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Law enforcement forced suspect to unlock iPhone via Face ID

Sharath Ravishankar — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:32:01 +0000

In an apparent first, agents from the FBI forced a 28 year-old suspected of receiving and possessing child pornography to unlock his iPhone by means of its Face ID biometric device unlocking system. Read more...

BlackBerry lives on through TCL; global rights to the brand have been sold

Steven Johns — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 08:10:01 +0000

Although BlackBerry once held as much as 20% of the smartphone market share, today it officially bows out as the company announces it has sold manufacturing rights to the BlackBerry brand to TCL. Read more...

London employment tribunal says Uber drivers are workers, not self-employed

Paul Hill — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:38:01 +0000

Uber has lost a case against two people that have worked for the company. A London-based employment tribunal ruled the drivers are workers, not self-employed, and should have workers' rights. Read more...

Content providers ask UK ISPs to block more sites, including Demonoid

Andy Weir — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:56:01 +0000

The list of sites that UK ISPs are requested to block by copyright holders has been updated, and now includes more popular examples such as Demonoid, and even sites that sell counterfeit luxury goods. Read more...

Online shoppers across Europe now have new rights

Andy Weir — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 10:04:39 +0000

Online shoppers in Europe now have new protections under laws that introduce a 14-day 'cooling-off period' for digital purchases, ban retailers from 'pre-ticking' boxes for optional extras, and more. Read more...

Microsoft is fighting a US warrant for customer data stored overseas

Jett Goldsmith — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 23:25:42 +0000

In recently released court documents, Microsoft has objected to a warrant issued by a United States court that requires the company to hand over a customer's emails which are stored overseas. Read more...

New report says Foxconn employees abused

Tom Dwyer — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 14:46:44 +0000

Foxconn, the world’s largest manufacturer of electrical components, is facing a leaked report that states the company abuses its employees. The report also says that the company has been responsible for harsh punishment, illegal labor... Read more...

Microsoft charges extra fee for Rental Rights Licensing

Benjamin Rubenstein — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:06:39 +0000

In the past, when an organization would rent out computers to an institution, business, or whomever, the company would purchase the computers with standard Windows and Office licenses, and then ship those computers to their... Read more...

As WinXP Deadline Looms, OEMs Turn To Vista Downgrade Rights

Steven Parker — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:53:17 +0000

Microsoft may be preparing to discontinue sales of Windows XP, but some OEMs have found a way to circumvent the software giant's June 30 deadline. In yet another sign of the market's resistance to Windows... Read more...

Congress to Investigate Yahoo's Role in Chinese Rights Case

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:38:21 +0000

It seems as if Yahoo, which is currently playing second fiddle to Google in many of their competing offerings including search and online video, just can't get a break these days. Today, congressional investigators have... Read more...

Program Names govern admin rights in Vista

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:22:53 +0000

Developers have discovered that the name given to a Vista executable affects whether or not it will require admin rights to run. Security experts said the feature might seem odd, but helps to catch out... Read more...

Microsoft Tightens Vista Transfer Rights Under New License

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:31:11 +0000

Microsoft said today it will limit the number of machines to which users can transfer the Windows Vista OS licenses, to just one system beyond the original PC. When Windows Vista is available, consumers will... Read more...

Midway acquires rights to Epic back catalogue

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:12:00 +0000

Midway has acquired the rights to some of the titles that make up Epic Games' back catalogue - and plans to release an "Unreal Anthology" this autumn. Priced $29.95 in the US, Unreal Anthology will... Read more...

Innovation, IP Rights Key In Microsoft's EU Antitrust Case

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:40:49 +0000

Microsoft and the European Commission will clash in court over innovation and intellectual property rights when the software giant appeals against a 2004 anti-trust decision, according to court papers seen by Reuters. Microsoft wants to... Read more...

Cisco Fights Shareholders on Human Rights

Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:04:29 +0000

Internet equipment maker Cisco Systems is fighting a shareholder action that urges the company to adopt a comprehensive human rights policy for its dealings with the Chinese government, and with other states practicing political censorship... Read more...

AMD Wins Rights To See Third-Party Documents

Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:56:30 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. won another skirmish in what promises to become another protracted war in the courts action against Intel. The company has won a motion to serve document preservation subpoenas against computer makers,... Read more...

Xbox 360 Buys Backwards Compatibility Rights From Nvidia

Joe Cashman — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:19:22 +0000

After E3 Microsoft left gamers wondering if they would be able to play their Xbox games on their Xbox360 after refusing to answer questions on it. They did announce though that "the best selling" Xbox... Read more...

EA to co-publish Dead to Rights II

Todd Tanner — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 18:34:16 +0000

Chertsey, UK , March 7th 2005 –Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world's leading interactive entertainment software company today officially announced plans to co-publish Dead to RightsTMII, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2002 award-winning smash-hit... Read more...

Valve prevails in cyber-cafe rights case

Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:30:58 +0000

Judge rules that VU Games is "not authorized" to distribute Valve games in cyber-cafes; other claims, amount of damages remain at issue. This afternoon, Valve released a statement stating its legal complaint... Read more...

Google May Lose Rights to Use the Gmail Trademark

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 04:25:42 +0000

cybershark has reported in our Back Page News that Google, after its Gmail debut, does not hold legal rights to the trademark, yet. Normally, the registrations for trademarks are handled in a "first... Read more...

Linux, digital rights on collision course

Wed, 04 Aug 2004 05:26:04 +0000

Widespread use of Linux and open-source software is an inevitability, but the new programming technique is running into troubles with the important new technology of digital rights management, Hewlett-Packard's top Linux executive said Tuesday. ... Read more...

From Software buys Tenchu rights

Wed, 07 Jul 2004 18:06:50 +0000

A Japanese publisher From Software has acquired rights to the Tenchu series from Activision. They will now be handling the publishing and development of future Tenchu series games. The deal covers the worldwide trademark and... Read more...

IBM regains supercomputer bragging rights

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:58:33 +0000

IBM has regained dominance on a list of the 500 fastest supercomputers and has also landed two unusual prototypes in the top 10. IBM calls the prototype systems evidence that its years-long... Read more...

'Pirate Act' raises civil rights concerns

Todd Tanner — Wed, 26 May 2004 19:35:11 +0000

File swappers concerned about getting in trouble with record labels over illegal downloads may soon have a major new worry: the U.S. Department of Justice. A proposal that the Senate may vote on as early... Read more...

Rockstar denies Grand Theft Auto movie rights rumour

Wed, 19 May 2004 20:43:09 +0000

Since the publication of this article, Rockstar has responded with an emphatic denial of the rumour that the Grand Theft Auto movie rights have been optioned. The rights to create a movie based on the... Read more...

Soul Calibur film rights snapped up

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 06:43:20 +0000

What do American Pie's Stifler and Soul Calibur's Sophitia have in common? Two words: Warren Zide. According to The Hollywood reporter, the Pie and Final Destination producer has purchased the film rights to Namco's fighting... Read more...

Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 09:39:38 +0000

Overview The Windows Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer provides a way for users of supported Windows operating systems to view, but not alter, files with restricted permission. These restrictions enable authors to prevent... Read more...

Microsoft Rights Management Coming to Third-Party Apps

Tom Warren — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 01:24:11 +0000

Software vendors seemingly have been slow to back Microsoft's RMS platform. So security vendor Liquid Machines plans to RMS-enable their apps for them. Microsoft's Rights Management technology is coming to a host... Read more...

Microsoft in human rights row

Tom Warren — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 02:27:22 +0000

Gates's firm supplied technology used to trap Chinese dissidents, says Amnesty Technology sold by Microsoft to the Chinese government has been used by Beijing to censor the internet, and resulted in... Read more...

Gates' 'Other' Company Focuses on Rights Management

Tom Warren — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:47:10 +0000

Corbis' revenues are up 20 percent, in part due to strong growth in its rights licensing and management services. When Bill Gates founded his second company in 1990, he had an inkling... Read more...

Rights issue dogs CD protection

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 23:33:45 +0000

A dispute over royalty rights on copy-protected CDs and other types of music discs is helping to stall the release of some new music technology, and could result in record labels owing tens of millions... Read more...

Ubisoft Violates Consumer Rights

Marcel Klum — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:59:03 +0000

Ubisoft released the promised Rainbow Six 3 : Raven Shield 1.5 patch yesterday, but they failed to mention their new copy protection scheme. It turns out that Ubisoft implented code into the RVS... Read more...

Microsoft Rolls Out Rights Management 1.0; Preps 2.0

Tom Warren — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 12:52:26 +0000

Redmond's RMS technology is ready to roll. But so far, the only application making use of it is Office 2003 As Microsoft rolls out its first-generation Windows rights-management service (RMS) designed to... Read more...

Windows Rights Management Services 1.0

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 10:10:19 +0000

Windows Rights Management Services provide the platform for an organizational rights policy management system. Since this server component is provided as a premium service for Windows Server, a Windows RMS Client Access License (CAL) is... Read more...

Developer claims rights breach in Office 2003

Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:31:09 +0000

Freelance writer and software developer Eric Wilson has spent a decade supporting, writing about and developing Microsoft platforms. But last week he warned that buyers of Microsoft's Office 2003, released last week, might be breaching... Read more...

Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer Beta 2

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:35:53 +0000

The Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer is a way that Windows users can view files with restricted permission. These restrictions help people to prevent sensitive documents, Web-based information, and e-mail messages from being forwarded,... Read more...

Windows Rights Management Client 1.0

Tom Warren — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:08:00 +0000

The Microsoft® Windows® Rights Management (RM) client is required for your computer to run applications that provide functionality based on Windows RM technologies. Installing this client places software on your computer that allows RM-aware applications... Read more...

Windows Rights Management Services RC1

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 13 Sep 2003 11:01:26 +0000

Digital rights needs government support

Darren Bolton — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 08:38:32 +0000

Broadband Stakeholder Group calls for greater involvement in pushing adoption of the technology Delays in the adoption of robust digital rights management (DRM) technology is holding up the delivery of content over the internet, the... Read more...

Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer

Tom Warren — Tue, 20 May 2003 22:18:20 +0000