Tim Healy reports: A High Court defamation and breach of privacy action by the partner of pantomime star Twink’s ex-husband has been adjourned until tomorrow after a judge was told the newspaper involved in the action would not be calling any witnesses. As the evidence was concluded, High Court President Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns said…
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Judge grants injunction against Ariz. immigration law
Susan Carroll reports: A federal judge today issued an injunction barring Arizona from enforcing key provisions of its controversial immigration law, prompting promises to appeal from supporters and tears of joy from opponents outside the state capitol. The parts of the law that Judge Susan Bolton put a hold on included sections that required officers…
Privacy Suit Targets Net Giants Over Zombie Cookies
Ryan Singel writes: A wide swath of the net’s top websites, including MTV, ESPN, MySpace, Hulu, ABC, NBC and Scribd, were sued in federal court Friday on the grounds they violated federal computer intrusion law by secretly using storage in Adobe’s Flash player to recreate cookies deleted by users. At issue is technology from Quantcast,…
Second suit over Lower Merion webcam snooping
Derrick Nunnally reports: The letter from Lower Merion school administrators delivered the news three weeks ago – her son had been secretly monitored by the webcam on his school-issued laptop. But only when Fatima Hasan saw the evidence did the scope of the spying on her son Jalil become apparent. There were more than 1,000…