http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/42/all xx http://www.itworld.com/government/86184/eu-charges-philips-others-forming-crt-screen-cartel The European Commission has accused manufacturers of cathode-ray tubes of running cartels in the markets for computer monitors and TVs, the regulator said Thursday. http://www.itworld.com/government/86184/eu-charges-philips-others-forming-crt-screen-cartel#comments Government Hardware Legal News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:10:32 -0500 ITworld staff 86184 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/86081/milan-prosecutors-seek-prison-sentences-google-execs Milan prosecutors Wednesday sought prison sentences ranging from six months to one year for four Google executives accused of violating Italy's privacy laws over the posting of a video showing the bullying of a handicapped teenage boy. http://www.itworld.com/internet/86081/milan-prosecutors-seek-prison-sentences-google-execs#comments Internet Legal News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:40:01 -0500 ITworld staff 86081 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/86008/man-pleads-guilty-selling-fake-chips-us-navy A 32-year-old California man has pleaded guilty to charges that he sold thousands of counterfeit chips to the U.S. Navy. http://www.itworld.com/government/86008/man-pleads-guilty-selling-fake-chips-us-navy#comments Government Legal Security Software News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:10:41 -0500 ITworld staff 86008 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/85920/senators-call-transparency-copyright-treaty-talks Two U.S. senators have asked President Barack Obama's administration to allow the public to review and comment on a controversial international copyright treaty being negotiated largely in secret. http://www.itworld.com/government/85920/senators-call-transparency-copyright-treaty-talks#comments Government Legal News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:10:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85920 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/85894/godfather-spam-sentenced-four-years-prison One of the most notorious U.S.-based spammers was sentenced to more than four years in jail on Monday for a scheme that used spam to manipulate stock prices in order to make a profit. http://www.itworld.com/security/85894/godfather-spam-sentenced-four-years-prison#comments Legal Security News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:10:02 -0500 ITworld staff 85894 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/85860/eu-drops-qualcomm-antitrust-investigation The European Commission has closed its antitrust probe of Qualcomm's patent licensing practices after Ericsson and others withdrew their complaints, the regulator said Tuesday. http://www.itworld.com/legal/85860/eu-drops-qualcomm-antitrust-investigation#comments Government Legal Mobile & wireless Networking News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:09:51 -0500 ITworld staff 85860 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/85796/rim-motorola-latest-defendants-visual-voicemail-suit Klausner Technologies, a company with 25 patents related to visual voicemail technology, filed a lawsuit charging Motorola and Research In Motion with infringing its patents. http://www.itworld.com/legal/85796/rim-motorola-latest-defendants-visual-voicemail-suit#comments Legal Mobile & wireless Networking Personal tech News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:40:53 -0500 ITworld staff 85796 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/85621/global-warming-research-exposed-after-hack An anonymous hacker has posted private e-mails, files and other documents belonging to a noted climate researcher, sparking an international debate between skeptics of global warming and those who see it as an urgent problem. http://www.itworld.com/internet/85621/global-warming-research-exposed-after-hack#comments Internet Legal Security News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:10:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85621 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85605/chrome-shines-gore-opines-staffs-decline Google's Chrome OS captured a lot of headlines and hype this week after the company invited the media in to have a look-see, setting off a whole lot of opinions about whether it will be any good. Microsoft, predictably, doesn't think so. Otherwise, Al Gore offered his opinion on the role supercomputers can play to quell climate change, and for the first time we can recollect there were not one, but two, cat-related IT stories that caught our attention. http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85605/chrome-shines-gore-opines-staffs-decline#comments Business Government Green IT Legal Mobile & wireless Operating systems Personal tech Security Software Windows Opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:14 -0500 ITworld staff 85605 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/85528/eu-gives-oracle-extra-time-respond-sun-inquiry Oracle and Sun Microsystems have been granted an extra week to defend their planned US$7 billion merger in front of European regulators, the European Commission said Friday. http://www.itworld.com/government/85528/eu-gives-oracle-extra-time-respond-sun-inquiry#comments Government Legal Open Source Software News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:40:54 -0500 ITworld staff 85528 at http://www.itworld.com