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Oracle Could Make Big Money with a Copyright Win Against Google
Earlier this month, Federal Judge William Alsup who is presiding over the Oracle vs. Google case, entered his final pretrial order stating that the case would go to a jury trial on or after March 19, 2012. The trial would be trifurcated into three parts: The first part will deal with copyright infringement liability; The ...
Social, Mobile the Saviors for Google Last Year
The internet search giant, Google Inc., had their fourth quarter earnings report yesterday, which showed that the company fetched less money per click on their ubiquitous online ads. Investors were hoping that Google’s Q4 would exceed expectations since that quarter encompasses the holiday rush wherein Google could have profited largely if they charged more for ...
Industry Effects of iBooks 2: Tuition, Copyright Concerns and Android
Yesterday Apple launched the iBooks 2 app along with iBooks Author and iBooks Textbooks. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, believes that this revolutionizes owning and reading textbooks as these apps were built to address the concerns of high costs of textbooks, hauling those bulky books around and making reading as fun and interactive ...
Gov’t Shuts Down Megaupload Amidst SOPA Protests, Hackers Retaliate
A day after that SOPA Blackout, Megaupload, the Hong Kong-based, celebrity-endorsed file-sharing service for videos, photos and ponography, was shut down by the government. Founder Kim Dotcom along with Bram van der Kolk, Finn Batato, and Mathias Ortmann were arrested in Auckland. The four were charged with engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to commit ...
PSN Blackout Wasn’t for SOPA, Heavy Weaponry in Racoon City, BioShock, and More
Don’t be alarmed if you can’t access your PlayStation Network account today starting from 8am until 9pm PST. This is not part of the SOPA Blackout that happened yesterday, they’re just having a routine scheduled maintenance. During the maintenance, PlayStation Store on PS3, PSP, and Media Go, PlayStation Network Account Management, PlayStation Network Account Registration, ...
The Apps that Set Apple iBooks 2 Apart
Since we were kids, our parents constantly reminded us how important education is in life. And Apple shares our parents’ thoughts, as they launched iBooks 2 during an event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York today. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of world-wide marketing, unveiled iBooks 2 – the next-generation content store for ...
McAfee Users Irked by Glitch
McAfee, a renowned computer security company that offers virus protection and Internet security, has been hacked, as reported by Keith & Annabel Morrigan in their blog post in Kaamar.com entitled “Rumor turns Rogue – McAfee Software Hacked!” The blog post stated that the Rumor Technology, a part of McAfee’s SaaS Total Protection Service and other ...
Yahoo! Offers Sundance Access Amidst Rumors of Layoffs, Resignations
Earlier this week Jerry Yang, co-founder and onetime CEO of Yahoo! announced his resignation from the company. Yang’s departure is shrouded with rumors that there is a rift between him and the newly appointed CEO Scott Thompson and that more members of Yahoo!’s board would be resigning soon. Aside from the above rumors, AllThingsD reports ...
New Facebook Timeline Apps bring New Privacy Questions
Late last year Facebook introduced Open Graph, Timeline, Social apps at their f8 Developer Conference but it wasn’t immediately available for everyone. Though Timeline rolled out worldwide back in December, until now, not everyone has experienced using the “New Facebook.” And though not everyone likes change, Facebook recently added a new “Listen with” button so ...
SOPA Blackout Aftermath
If you were using the web yesterday and weren’t sure why some websites weren’t working properly, then clearly you were not aware of the Anti-SOPA Blackout movement. Many sites shut down their services for 12-24 hours in a form of protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act. Both bills, when passed, ...