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Google pays for their chaotic launch of Buzz November 03rd, 2010 - 09:20 am ET Google has tried to buy their way out of the controversy surrounding their Google Buzz social network by paying 8.5 million dollars to a fund for the protection of private life. ...

Spam: 1 billion Canadian dollar fine and banned from Facebook October 06th, 2010 - 12:15 pm ET Already condemned in the United States, Adam Guerbuez has now had his conviction confirmed in Canada. He has been ordered to pay Facebook a billion Canadian dollars for spamming.

Java: Google accuses Oracle of unfair play October 06th, 2010 - 09:10 am ET Accused by Oracle of infracting intellectual property rights in relation to Java on Android, Google has defended themselves by accusing the plaintiff of unfair sportsmanship and ...

Hacker-Croll escapes with a 5 month suspended sentence June 25th, 2010 - 10:06 am ET Charged with computer intrusion, the French Twitter hacker has escaped with a five month suspended sentence.

YouTube claims an important victory over Viacom June 24th, 2010 - 09:10 am ET In a 1 billion dollar lawsuit between the parties, Google has claimed a major victory over Viacom. YouTube’s right to host content was upheld, although Viacom has stated that ...

Street View : an investigation opened in the USA June 22nd, 2010 - 09:10 am ET Connecticut has opened a multi-state investigation on Street View so as to determine whether Google broke data collection laws through the collection of personal WiFi network ...

Antitrust : Brussels opens a surprise investigation against Google February 24th, 2010 - 11:45 am ET Following complaints made by three online sites, one of which is linked to Microsoft, the European Commission is investigating Google for possible anti-competition practices. If ...

Microsoft sues LinkoManija in relation to Office February 02nd, 2010 - 09:15 am ET Microsoft has launched legal proceeding against LinkoManija for having helped in the downloading of illegal copies of the Office 2003 and Office 2007 suites.

Word and XML: Microsoft launches a new appeal January 17th, 2010 - 10:12 am ET In their case against i4i in which they were previously condemned, Microsoft continues to fight through the appeals process by once against putting forward their case.

Viacom vs. YouTube : The hunt for 1 billion US dollars is back on ? January 11th, 2010 - 09:00 am ET We should soon know if the case pitting Viacom against YouTube will make it in front of the US courts. In play is 1 billion dollars.