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Inside the Lawsuit That Could Ground Deadly CIA Predator Drones

A new lawsuit alleges that Predator drone targeting software was pirated, and emails obtained by Fast Company suggest the CIA knew it was sub-par.READ»

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Ticketmaster Ripped You Off? Get Your Refund

A class-action lawsuit brought against the online ticket seller may finally get you money back for all those "processing fees."READ»

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Apple Smacked With $625.5M Judgment in Mirror Worlds Patent Case, Appeals

CoverFlow is how Mac users view documents, music, videos--most every type of file on its laptops and mobile devices. Now a judge says the company swiped it from Mirror Worlds LLC. READ»

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Smartphone Smackdown: Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Handsets

In a sneaky late Friday legal filing, Microsoft hit Motorola with a lawsuit over the latter company's line of Google software-based Android smartphones, which Microsoft claims are in violation of nine patents. Could this be the first of many Android-based suits?READ»

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iFive: HP vs Oracle, ACLU vs DHS, Asteroid Flyby, Xbox Apologizes to Fort Gay, Google Live Search Hint

It's today everyone ... wanna see what's been happening while you were waiting for it to roll around?READ»

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The $131M Ford Rollover Death Verdict That Twitter Broke

Fast Company's Adam L. Penenberg tweets the breaking news about a verdict against Ford in the death of rising Mets star Brian Cole. As reporters lagged behind on the story, Penenberg discovered a new media use for the 140-character format.READ»

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Rainn Wilson and "I'm With Coco's" Aviv Hadar Sue Each Other Over Soul Ownership

Rainn Wilson (best known as Dwight Schrute on "The Office") is now countersuing Aviv Hadar, creator of both "I'm With Coco" and the Think Brilliant design house. It's a mess, involving broken contracts and one odd hacking escapade.READ»

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Twitter User Present at Khmer Rouge Trial Tweets All the Way Through

@vdao1972 shares his experience of the historic verdict.READ»

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Record Biz Nails Online Porn Companies With Stiff Fine for Copyright Violation

A nice pair--of porn companies, that is--is being sued by the music industry for featuring songs in their XXX-rated clips without permission. The copyright infringement suit was filed at the U.S. District Court in L.A. last week, ...READ»

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Dell Lawsuit Highlights Broken PCs, Dirty Business Dealings

Lawsuits are looming over Dell that finally, publicly confirm something that many users have known for a long time--its machines are technically flawed. Did Dell's business rest on screwing over the user, in return for quick and dirty ...READ»

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Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Police Chief's Right to Search Employee's Text Messages

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a California police chief's actions in searching and reading private (in this case, sexually explicit) texts from an employee is justified and reasonable.READ»

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Microsoft Sues Salesforce.com, Alleging a Whopping Nine Patent Violations

Microsoft filed a suit against business software distributor Salesforce.com, alleging violation of nine separate patents, mostly for back-end technologies. It's a rare show of force for the Redmond giant.READ»

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Search Warrant Used to Raid Gizmodo Blogger's Home Reveals Apple's Involvement

The case of the stolen iPhone just got stickier: The judge involved just ruled that, due to the massive publicity the story has received, there's no need to keep the search warrant a secret any more. It's been released, and it shows just how involved Apple was in the investigation.READ»

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Plagued by Lawsuits, McAfee Founder Hunts for Cures in Belize

John McAfee, the antivirus-software pioneer, says he's lost most of his fortune -- but doesn't care. To the contrary, he now hopes to give something back by deriving antibiotics from jungle plants in Belize. Really?READ»

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Goldman Sachs: The $64,000 Question

It is a puzzlement why they chose instead to fight this civil complaint. Goldman Sachs has the financial and political wherewithal to make this disappear.READ»

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Settlement reached in Bush civil case

A source has told Yahoo! Sports that former University of Southern California running back Reggie Bush has reached a cheap Nike shoes settlement in a civil case brought by Lloyd Lake, one of the financiers of failed marketing ...READ»

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Inspirational Shame in the Era of Behavior

We have entered a time when how we do things is essential to our ability to succeed, says Dov Seidman. In this “Era of Behavior,” shame is a powerful social and business force and a behavior rooted in sustainable values. Shaming can even be inspirational. How? Shame is a key element of self governance and an example of a self-correcting force in a self-governing culture.READ»

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Current Health Insurance Reform Issues

No sooner had President Obama signed the last piece of the health insurance reform package on March 30 than he hit the road, traveling to a number of states to sell the public on the new health care law of the land. On their Easter/Passover recess break, many members of Congress were engaged in their own READ»

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More Plaintiffs Allege Extortion in Yelp Lawsuit

The legal pressure on Yelp is mounting: New plaintiffs have joined the case which alleges the social media review site offered to remove bad customer reviews of a business if that business bought advertising space on Yelp ...READ»

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HTC Responds to Apple's Patent Lawsuit, Rejects Accusations

HTC finally stepped up and responded to Apple's lawsuits claiming patent violation of several of HTC's Android handsets--and, unsurprisingly, the Taiwanese manufacturer plans to fight.READ»

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Today in Most Innovative Companies

News of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including Apple, IBM, and Samsung.READ»

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Former Sun Microsystems CEO: HTC Isn't the First Company to Face Legal Threats From Steve Jobs

Jonathan Schwartz, former CEO of Sun Microsystems, has stepped up to defend Google (in a roundabout way, via HTC) from the patent attacks recently leveled by Apple. If you want to be truly disturbed at how virulent the patent ...READ»