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All Private Everything: PRISM-Free Phones and Operating Systems
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
This is a fun thought. With PRISM probing into the data held by nearly every major tech company (despite their resistance), are there private alternatives?...
Yahoo! Wins Battle To Unseal PRISM Files; PR War Rages On
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
The first impression is often the longest-lasting. Because of that truism, and a bit of misinformation about the government’s secret PRISM program, Yahoo! and...
Microsoft Settles 3K Software Piracy Cases Worldwide
By Brett Snider, Esq. | Last updated on
FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the Internet. Microsoft is serious when it...
JOBS Act: Startup Investment Solicitation Legal; Crowdfunding TBA
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
When the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act was announced, it promised to quash a number of Securities and Exchange regulations that had made startup...
Turn Off, Tune Out, Drop Out -- It's Time for Digital Detox
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
If you're like most other attorneys, then we're guessing that your day goes something like this: wake up and check email, go to work and check email, stare at...
Ranting About Software Companies Adopting Subscription Models
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
I'm cheap. Or stingy. Or frugal. Whatever you want to call it, the idea of paying a monthly or annual fee for software irks me beyond belief. In the old days,...