Technology/Telecoms - Page 56

Those in the legal profession are failing to make as much of an impact on social media as their accountant rivals, a benchmarking survey has found. | 13yrs

Almost three quarters of in-house lawyers use social media as a way to 'listen in' rather than contribute to their companies' online dialogue, a study released last week found. | 13yrs

A German data watchdog has slapped US internet giant Google with a €150,000 fine after finding that the search engine company captured and recorded information from unsecure wi-fi networks. | 13yrs

A member of the notorious Lulzsec hacking group has been sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to an attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. | 13yrs

One of the founders of controversial file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has been charged with hacking into several Swedish companies and stealing personal data. | 13yrs

South Korean technology giant Samsung is being investigated by Taiwanese fair-trade officials after allegedly paying for fake reviews to criticise rival company HTC. | 13yrs

The UK's consumer protection watchdog has launched an investigation into so-called 'free apps' and games which encourage users to make expensive in-app purchases. | 13yrs

Security services have told the UK's largest law firms that 'urgent action' must be taken to avoid damage from cyber attacks. | 13yrs

US technology giant Apple has taken down at least one application from the China App Store after it was discovered that books banned by the Chinese government had been made available. | 13yrs

The European Commission and the Information Commissioner's office have played down calls by privacy groups to have the right to be forgotten online by claiming the move is unrealistic and could damage the economy. | 13yrs

Several of Google's most high-profile competitors have sent an open letter to the European Commission demanding that formal antitrust charges are applied to the US search engine giant. | 13yrs

A technology group part owned by manufacturing giants Sony and Phillips has launched a lawsuit against Cupertino-based Apple claiming that the iPhone maker has infringed 15 of its patents. | 13yrs

The chief executive of Californian technology giant Apple is to testify in a lawsuit brought by the US government to combat alleged price-fixing in the lucrative ebook market. | 13yrs

Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has been found guilty of patent infringement and order to cough up $30 million in damages to a former Sony employee. | 13yrs

The founder of file-sharing web site MegaUpload has won the right to sue New Zealand's spy agency for illegal surveillance following a court ruling today. | 13yrs

US technology giant Microsoft is set to be heavily punished by European regulators after breaking an antitrust promise, with reports suggesting a fine running into hundreds of millions of dollars. | 13yrs

Three more file-sharing web sites have been blocked by UK internet service providers (ISPs), while across the Atlantic an alert system to combat online content theft was launched last week by five leading US ISPs. | 13yrs

With our lives increasingly ruled by technology, is it any surprise that search engines are telling us what to look for, rather than the other way around? Search engine creator Gabriel Weinberg tells James Barnes how things should be different | 13yrs

A judge in California has ordered a 40 per cent cut to the $1 billion in damages awarded to Cupertino-based tech company Apple from its South Korean rival Samsung. | 13yrs