Neowin News Feed for: Justice

Dutch gamer charged with hacking an MMO in 2007 and 2008

Paul Ferson — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:20:38 +0000

A Dutch national who demanded rewards for ceasing attacks on an MMO's servers could be "levelled up" to five years in the slammer after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. Read more...

Anonymous turns on hacker over children's charity attack

Paul Ferson — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:52:31 +0000

After a charity intended to help children was attacked by a hacker attempting to prove his mettle, Anonymous reacted, delivering their own brand of vigilante justice upon the person responsible. Read more...

Apple launches second patent complaint against HTC

Byron Hinson — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:34:27 +0000

Apple has filed a second patent-infringing complaint against HTC as they now try to block imports of what they called “Personal electronic devices” from the Taiwanese company. According to SFGate, the complaint was filed late last... Read more...

Judge declines Samsung request to see the iPhone 5 and iPad 3

Byron Hinson — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:52:13 +0000

A judge working on an infringement case between both Apple and Samsung has denied a Samsung request to see Apple’s iPhone 5 and iPad 3 devices, saying that the company is not required to hand... Read more...

Microsoft told to pay $200m for XML patent infringement

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:05:39 +0000

A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has ordered Microsoft to pay $200 million in damages to Toronto, Canada based software company i4i Ltd, for patent infringement. According... Read more...

Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice for PSP

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:50:10 +0000

On January 29th, Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice for the PlayStation Portable will hit U.S. stores. The single player has three modes: Story mode, Bounty mode and Challenge mode. There will be over 30 levels ranging... Read more...

Department of Justice Keeps an Eye on Longhorn

Tom Warren — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:49:19 +0000

PCWorld is reporting that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is expressing concerns at Windows XP SP2 and the upcoming Longhorn Operating System, ensuring that they comply with the antitrust case against Microsoft. ... Read more...

Justice Dept. won't appeal Oracle ruling

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 21:29:01 +0000

The Justice Department announced Friday that it will not appeal a court ruling against it in the Oracle antitrust case, reducing the number of obstacles the software company must clear in its hostile takeover bid... Read more...

Justice Department staff opposes Oracle bid

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:05:46 +0000

Antitrust division lawyers at the U.S. Justice Department are recommending that the department file suit to block Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft, indicating that Oracle may face a serious setback in its embattled bid for its... Read more...

Midway announces Justice League

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 17:26:59 +0000

Midway Games announces that it's working on an action game inspired by the Justice League animated series for all current console platforms. Midway Games has today announced that it's working on an... Read more...

Geek Revenge: Poetic Justice For Spammer

Ross Dundas — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 20:14:27 +0000

Looks like /. upped the ante on Michigan based Spam lord Alan Ralsky who is responsible for a significant percentage of the Spam circulating on the internet along with the lovely e-mails that you wouldn't... Read more...

Lady Justice goes digital

Sun, 06 Oct 2002 04:24:30 +0000

Thanks Hareball82 for sending this in. A court in Yakima, Washington is taking Lady Justice digital by allowing drivers to e-mail their excuses or explanations instead of appearing in court. Other courts... Read more...

Justice ends antitrust examination of eBay

Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:22:17 +0000

Online auction company eBay Inc. said Monday that federal antitrust regulators had closed an inquiry into its conduct toward sites that aggregate auction listings. The investigation stemmed from a suit the online auction... Read more...