A computer hacker testified on Wednesday that a News Corp unit hired him to develop pirating software, but denied using it to penetrate the security system of a rival satellite television service. Christopher Tarnovsky — who said his first payment was $20,000 in cash hidden in electronic devices mailed from Canada — testified in a corporate-spying lawsuit brought against News Corp’s NDS Groupby DISH Network Corp. The trial could result in hundreds of millions of dollars in damage awards. NDS, which provides security technology to a global satellite network that includes satellite TV service DirecTV, denies the claims, saying it was only engaged in reverse engineering — looking at a technology product to determine how it works, a standard in the electronics industry.
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I personally know a company that google was interested in purchasing and after they finished due-diligence (read: got all the tech info they wanted) they dropped out and developed the same tech on their own. AND I was on a project that MS was interested in purchasing... then they decided to go it on their own, at least they didnt get all of the info from us when they did it.
It's sad, but I guess it's a form of war... meaning "anything goes" (until caught of course)
Peace,
James
Last edited by jameswjrose on 26 Apr 2008 - 23:25
which, is probably one of the saddest things ever. Hell, news corp could commit treason and probably get it buried.
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