http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/42/all xx 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 http://www.itworld.com/legal/85516/judge-sets-schedule-google-book-search-case The judge in the copyright infringement case pitting the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) against Google and its book search program has set a date for the final hearing on the parties' controversial settlement proposal. http://www.itworld.com/legal/85516/judge-sets-schedule-google-book-search-case#comments Internet Legal News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:40:45 -0500 ITworld staff 85516 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/85422/company-selling-free-web-auction-kits-settles-ftc An online marketer offering supposedly free Internet auction kits has settled a complaint filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for charging consumers US$59.95 a month for enrollment in an "online-supplier" program, the FTC said Thursday. http://www.itworld.com/internet/85422/company-selling-free-web-auction-kits-settles-ftc#comments Government Internet Legal News Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:09:57 -0500 ITworld staff 85422 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/85316/chinese-authors-turn-heat-google-over-book-scanning A Chinese authors' group demanded late Wednesday that Google compensate writers whose books the U.S. company scanned without permission, cranking up tension in the country over Google's digital library project. http://www.itworld.com/internet/85316/chinese-authors-turn-heat-google-over-book-scanning#comments Internet Legal News Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:09:49 -0500 ITworld staff 85316 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/85264/ftc-online-check-writing-service-not-authenticating-users The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a civil contempt complaint against an online check-writing service, saying the company continues to allow customers to create and e-mail checks without verification of their identities. http://www.itworld.com/internet/85264/ftc-online-check-writing-service-not-authenticating-users#comments Government Internet Legal News Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:39:57 -0500 ITworld staff 85264 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/85205/uk-police-reveal-arrests-over-zeus-banking-malware British police said Wednesday they've made the first arrests in Europe of two people for using Zeus, a sophisticated malicious software program that can scoop up any sensitive information on a PC. http://www.itworld.com/legal/85205/uk-police-reveal-arrests-over-zeus-banking-malware#comments Legal Security News Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:09:50 -0500 ITworld staff 85205 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/85145/amd-gets-broader-rights-outsource-chip-production An updated cross-licensing agreement between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices expands their rights to use third-party chip makers to manufacture x86 chips under certain conditions. http://www.itworld.com/legal/85145/amd-gets-broader-rights-outsource-chip-production#comments Hardware Legal News Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:40:03 -0500 ITworld staff 85145 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/85137/antitrust-battle-will-go-despite-amd-intel-settlement The antitrust battle between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices isn't necessarily over, despite a settlement agreement announced by the microprocessor companies. http://www.itworld.com/legal/85137/antitrust-battle-will-go-despite-amd-intel-settlement#comments Legal News Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:10:19 -0500 ITworld staff 85137 at http://www.itworld.com