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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Courtney Love suing over Guitar Hero 5

Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, has announced that she will be suing Activision for breach of contract in Guitar Hero 5.

September 10, 2009 | 11:52

Nvidia CEO attacks Intel Atom pricing strategy

It wasn't long before Nvidia's vocal Chief Executive, Jen-Hsun Huang, spoke up about Intel's Atom pricing strategy.

May 19, 2009 | 14:37

Lawyer serves notice via Facebook

A lawyer has successfully applied to the courts in Australia to have legal notice on a couple considered served when posted via a Facebook page.

December 18, 2008 | 15:12

Tecmo sued by every single employee

Tecmo, publisher of DOA and Ninja Gaiden, is being sued by two workers who now represent every one of the 300 workers at the company.

June 17, 2008 | 10:10

Tomonobu Itagaki leaving Tecmo

Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of the Dead or Alive series, has announced he is resigning from Tecmo and suing them to boot.

June 3, 2008 | 09:14

Police to be trained on videogames

UK police forces are to receive firearm training from a new simulation game that aims to be a truly realistic conflict simulation.

May 20, 2008 | 11:22

BREIN targets Mininova

Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN is to drag BitTorrent search engine Mininova through the legal system over its refusal to implement a filtering system to prevent the sharing of copyright material.

May 20, 2008 | 08:10

EU: Games industry must protect children

The EU has handed the games industry an ultimatum - take steps to protect children from violent media, or laws will be made to make you.

April 23, 2008 | 09:55

GTA modder facing prison?

A New Zealand modder is facing legal trouble after putting New Zealand cops into the game.

April 21, 2008 | 16:03

Seagate sues STEC over SSDs

Seagate has filed suit against rival storage manufacturer STEC, claiming violation of patents it owns on the creation of solid-state devices.

April 16, 2008 | 08:24

LegalTorrents relaunches

A BitTorrent tracker aimed at distributing freely-available files - mostly licensed via Creative Commons - has re-launched itself in beta format, but there's not a lot to see just yet.

April 2, 2008 | 08:55

TorrentSpy shuts its doors

BitTorrent search engine TorrentSpy has voluntarily shut up shop ahead of a court ruling that would force it to reveal personally identifiable information about its users.

April 1, 2008 | 15:20

Mexican raid uncovers 28,800 pirated games

Piracy is a problem for developers, and never was that more evident than when a single raid turned up 28,000 pirated games.

March 18, 2008 | 12:43

Supreme Court: Thompson must show cause

The Florida Supreme Court has ordered that Jack Thompson must show just cause for his abuses to the US legal system.

February 22, 2008 | 12:49

Implicit Networks sues... everyone

Unknown company Implicit Networks has started legal proceedings against a raft of high-tech companies claiming infringement of their data conversion patent.

February 21, 2008 | 08:59

MediaSentry slapped by Massachusetts

MediaSentry, an 'information gathering' company responsible for providing evidence against alleged file sharers, has been issued a 'cease and desist' notice by the state of Massachusetts.

February 6, 2008 | 09:04

Google responds to Microsoft's Yahoo! takeover bid

Google has responded to Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo! on the official Google Blog and questions the legality of such a move.

February 4, 2008 | 14:24

Pirate Bay facing prosecution

The Pirate Bay, one of the most popular file sharing sites on the web, is now facing prosecution for conspiracy to break the law.

January 31, 2008 | 18:16

QTrax announcement 'premature'

The brave new digital download start-up QTrax we reported on yesterday seems to have been a little economical with the truth, and the promised launch never happened. Why?

January 29, 2008 | 07:23

QTrax offers free music, legally

QTrax has announced deals with major music industry types to offer a 25 million song catalogue for free download, with no risk of being sued? Has the music industry finally woken up?

January 28, 2008 | 07:31

Gizmondo head released from jail

Gizmondo chief Stefan Eriksson has been released from jail early apparently, serving only a year of his three year sentence.

January 24, 2008 | 10:28

MPAA gets its sums wrong

The Motion Picture Association of America has released a statement coughing to 'human error' in a 2005 report almost tripling the claimed losses caused by file-sharing students.

January 24, 2008 | 07:30

Samsung chairman raided

The chairman of Korean tech giant Samsung has had his offices raided as part of an investigation into nepotism, bribery, and misappropriated funds at the corporation.

January 15, 2008 | 11:26