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Everyone’s favorite torrent site (if only for the interesting news they provide) looks to be in quite a bit of trouble again.  It just can’t seem to catch a break—it’s as if every organization with a ton of copyrights finds it necessary to sue the site.  Last time it was… Continue Reading »

  A Chicago woman has been slapped with a $50,000 lawsuit by her landlord.  Horizon Group Management filed the lawsuit after the woman complained about her apartment on Twitter.  Horizon was angered by her claim that they didn’t care about the mold problem in her apartment.  Although she did not… Continue Reading »

Dell has settled a class-action lawsuit filed against it by several former employees for $9.1 million.  Former senior strategist in learning and development for human resources Jill Hubley filed the case in October and was joined by co-worker Laura Guenther.  The women claimed Dell discriminated against its female employees in… Continue Reading »

Tsera is suing 23 companies including both Apple and Microsoft over a patent regarding interfacing with a touchpad.  In plain English, if a touchpad tries to make sense of your gesture-based input, Tsera may have the patent on that.  The patent looks like it is broad enough to cover the… Continue Reading »

The Kindle is once again making the news.  Only this time, not for a rave review and gushing praise.  This time the coverage is because of a $5 million class action suit being thrown at Amazon due to a number of Kindle 2 users finding the build quality of the… Continue Reading »

Facebook says it will fight a lawsuit filed against it by Power.com.  The lawsuit, filed in response to Facebook’s lawsuit against it last year, is an attempt to compel the social networking giant to drop the charges and restore access to Power.com users. “Today’s lawsuit seeks to put a stop… Continue Reading »

Does anyone take manufacturers claims about battery life seriously anymore?  Apparently someone does.  A law firm out of North Carolina and they want to know if you feel cheated, ripped-off or otherwise victimized by manufacturer claims regarding your laptop’s advertised battery life. That’s right, the law offices of Girard Gibbs,… Continue Reading »

The latest entry in the book of frivolous lawsuits is one filed against Apple by an Illinois couple.  They are accusing the company of gift card fraud and they are seeking monetary damages for what they call Apple’s “wrongful, illegal and fraudulent acts.”  The charges in the suit include one… Continue Reading »

Despite the attention being on the Palm Pre, it seems that another Palm device has snuck back in from the past to catch one final bit of the limelight.  The device is the now classic Palm Treo 600 and users, or more than likely, previous users can make their claim… Continue Reading »

Soon after the Pirate Bay founders were sentenced to over a year in jail and slapped with hefty fines, accusations began to fly that the judge sitting on the case was biased and the verdict should be overturned.  Now the person appointed to investigate the claims has been found to… Continue Reading »