E-Business & Internet

  • NY joins the antitrust effort against Intel
    AP (November 04, 2009)
    NEW YORK (AP) - New York's attorney general hit Intel Corp. with an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the company used "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate the market for computer microprocessors.
     
  • AT&T sues Verizon over 'map for that' ads
    AP (November 03, 2009)
    ATLANTA (AP) - AT&T Inc. is suing Verizon Wireless over its competitor's "There's a Map for That" commercials.
     
  • Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over e-reader
    AP (November 03, 2009)
    NEW YORK (AP) - Technology company Spring Design said Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against Barnes & Noble alleging it misappropriated trade secrets and violated a nondisclosure agreement when it launched its electronic reader Nook last month.
     
  • Fla. sues online travel companies over hotel taxes
    AP (November 03, 2009)
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The state of Florida is suing online travel reservation companies over hotel taxes, the latest in a string of lawsuits nationwide claiming the sites owe local authorities millions of dollars.
     
  • School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix
    AP (October 30, 2009)
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Two sophomore girls have sued their Indiana school district after they were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation.
     
  • Judge limits runaway convert's phone, Internet use
    AP (October 27, 2009)
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio judge on Tuesday ordered the state to supervise the telephone and Internet use of a teenage girl who says she ran away to Florida because she feared her father would harm or kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity.
     
  • Flyer advocate says Delta obtained hacked e-mails
    AP (October 13, 2009)
    ATLANTA (AP) - A passenger rights advocate accused Delta Air Lines Inc. in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of conspiring with a Virginia company to obtain hacked e-mails from her computer to help them derail her efforts to protect air travelers from lengthy tarmac delays and other inconveniences.