Neowin News Feed for: Profiteering

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...

FourSquare served lawsuit over patents on GPS usage

Paul Ferson — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:46:54 +0000

Location networking service FourSquare has been hit with lawsuits for infringing on two obscure U.S. Patents relating how GPS is used to share information. Read more...

Patent trolling costs $29 billion annually in the US

Paul Ferson — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:40:35 +0000

Patent holding companies, known as 'trolls' for their business practices, are costly to fight legal battles against. A recent academic paper attempts to put a cost on the losses these trolls create. Read more...