In fact, it could have an even bigger impact as it could remove the rights of users to sue over bugs in software. The UCITA turns this on its head, meaning that if you were to download and install an open source program and it trashed your hard...
The Seattle-based software company is unveiling Helix DRM, digital rights management technology designed to be format-agnostic protection for the delivery of content to PCs, home appliances and mobile devices.
China plans to ultimately install at least 200 million copies of a non-Microsoft Windows, open-standards-based desktop solution throughout the country. Microsoft's moves come after rival Sun Microsystems and China Standard Software Company (CSSC...
Along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, the record label released a patch aimed at fixing that flaw. Sony announced on Tuesday that a new risk had been found with a batch of 27 of its CDs, which automatically install...
Are violations of intellectual property rights (IPR) a threat to China's future? A spokesman told silicon.com: "China's IPR situation has been continuously improving, especially in recent years, as the Chinese government and people have come to...
Sun Microsystems bought rights to the Netscape server software. Given AOL's current business focus and the success the Mozilla Foundation has had in developing critically-acclaimed products, we feel it's the right time to end development of...