Patent wars, regulation and legislation increasingly matter to the tech sector.
Is open-source past its prime? Does it need to be replaced? Some companies say yes, while others say nonsense!
GitHub revamps its bug bounty with higher rewards and legal safe-harbor terms for researchers.
Huawei had an internal reward program for employees who stole trade secrets and a company engineer attempted to probe an Apple supplier for information on its latest smart watch, a report from The Information claims.
The EU's new copyright laws will force all websites to check all posts to see if anything ever published might be a copyright violation. That will include photos, videos, words, tweets, memes, source code -- you name it.
Huawei continues its dominance in its domestic market, with IDC reporting that it sold 5.7 million more smartphones in Q4 2018 year over year.
After just two hours of debate, Australia's encryption law amendments are now stalled in the Senate until April. Only one key amendment was passed, but both government and opposition can claim a win.
Kubernetes enables the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. This ebook explains why the ecosystem matters, ways to take advantage of it, and how it may contribute to the future...
A major German party thinks mandatory data-sharing with rivals and the public can rein in Big Tech.
Exec told workers not to trade Apple shares using inside information and then did it himself, says the SEC.
In the midst of a lawsuit filed by rival carrier Sprint over whether AT&T’s 5G is really 5G, the latter has added two more cities to its 2019 rollout plan.
The corporate watchdog alleges that Byte Power failed to comply with its continuous disclosure obligations.
A popular note on the Linux Kernel Mailing List claims that a program's author can block people from using his code at his discretion. Wrong.
The US has told Hungary that America finds it ‘more difficult’ to partner with nations that have Huawei equipment deployed.
Sprint has called for an end to AT&T’s 5G E advertising campaign, arguing in a lawsuit that it is false and misleading, and causing irreparable damage to its own 5G network investment.
By joining OpenChain, Microsoft takes another big step forward in being fully open-source friendly.
No news snippets or pictures will dramatically harm traffic to news sites in Europe, according to Google.
During the year, we have seen the destruction of SOPA and PIPA but the emergence of CISPA and similar laws around the world, a growing trend in hacks and scams, an explosion in malware, and states committing cyberwarfare on their friends and foes. Here's a run-down of what happened in 2012.
A jury decided that more than 25 Samsung phones and tablets contained contained technology that violated Apple patents. Now Apple wants to make sure than 9 of them won't get sold in the US.
Tim Cook's first year anniversary as Apple CEO was rewarded with a $1 billion jury verdict in his company's patent trial with Samsung. Here are the Samsung devices in question.
Microsoft unveils its first new logo in 25 years and only its fourth since 1975.
Come on! Is there really anything about the iPad's design that makes it so special that it should be used ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales? I Don't Think So.
USPTO has been granting lots of new patents, some with a surprisingly quick turnaround. Here are drawings of 10 noteworthy patents issued to top tech players last week.
As Facebook prepares to launch its massive IPO, it's a good time to look at the late 90s to see what people thought were good investments.
A look at Google's presentation outlining how it will fight back against Oracle's claims that it owes money for copying Java code
A selection of slides from Oracle's 91-page presentation to court, designed to push its claim that Google needs to pay it billions of dollars for using Java technology in Android
Facebook's IPO filing included images. Here they are and here's what they mean.
Over the years, we’ve developed a set of guidelines for holiday lights. Every holiday season we distribute citations to local residences for exceptionally good (and exceptionally bad) light displays.
A look back at some of the major controversies to grip the world's largest social network over the past few months. Is Facebook teetering on the edge of collapse?
Jawbone makes some of the best Bluetooth headsets and speaker so it wasn't much of a surprise that their new health device, the UP, is also built very well. Can the UP help you improve your health through activity tracking and team motivation?
(Sept. 2011) This gallery guide will walk you through friends lists, and how you can separate your many lives.
Facebook is rolling out a major revamp to its privacy settings. The changes affect what you see on your profile as well as when you share content on the social network.
Facebook rolls out the unsend feature it promised last April.
Thanks to the expansion of piracy site-block laws to websites that have the primary effect of facilitating copyright infringement, a series of music copyright holders have sought the block of sites that allegedly allow users to download YouTube videos and strip them down to audio files.
Impact of no-deal Brexit is already being felt on recruitment and investment. And uncharted waters lay ahead. Read more: https://zd.net/2Gc3YDm
Google and Facebook have regained enterprise certificates to run internal iOS apps with employees.
Microsoft wants to make it easier for organizations to deal with new privacy regulations like EU's GDPR.
After explosive growth in the industry, some fear not enough attention has been paid to safety. This is the year that could change.
Facebook and Twitter are in breach of laws requiring personal data to be kept on Russian soil, say the authorities.
Brad Smith forecasts how the world will respond to fake news, cyberattacks, AI, trade wars, and social-media regulation. Read more: https://zd.net/2Meg7Yn
US Senator Ron Wyden renewed his call for new laws that would ban telcos from selling users' location data.
Microsoft could face more complaints after a ruling says it's liable for damages caused by an unauthorized Windows 10 upgrade.
ollowing a AU$12,600 penalty earlier this year, Activ8me is again facing legal action from the ACCC for its allegedly misleading advertisements over the cost of its NBN services.
Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on December 1, and faces extradition to the US,
Microsoft wants new laws to put some constraints on the use and development of facial recognition. Read more: https://zd.net/2Qjjqmn
Ahead of this week's G20 meeting, Trump talks up tariffs on Chinese-made iPhones and MacBooks.
A class action against Uber raised in Victoria will be opened up to another three states, which could make it one of the largest class actions in Australian history.
Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 is a solid, mature product that brings powerful collaboration and communications tools in an easy-to-use and manage package, priced right for small businesses.
LG's mid-range musical phone features dual colour displays and tri-band connectivity, but it lacks memory expansion options.
Nokia's 6230i is an upgraded version of its classic, unpretentious 6230 with a higher quality screen, 1.3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth.
Samsung's latest slider phone, the D500, looks a lot like its sliding predecessor, but comes in a black case with a megapixel camera and an MP3 player.
Motorola's music mobile combines a full-featured handset that will appeal to a wide range of users whether they're looking for fun, functionality or the perfect mixture of both.
Apple's newest iPod gets a makeover, adds some evolutionary upgrades, and delivers more bang for the buck. But are these changes enough to make a big splash?
We take a peek at one of Sony's Hi-MD portable music players, supporting a gigabyte of removable storage thanks to the company's higher-capacity media format.
Enterprise Software
Microsoft's killer Windows 7 patch: Breaks networking, flags legit PCs as 'Not genuine'
Enterprise Software
The battle between real open source vs. faux open source heats up
Security
US telcos caught selling your location data again: Senator demands new laws
Networking
The EU's new copyright laws threaten to destroy the internet
CXO
Ex-Apple lawyer in charge of stopping insider trading charged with insider trading
