...en permanently banned from Black Hat and Defcon, something which continues a long tradition of reporter bans at the hacker conventions. Last year, Dateline’s Michelle Madigan quickly escaped fro...
Thursday, August 07, 2008 22:20
Microsoft sent their legal eagles after an iPhone application developer. In a note posted on ModMyiFone, ebl4287 said that "due to a big fat legal letter that was sent from Microsoft, I will no lon
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:21
... desktops, faster package management, the inclusion of OpenOffice 2.4 as well as the multimedia manager Bans hee 1.0. ...
Thursday, June 19, 2008 15:02
When PayPal's information security chief recently outlined new measures
the company will take to battle phishing attacks and online frauds, it
became evident that Apple's Safari browser lacks
Monday, April 21, 2008 14:21
Havana (Cuba) – Thousands of Cubans are lining up at state-owned telephone offices to buy their first mobile phones. Previously available to only tourists and government officials, the phones w
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 08:04
Los Angeles (CA) – The neuropsychiatric hospital at UCLA has banned all laptops and cellphones. The head of the facility, Dr. Thomas Strouse, says this is to ensure patient privacy after a nurs
Thursday, March 20, 2008 06:01
New Jersey - A new state law enacted today bans convicted sex offenders from using the Internet, joining only Florida and Nevada as states with such restrictions. The bill extends the law to inc
Thursday, December 27, 2007 22:21
Dardenne Prairie (MO) – City officials of a small Missouri town have banned all forms of electronic harassment in the wake of a young girl’s suicide last year. Now anyone who sends h
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 08:11
...atings Board (ESRB) initally gave Manhunt 2 a rating of "AO" (Adults Only), which essentially bans it from retail stores. Game publisher Rockstar tweaked the game and "toned down"...
Wednesday, November 07, 2007 09:10
...icense will not be able to use any type of cell phone or text messaging while behind the wheel. The law bans all usage, whether or not the driver is using a hands-free device. A $20 fine will be...
Friday, September 14, 2007 14:06
The Advertising Standards Authority in the UK has issued a warning for Sony, forcing it to remove a controversial Internet ad. London (England) - The Advertising Standards Authority in the UK has i
Wednesday, August 08, 2007 11:31
...irlines halted all departures systemwide for two hours Wednesday, the carrier said. Spokeswoman Robin Urbans ki said the airline did not yet know what caused the problem, which she described as a compu...
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 13:19
...tored access within around a week. Numerous schools throughout the world, however, have permanent bans on the site because of fears that it helps promote violence against other students and teac...
Friday, June 01, 2007 11:54
Apple has banned MySpace, the popular social networking site, from its retail stores. New York (NY) - Apple has banned MySpace, the popular social networking site, from its retail stores. App
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:43
...bsp; To protect the Xbox Live service and its members, Microsoft does not provide details about console bans . There is no recourse for Terms of Use violations." The user's Live account...
Friday, May 18, 2007 09:52
Ohio University has banned its students and employees from using any type of peer-to-peer networking. Athens (OH) - Ohio University has banned its students and employees from using any type of peer-
Thursday, April 26, 2007 15:59
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK has banned an Xbox 360 commercial because it says the ad promoted dangerous driving. London (England) - The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) i
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 08:04
...o to refrain from making any games that resemble Guitar Hero for one year. In addition, the settlement bans Fong and Tam from making any drum or synthesizer-based games, or related accessories. ...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:24
A court in Turkey has overturned the banning of YouTube in the country for insulting "Turkishness" and the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Culver City (CA)
Monday, March 12, 2007 09:48
... Goodin will be sentenced on June 11th 2007. The CAN-SPAM act became effective on January 1st 2004 and bans false or misleading email headers. It also prohibits deceptive subject lines and requires c...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 20:40
The Iranian government seems to have had it with ninjas and the Star Wars Kid and has banned YouTube. The popular video sharing site has been branded a public nuisance and has been taken off the web.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 23:23
Virgin Atlantic Airways says it will ban passengers from using Apple and Dell laptops running on battery power for all international flights. Virgin Atlantic Airways says it will ban passenger
Monday, September 18, 2006 19:42
A county in George has enacted a law that will fine drivers who crash, while talking on cellphones, up to $500. The DeKalb County law punishes drivers who are in a collision involving "death, i
Wednesday, August 23, 2006 19:38
Checkout, Google's idea how to pay for goods and services on the Internet, has been added to Ebay's "not permitted" list of payment methods. Checkout, Google's idea how to pay for goods and services
Thursday, July 06, 2006 19:04
Banning online players for in-game offenses is common, but a new multiplayer game has gone a step further. Roma Victor, a game set in Roman-controlled Britain, has virtually crucified a player
Saturday, March 25, 2006 00:01
From what it looks like, the German websites of car maker BMW have been kicked out of the Google index.
Saturday, February 04, 2006 22:01
The French online audiophile publication audionautes.net is reporting that, in a 10 January decision recently made public, the Paris District Court ruled against Warner Music. The ruling orders the c
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 16:27
The yearly Electronic Entertainment Expo show is known for cutting edge game announcements and outlandish costumes, but in recent years companies have been using scantily clad models to lure attendee
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 23:19
Earlier this month, we ran a preview of an exclusive interview with Mercury, a developer of a World of Warcraft bot - a cheat program to accelerate the player's progress within the game. In this full
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 15:24
Mark Eppley has been around the PC business almost since day one, when he invented a special cable to enable two computers to transfer data between them. Laplink went on to be one of the longest-sell
Tuesday, November 22, 2005 16:55
Samsung Electronics has informed several of its clients that its NAND flash chips are not to be used on SD cards but should only be used only in MMC micro cards, according to sources.
Saturday, June 18, 2005 00:11
The MPAA and RIAA claim file sharing is "devastating" their owners' businesses, citing Sweden as a country where uploading and downloading from p2p networks is "rampant".
Sunday, May 29, 2005 03:25
The U.S.
Monday, November 22, 2004 17:37
The selling of "mod chips" for Sony PlayStation 2 game consoles has been ruled illegal by a UK high court.
Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:34
China's Ministry of Culture has imposed a censorship program against online games with, "content threatening state security".
Tuesday, June 01, 2004 20:27
DVD duplication software maker 321 Studios has been given seven days to stop selling its controversial DVD X Copy family of utilities, a US federal judge has ruled.
Monday, February 23, 2004 14:55
Tiny cameras used to be the stuff of spy novels.
Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:31
Camera cell phones, one of the hottest items on this year's Christmas must-have list, is also a growing privacy issue for both consumers and organizations.
Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:46
Griffin Technologies' iTrip iPod add-on is illegal in the UK, British distributor A M Micro has said.
Thursday, July 31, 2003 12:50
The games industry has taken yet another blow, with Gary Locke, governor of the state of Washington in the USA recently signing a bill banning the sale of certain violent videogames to minors -
Thursday, May 22, 2003 06:25
Hacktivismo, a computer hacking group that is backed by 'The Cult of the Dead Cow,' will reportedly distribute an "enhanced source" software license this week that will legally prohibit any use
Tuesday, December 03, 2002 05:58
Jackalope Audio, with roots in Vancouver BC, is launching a peer-to-peer MP3 streaming service that is tailored to stay within the bounds of copyright law.
Saturday, March 03, 2001 07:56
The South Australia Parliament is reportedly considering an Internet censorship bill that would ban the posting of anything deemed offensive to children.
Saturday, March 03, 2001 07:46
Advanced Micro Devices is concentrating on new process technologies including silicon on insulator (SOI) in an effort to produce a chip for the thin, light notebook market that breaks the GHz b
Friday, February 23, 2001 07:14
The Justice Department has filed an opinion supporting a lower court ruling that bans the online 2600 magazine from linking to the DeCSS code used to bypass DVD copy protection.
Friday, February 23, 2001 07:10
In what could be an important case for testing existing cybercrime legalities, the FBI has used evidence gathered using a small device agents planted in the computer of a man suspected of runni
Thursday, December 07, 2000 06:41
Citing concerns over game violence, Brazil's Justice Ministry has banned six PC game titles, including Doom, Mortal Kombat and Postal.
Tuesday, December 21, 1999 05:09
3dfx escalated its strategy to court the Linux community, releasing Glide 3D graphics API under an open source licence and publishing details of its Voodoo 2 and 3 hardware specifications.
Thursday, December 09, 1999 05:25
I/OMagic Corp.
Friday, February 19, 1999 07:18
Mercury Research has released data that shows ATI's Rage 128 and nVidia's Riva TNT dominating the 3D world, although their performance in 2D lags behind older technologies from Matrox and 3Dfx.
Thursday, February 11, 1999 20:23
Multi-touch display 
Nvidia rolls out Tegra 
Overclocking:
Electric Motorcycle inventor crashes at NextFest 
