. Apple managed to get an injunction from a German court blocking the sale of the […]
