Tag archive: Utah

According to a story in the Associated Press, a woman in Utah and her 17-month old baby were removed from a home where they were being held captive for the past five days after the woman posted a Facebook status update pleading for help. According to an account from the hostage, she ducked into a nearby closet with her laptop and wrote ”Hello…is anyone out there? I am having a serious problem and me and (my son) will be dead by… Read More

After making the top-ten list of most wanted criminals on the Utica police department website, Ruben J. Burgos thought it would be an absolutely brilliant idea to promote his infamy on Facebook and taunt police with the phrase “Catch me if you can, I'm in Brooklyn” on his personal Facebook page. Burgos continued down this path of pure genius by also posting a video of himself walking into an unidentified NYPD station house… Read More

Utah Senator Kevin Van Tassell has proposed charging hybrid and electric car owners a fee, stating that the loss of money garnered from gas tax is hurting funding for maintaining and building infrastructure. The legislator believes that since these cars are getting excellent mileage, the owners aren't paying for their fair share of the road despite the improvement in air quality. Utah isn't the only state buzzing about the extra… 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

We covered the launch of the Netflix Player recently and were not particularly excited about the offering, and those that posted their response after the piece were less than excited as well. AppleTV which came from a company that appeared to be unable to find a flop, turned out to be one, and I’ve been using the Vudu product which works at least as well as the AppleTV does but I wonder if I would abandon my Netflix… Read More

Back in 2001, Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement in the government's antitrust case against the Redmond software giant. Although many industry watchers felt that Microsoft had gotten off easy, the settlement did find the company had abused monopoly power in the computer software marketplace, and subjected the company to federal scrutiny and regulation. Key elements of that agreement are set to expire on… Read More

Don’t expect it to balance a budget on time, but the New York State government can achieve things in record time if children and videogames and involved. That’s what happened Tuesday, according to an article on gamepolitics.com, which reports that a new bill aiming to crack down on children’s exposure to violent video games has passed the New York State Senate after just four days. Rep. Andrew Lanza from Staten… 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

In Beijing this week, Intel is showcasing a massive number of technologies that will come to market over the next couple of years. From processors that are so enhanced you won’t need separate GPUs, CPUs, or Physics chips, to massively multi-cored offerings that can outperform a company full of PCs, Intel has been putting the world on notice that they are back, baby, and are planning on taking no prisoners.   However, one of the most… Read More

New York-based WhenU, whose software is the subject of several lawsuits, filed a lawsuit in April to challenge the nation's first anti-spyware statute, called the Spyware Control Act, on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. The suit, filed in the 3rd Judicial District Court in Salt Lake County, Utah, was filed shortly before the law was set to go into effect in May. Read more at CNET News.com.

Starting in early May, violators face a fine of $10,000 per incident, under the new Spyware Control Act. The Utah law aims to regulate the use of spyware and other advertising software, which is infamous for annoying computer users by tracking and reporting their Web whereabouts and displaying ads. A software company that wants to load a surveillance program onto a Utah user's PC must make full disclosure, under the law. It must… Read More

Subscribers must buy a $99 set-top box from regional electronic chain stores and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. outlets. They also have to pay a monthly fee of $19.95 — compared with than cable and satellite service bills that range from about $30 to over $100 per month. The company has already launched the service in Salt Lake City, Utah, where it where it is based, with more than 25 channels and plans to debut in Albuquerque, New… Read More

Doomjuice, which some are describing as a variant of the MyDoom worm, spreads via e-mail systems already infected with the first version, which became the fastest-spreading virus ever when it was unleashed on the Internet at the end of January. “It's only looking for machines that are compromised by MyDoom A or B,” said Vincent Gullotto, vice president of the anti-virus emergency response team at Network Associates Inc. .… Read More

The suit, filed in Utah's Third District Court in Salt Lake City, accuses Novell of slander and seeks an order that would require Novell to assign to SCO all Unix-related copyrights and to withdraw any statements claiming ownership of Unix. SCO rattled the technology world last year when it filed a $3 billion lawsuit against IBM, claiming that the computing giant illegally incorporated into its Linux software source code from the Unix… Read More

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