AOL plants Seed for Internet Age news operation (AFP)

March 17, 2010

The logo of Internet firm AOL in Hamburg, Germany. The faded web giant is reinventing itself as a digital age news operation with an army of freelance writers wielding online tools.(AFP/DDP/File/Philipp Guelland)AFP - Faded Internet star AOL is reinventing itself as a digital age news operation with an army of freelance writers wielding online tools.


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Microsoft Loses $106 Million Patent Verdict to VirnetX (PC World)

March 17, 2010
PC World - A court in Texas has ordered Microsoft to pay communications software maker VirnetX US$105.75 million after a jury found it guilty of willful infringement of two patents belonging to the company.No tag for this post.

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When tweets can make you a jailbird (AP)

March 17, 2010

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2009, file photo, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Scoville displays part of the Facebook page, and an enlarged profile photo, of fugitive Maxi Sopo in Seattle. The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too. U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal Justice Department document that offers a tantalizing glimpse of issues related to privacy and crime fighting. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Maxi Sopo was having so much fun "living in paradise" in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prosecutor in Seattle, where Sopo was wanted on bank fraud charges.


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