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Just days before memory chip designer Rambus is scheduled to announce its quarterly results, a California district court has scrambled the numbers. Judge Ronald Whyte of San Jose on Monday tossed out the $306.5 million in damages awarded to the Los Altos, Calif.-based Rambus in its patent infringement suit against Hynix Semiconductor. While upholding the […]

U.S. authorities moved against one of the world’s largest Internet gambling operations Monday, charging 11 individuals and four corporations with various counts of racketeering, conspiracy and fraud. BetonSports PLC, a U.K.-incorporated and publicly traded firm, was among the companies charged, along with its founder, Gary Kaplan, and its current chief executive officer, David Carruthers. Public […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hit an online telephone records broker Thursday with its maximum fine of $97,500 for failing to respond to a subpoena request. The data the brokers are selling includes numbers dialed, calls received and the location of callers. The FCC wants to know where the broker, known as LocateCell, obtained the […]

Wall Street money manager Mario Gabelli agreed Thursday to pay $130 million to settle civil allegations that he and his affiliates rigged Federal Communications Commission (FCC) spectrum auctions. Whistleblower R.C. Taylor III, who originally initiated the lawsuit, will receive $32.2 million of the settlement. According to the Department of Justice (DoJ) complaint, the FCC established […]

Lawmakers today directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to analyze the benefits of energy efficient computing and data center design on the energy supply chain. On a 417-4 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 5646, directing the EPA to conduct the study to expedite the adoption of energy-efficient servers and data centers. The […]

Veterans can breathe a little easier over the massive May data theft at the Veterans Administration (VA). The FBI and the VA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) do not think the data on a laptop and an external hard drive stolen from a VA employee’s home has been used for identity theft purposes, according […]

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) awarded its first bounties Tuesday for individuals reporting companies involved in software privacy. Three individuals received a combined total of $15,500 after their reports of software piracy led to BSA investigations and settlements. The BSA, a trade association of software publishers, announced the program last year with offers of up […]

Another member of the notorious Shadowcrew gang that specialized in online fraud is heading to jail. Chad Hatten, 36, of Houston was sentenced Tuesday to 90 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal sentenced Hatten on four counts of access device fraud. He was […]

UPDATED: In the sharpest attempt yet to curb Internet gambling by Americans, the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to ban financial payments to offshore casinos. On a vote of 317-93, lawmakers approved legislation that would force banks and credit card companies to cut off payments to the estimated 2,300 gambling sites located outside of […]

Vonage’s legal woes continued to mount today, even as the Voice over IP provider made its own moves to extricate itself from various patent infringement claims. While Vonage  announced it had acquired ownership of three VoIP patents from Digital Packet Licensing, Klausner Technologies sued the company for patent infringement. The lawsuit, which seeks $180 million […]

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives may get an opportunity next week to place their bets on banning Internet gambling. Representatives Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Jim Leach (R-Iowa) have combined their Internet anti-gambling legislation into one bill. They’re hoping for a full floor debate and a vote by as early as Wednesday. “There is […]

Reporter’s Notebook: While Congress dithers over a telecom reform bill that may or may not pass this year, Verizon is moving to the courts to prove its point that a national video franchising law is necessary. Both the Senate and the House are pushing legislation to allow Verizon and AT&T to bypass local franchising authorities […]