Neowin News Feed for: Florida

New Microsoft Store planned for Jacksonville, Fla.

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:41:55 +0100

Microsoft is in discussions with the city of Jacksonville, Fla., to open a new 4,975-square-foot store. No lease has been signed, but plans have already been submitted for the store. Read more...

Verizon store employees steal nude photos, share them with random customer

Tyler Holman — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 05:42:15 +0000

Two Verizon store employees in Florida are accused of stealing nude photos from a woman's smartphone and sharing them with a random customer. The catch? The random customer was the woman's friend Read more...

First Windows 8 government app appears in Windows Store

John Callaham — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:07:44 +0100

The first Windows 8 app made for the 'government' category is now available to download for Windows 8 RTM members. The app was made for the Bay County, Florida tax office. Read more...

Google Maps misplaces popular city

Alan Cone — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:40:47 +0100

Google Maps, a widely accepted and relied on tool for obtaining directions to unknown locations, or even to browse towns for fun, somehow wiped the popular city of Sunrise, Florida right off of their map. ... Read more...

Florida defendant: RIAA = fraud, conspiracy, and extortion

Slimy — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:58:25 +0100

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While the RIAA continues its allegations of copyright infringement, defendants such as Suzy Del Cid, which accuses the RIAA of all sorts of nefarious misdeeds, are fighting back. UMG vs. Del Cid is being heard... Read more...

Florida Man Gets 6 Years & Pays 4.1M Restitution for Piracy

Shane Pitman — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:16:23 +0100

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Danny Ferrer, of Lakeland, Florida was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison and ordered to pay over 4.1 million dollars in restitution to software authors Adobe Systems Inc., Autodesk, and Macromedia Inc. for... Read more...

Florida Spammer Fined $11 Billion

stncttr908 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:09:16 +0000

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A US District court has ordered a Florida man accused of sending large volumes of spam to pay fines of $11.2 billion to a small Iowa-based ISP. CIS Internet Services in a lawsuit filed... Read more...

Florida Wins Spammer Injunction

dbfriends — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:26:12 +0100

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Florida prosecutors have been granted an injunction against two men accused of running mass e-mailing operations, in what is the state's first victory against spam. The move will prevent Scott Filary, 25, and Donald Townsend,... Read more...

From Florida With Love

Marcel Klum — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 17:24:14 +0000

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On a Florida college, EA confirms two Bond games, the sequel to LOTR: Third Age, and a secret non-sports Tiburon title. Seeking young talent for upcoming ventures in videogame development, Electronic Arts... Read more...

6 killed in Florida over Xbox

Adster — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 09:48:14 +0100

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An ex-convict who blamed a young woman for taking his video game system and clothes recruited three teenagers to stab and beat her and five others to death, investigators said Sunday. The 22-year-old... Read more...

Florida city aims to curb violent computer games

Marcel Klum — Sun, 18 Jan 2004 09:40:17 +0000

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A Florida city is determined to pass a law restricting children's access to violent computer games despite legal challenges to similar attempts elsewhere, and charges of censorship, its mayor said on Friday. The... Read more...

Florida Dorms Lock Out P2P Users

Mr magoo — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 22:38:57 +0100

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Hope they don't get any ideas from this at any other unis... "The University of Florida has developed a tool to help extricate the school from the morass of peer-to-peer file trading, and... Read more...

Microsoft Settles Florida Suit for $200 Million

Tom Warren — Wed, 16 Apr 2003 12:09:56 +0100

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Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it would pay up to $202 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by consumers in Florida that claimed the world's largest software maker had abused its monopoly and... Read more...