Sony Settles Rootkit Class Action Lawsuit

May 23rd, 2006 Customers who bought Sony CDs with XCP copy control software (rootkit) are set to get refunds as a result of the consolidated class action settlement. Sony was sued in three separate class action lawsuits, which were consolidated into Monday's settlement.

June 28th, 2006 Sometime back Sony BMG released DRM rootkit software. At that time Sony insisted that no one should care about the Sony BMG rootkits because most people had no clue what rootkits were.

November 19th, 2005 Sony's infamous rootkit based DRM software has been at the center of much attention for the last few week. That are facing a class action lawsuit.

November 11th, 2005 A class action lawsuit against Sony BMG Music Entertainment has been filed in California, and more lawsuits are expected as lawyers enter the Sony Rootkit copy protection software fiasco. Attorney Alan Himmelfarb filed a suit in Los Angeles County Court last week on behalf of Alexander Guevara.

November 16th, 2005 Copy-Protection recently came to limelight as Sony used DRM technology to copy-protect its CD's which makes them vulnerable to viruses and malware. This website allows you to search for music CD in Amazon database which do not have any kind of copy-protection enabled.

July 27th, 2006 Andy Patrizio learned the hard way that Windows Genuine Advantage can be a disadvantage in disguise and all without any fault of his own. Such cases apparently flies in the face of Microsoft assertion that only a handful of genuine false positives have been identified.

November 22nd, 2005 We bring to you the best of the articles across Taragana Blog Network for the fortnight ending 20th November 2005. It was tougher than we thought as we had a hard-time creating a small list.

July 18th, 2006 Another lawsuit has been filed, in U.S. District Court in Seattle, against Microsoft over Windows Genuine Advantage, alleging that the anti-piracy tool is spyware.

June 30th, 2006 A computer user, Los Angeles resident Brian Johnson, is suing Microsoft Corp. over the company's Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy tool, alleging that it violates laws against spyware.

August 9th, 2006 The Sony mylo (short for "my life online") is a nifty handheld device that will allow you to access a fun set of features from a WiFi network. With 1GB of memory you can store music and photos, browse the web, or use email and IM (with QWERTY keyboard).

September 24th, 2009 Sony to launch new motion controller next springNEW YORK — Sony is planning a spring release of its new motion controller for the PlayStation 3 video game console. The controller, a prototype of which Sony unveiled in June, will work with the existing PlayStation Eye camera, which can track players' voices, faces and body motion.

October 5th, 2009 UW-Madison's patenting arm settles suit with IntelMADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison's patenting arm has settled its infringement lawsuit against computer chip maker Intel Corp.

September 1st, 2009 Sony ships PCs with Google Web browser installedSEATTLE — Sony Corp. is giving Google Inc.'s fledgling Web browser a boost by installing it on new computers.

August 16th, 2005 The odds are against Merck & Co. prevailing in a wrongful-death civil Vioxx lawsuit being tried in Texas, an analyst at Prudential Equity Group says.

July 7th, 2009 Sony belatedly to join 'netbook' market in AugustTOKYO — Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will launch a tiny new laptop starting in August, the company's belated entry into the growing but cutthroat "netbook" PC market.