Quantum computers seem to exists in a superposition of theoretical and practical states; there seems to be a lot of progress in the field, but a fully-realized quantum computer remains ... (more)

Beijing Shidai Yingyin International Entertainment Co., Ltd has filed a lawsuit against Shanghai Juli Media Technology Co., Ltd, the owner of Internet video platform provider PPlive ... (more)

The PC version of Mass Effect is going to require Internet access to play (despite being a single-player game), as its DRM system requires that it phone home every 10 days. Sadly, Spore ... (more)

Within hours of its release, Microsoft's Service Pack 3 for Windows XP began drawing hundreds of complaints from users who claim the update is wreaking havoc on their PCs. The problems ... (more)

The MPAA wants popular BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay to hand over $15.4 million in damages for allegedly facilitating copyright infringement, but The Pirate Bay's fearless ... (more)

Weeks after the World Economic Forum ranked Canadian intellectual property protection fourth among G8 countries, another international study has again ranked Canada as an IP protection ... (more)

A biofuels backlash has erupted in major ethanol producer the United States, as lawmakers and experts debate the merits of converting food to fuel to support America's age-old love ... (more)

Google has been boosting its Google Apps product suite as fit for corporate use for months, with new security and deployment features arriving on a regular basis. The company's latest ... (more)

A quick backdrop: Nvidia is the largest graphics chip company in the world, with revenues in the $1 billion range per quarter. Although Intel and Nvidia seem to exist in symbiotic bliss ... (more)

Anti-piracy outfits, like all organizations fighting against massive odds, rely heavily on the media to amplify their message. Whether it’s a some fringe group exploding a trash can ... (more)

Microsoft may not be the only one looking to develop its own Wiimote-like game controller. Apple is researching a 3D remote of its own, according to AppleInsider. The research, ... (more)

Skype has discontinued its appeal of a 2007 German court ruling which found that the VoIP company was violating the open source General Public License (GPL). Skype withdrew its appeal ... (more)

Microsoft (MSFT) has sent emissaries all over the globe this week to deliver the message that the Yahoo (YHOO) deal is as dead as a doornail, but now one of them, Craig Mundie, has ... (more)

Sumner Redstone, who controls the twin media giants Viacom and CBS, is leaning on Internet service providers and online media outlets to do his heavy lifting. Speaking at the Seoul ... (more)

Lately, there has been a considerable amount of discussion on which console will win this generation's war. Will it be the Wii with its established base and strong sales? Will it be ... (more)

Whether you're trying to share megabytes worth of music with a friend or send an important document to a coworker, nothing outshines a fast, easy-to-use file-sharing service. On Tuesday ... (more)

Local governments in California and the United States have long had the power to declare property a public nuisance when their owners allow their land to become denizens of drugs, gangs, ... (more)

In Atlantic Records v. Howell, Judge Neil V. Wake rejected the RIAA's claim that the defendants had distributed music files merely by making them available through Kazaa. The Howells ... (more)

One day, two emails, two very different viewpoints: Email #1: “DRM on songs sold through iTunes is a necessary evil, there to protect artists and the labels from piracy.” Email ... (more)

According to a New York Times report that a future update of the software for Microsoft’s portable media player may well include a feature that will block unauthorized copies of copyrighted ... (more)

Less than a day after it was filed, a federal judge denied the RIAA's motion to dismiss a P2P defendant's counterclaims. The RIAA is now 0 for 2 with that judge. ... (more)

Hollywood wants SEK93 million (US$15.4 million) in damages for copyright infringement from the people behind The Pirate Bay, according to a claim filed by industry organization the ... (more)

A bipartisan proposal to create an intellectual-property czar and impose new penalties on pirates sailed through the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday. By a 410-10 vote, ... (more)

LOS ANGELES--News of DRM's death has been greatly exaggerated, according to an executive with the Recording Industry Association of America. At a time when the top recording companies ... (more)

News Corp.-owned social-networking site MySpace has announced a new initiative called Data Availability, a way for members to share profile data with other social and community sites ... (more)

The only Net neutrality proposal to encounter some measure of success in the U.S. Congress is back again for another try. As foreshadowed at a March hearing, House Judiciary Committee ... (more)

Need a break from the working, walking, and standing required by the demanding and stressful life you lead? Well, pack your bags for Houston because NASA wants to pay you $17,000 ... (more)

Winnipeg justice officials have secured a rare conviction for a Nigerian e-mail scam after a prominent local doctor contacted police and turned the tables on the fraudsters ... (more)

TorrentSpy intends to appeal a court decision that requires the now-defunct search engine to pay $111 million in damages to the six largest film studios, according to the company's ... (more)

You don't need Steve Jobs' permission to watch TV on your iPhone any more. And you don't need to pay the cable company twice. A native Orb client for the iPhone and iPod Touch popped ... (more)