Tag archive: Arizona

In a massive 10GB data cache titled ‘Shooting Sherrifs Saturday’, the AntiSec organization released the contents of over 300 email accounts across 56 law enforcement agencies, police training videos and identities of persons submitting tips though an anonymous tip system. Email correspondence contains private information including social security numbers for police officers as well as credit card numbers, email addresses, home addresses and… Read More

An Australian company named EnviroMission is launching a renewable energy project in Arizona that will take advantage of the state's abundant solar resources. By 2015, the company plans to erect a massive solar updraft tower, roughly 2625 feet tall, which will be able to put out about 200 megawatts. EnviroMission's first full-scale solar updraft tower will soon be underway as the company is in the process of land acquisition and… Read More

The worldwide economy might be in a sharp downturn, but chipmaker Intel is still looking to the future, announcing today it plans to invest $7 billion in its U.S. manufacturing facilities over the next two years. The most will roll out the company's 32-nanometer technology to more facilities, enabling the company to produce more processors and semiconductor products that are smaller, faster, and use less energy. “We're… Read More

Arizona judger David G. Campbell has ruled ruled that popular World of Warcraft bot Glider qualified as a “circumvention device” under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), potentially setting a legal precedent that could enable software companies to pursue copyright infringement cases against individuals who violate terms of service or end-user license agreements. In the decision, judge Campbell found that Glider… Read More

Computer maker Dell has agreed to pay some $3.35 million to settle 34 states' allegations that the company's warranty, financing, and rebate offers were deceptive and misled consumers. The agreement has Dell paying $1.5 million into a restitution account; impacted consumers will be able to submit claims for compensation. The other $1.85 million will go towards the states' legal costs. “More than the money, this… Read More

World of Warcraft makers Blizzard Entertainment has been awarded a $6 million judgement against MDY Industries, the makers of MMOGlider, a program that can automate the actions of players in the popular online game, enabling them to perform repetitive tasks—and do things like "farm gold"——without the player actually having to go through all the motions. The case has been going on since 2006; MDY Industries sells… Read More

If you want to get rich quickly in World of Warcraft, you can be like many others and use MMOglider, a program from MDY Industries that automates killing and looting. But you might not be able to do it for much longer, because an Arizona judge has decreed that MMOglider infringes on World of Warcraft’s copyright. However, it’s not in the way that Blizzard, WoW’s maker, claimed when they brought the case to court.… Read More

A federal grand jury in Detroit has returned an indicted against so-called "spam king" Alan Ralsky and ten other on charges of international spamming and engaging in pump-and-dump stock fraud schemes. Other individuals included in the indictment include Ralsky's son-in-law and citizens of Russia, Canada, Hong Kong, California, and Arizona, along with one dual national from Hong Kong and Canada. The indictment covers 41… Read More

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) hasn't won many friends in the public sphere lately, what with filing tens of thousands of lawsuits against music fans believed to be distributing music online in violation of copyright, sending letters to college students and others threatening legal action unless they pay a settlement, and (of course) falsely targeting many individuals in these actions. But in an unusual move in… Read More

While geeks around the world eagerly await the release of Intel’s 45nm Penyrn processors, the company has, up until now, had only one facility in Oregon working to produce them. Not anymore. On Thursday, Intel celebrated the opening of its $3 billion dollar “Fab 32” facility in Chandler, Arizona, which will take over mass production of the new chips. The enormous new facility spans 1 million square feet – enough to… Read More

In the first case prosecuted under the United States' CAN-SPAM Act to be tried before a jury, spammers Jeffrey Kilbride of Venice, California, and James Schaffer of Paradise Valley, Arizona, were sentenced to five and a quarter and six years in federal prison, respectively, for sending pornographic spam, as well as engaging in fraud, and money laundering. Each defendant was also fined $100,000 and ordered to pay AOL $77,500 in… Read More

Google’s inexorable march toward world domination continues. It’s moved into the university market, and institutions are switching their e-mail services to Google.   The latest is Ireland’s venerable Trinity College in Dublin, where the entire e-mail network is being replaced by Google’s system. Although there will be no changes on the surface, with the e-mail addresses and domain name remaining exactly as they… Read More

Internet giant Google has announced partnerships with the state government s of Arizona, California, Utah, and Virginia to improve public access to information available via state government Web sites. The partnership has two layers: the first makes difficult-to-find information already published on state Web sites more accessible to Google and other search engines using Google's Sitemap protocol, while the second has selected state… Read More

Plumbing company Roto-Rooter earlier this week announced the winner of their Pimped Out John Sweepstakes. Marcia Luhman, 55, of Oro Valley, Arizona (a suburb of Tucson) is now the proud owner of one of the most tricked out toilets in history. The Pimped Out John, which was part of a contest Roto-Rooter ran earlier this year, is a customized $5,000 toilet which is designed for the extremely version of the average person who spends one year,… Read More

Following immediately on its settlements with Texas and California, music label Sony BMG has agreed to pay some $4.25 million as part of settlement agreements with 39 U.S. states and the District of Columbia regarding copy protection software included on some of the labels music CDs which caused computers to malfunction and exposed users to security threats. The terms of the agreement are similar to earlier settlements with Texas and… Read More