http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. An adviser to Europe's top court on Tuesday backed US Internet giant Google in a row with French luxury product maker LMVH over online advertising. http://www.physorg.com/news172819696.html Technology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:40:01 EST news172819696 (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file court documents that may help determine the fate of a class-action settlement that would give Google the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. http://www.physorg.com/news172498151.html Technology Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:10:21 EST news172498151 In a world filled with dogma, doctrine and discipline, it is accurate to say most of us strive to do what we believe is "right." These convictions and beliefs permeate every aspect of our lives, including education, ethics and even common law. http://www.physorg.com/news172152407.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:07:14 EST news172152407 (AP) -- A federal appeals court said Friday that Microsoft Corp. does not have to pay Alcatel-Lucent $358 million for patent infringement because of problems with how the damages were calculated. http://www.physorg.com/news171900691.html Technology Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:50:01 EST news171900691 (AP) -- When it comes to grabbing a bite to eat, the international space station is living up to its first name. http://www.physorg.com/news171350995.html Space & Earth Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:30:32 EST news171350995 (AP) -- A U.S. appeals court has upheld an Internet gambling ban in a challenge filed by an association of off-shore bookies. http://www.physorg.com/news171047065.html Technology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:30:10 EST news171047065 Germany on Tuesday said it opposed a legal settlement that would allow Google to digitise and sell millions of books online, arguing it violated international treaties on authors' rights. http://www.physorg.com/news171034704.html Technology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:00:03 EST news171034704 (AP) -- An appeals court overturned a rule that said a cable TV company could not serve more than 30 percent of the nation's subscribers. The verdict Friday was a victory for the largest cable company, Comcast Corp., which has 25 percent share and sued to block the rule. http://www.physorg.com/news170679899.html Technology Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:05:28 EST news170679899 (AP) -- A civil court on Wednesday ordered Dutch Web site Mininova to remove within three months all files on its servers that point to copyrighted works or face a fine of up to euro5 million ($7.16 million). http://www.physorg.com/news170503815.html Technology Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:20:03 EST news170503815 An anonymous blogger who was unmasked by Google on the orders of a New York judge says she plans to sue the Internet giant for revealing her identity. http://www.physorg.com/news170343213.html Technology Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:50:02 EST news170343213 (AP) -- Personalized Internet radio stations got a boost Friday when a federal appeals court ruled that Yahoo's LAUNCHcast music service was not interactive enough to be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in licensing fees. http://www.physorg.com/news170137409.html Technology Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:30:01 EST news170137409 (AP) -- A federal appeals court in New York says Yahoo's LAUNCHcast music service is not "interactive" enough to require separate licensing deals with recording labels. http://www.physorg.com/news170082981.html Technology Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:17:00 EST news170082981 A Canadian model has won a landmark case in a New York court after Google was forced to disclose the online identity of a blogger who anonymously posted derogatory comments about the Vogue covergirl. http://www.physorg.com/news169929716.html Technology Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:50:01 EST news169929716 (AP) -- A federal appeals court has tossed out the criminal conviction of the first Silicon Valley executive to go to trial in a stock options scandal that triggered charges against at least a dozen executives. http://www.physorg.com/news169835905.html Technology Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:40:01 EST news169835905 Microsoft said Wednesday it plans to appeal a ruling by a Texas judge that would ban the US software giant from selling its popular Word program in the United States. http://www.physorg.com/news169297486.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:30:01 EST news169297486 The owners of Swedish filesharing website The Pirate Bay will seek a retrial after a Dutch court temporarily banned its activities in the Netherlands, their lawyer said on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news169119107.html Technology Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:00:01 EST news169119107 (AP) -- A Dutch court ruled Thursday that three men connected with Web site The Pirate Bay must block traffic between the site and the Netherlands within 10 days. http://www.physorg.com/news168180946.html Technology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:20:02 EST news168180946 (AP) -- Canada's privacy commissioner says the online social networking site Facebook breaches Canadian law by keeping users personal information indefinitely after members close their accounts. http://www.physorg.com/news166975070.html Technology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:58:13 EST news166975070 A Swedish court on Thursday rejected calls for a retrial of four men found guilty of promoting copyright infringement by running filesharing site The Pirate Bay, saying the trial judge was not biased. http://www.physorg.com/news165153412.html Technology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:20:02 EST news165153412 (AP) -- A state court judge has found Dell Inc. in contempt of court for what the plaintiffs have alleged to be piecemeal production of documents in a civil lawsuit over the New Orleans crime camera system. http://www.physorg.com/news165150111.html Technology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:02:15 EST news165150111 A German teacher who had sued to shut down a website where pupils rank their instructors according to competence and "coolness" lost her battle in court Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news164982347.html Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:26:19 EST news164982347 (AP) -- Pablo Soto's story may be every computer whiz kid's dream - or nightmare. After leaving school at 16 to support his family, he managed to eke out a living doing what he loves most: designing computer programs. http://www.physorg.com/news163763858.html Technology Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:59:21 EST news163763858 (AP) -- Cable companies cannot have exclusive rights to provide service in apartment buildings that they wire, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news162561046.html Technology Tue, 26 May 2009 12:51:11 EST news162561046 (AP) -- NebuAd Inc., a company that sought to target ads to consumers based on their online behavior, is going out of business after facing scrutiny over whether its technology infringed on the privacy of Internet surfers. http://www.physorg.com/news162060012.html Technology Wed, 20 May 2009 17:41:21 EST news162060012 (AP) -- Seven people have been indicted on charges of running a 24-hour prostitution ring on Craigslist, New York's attorney general announced Wednesday, the day after Craigslist's CEO filed a lawsuit to keep South Carolina's attorney general from pursuing criminal charges against the company. http://www.physorg.com/news162045600.html Technology Wed, 20 May 2009 13:40:27 EST news162045600 Some federal judges are tossing out civil cases based on their own opinions, a disturbing trend that makes background checks even more important in the search for a new associate justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, a University of Illinois legal expert says. http://www.physorg.com/news161887338.html Other Sciences Mon, 18 May 2009 17:43:01 EST news161887338 (AP) -- Rambus Inc. said Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission has dropped its claim that the memory chip company violated antitrust laws in patenting technologies that were eventually incorporated into industry standards. http://www.physorg.com/news161519219.html Technology Thu, 14 May 2009 11:27:38 EST news161519219 A Dutch appeals court ruled Tuesday that small bars with no staff except their owners are exempt from a national smoking ban introduced for the hospitality industry last July. http://www.physorg.com/news161346174.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 May 2009 11:24:13 EST news161346174 (PhysOrg.com) -- The recent decision by the Los Angeles Superior Court in Hypertouch vs ValuClick, LCO81000 decided on May 4th by Summary Judgment found that the Federal CAN-Spam Act preempted California's rigorous anti-spam, false and misleading email laws. Hypertouch, an Internet service provider got ticked because they alleged some 45,000 emails containing advertisement with fraudulent and misleading headers, were sent to its customers using specious means to collect the emails. http://www.physorg.com/news160927117.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 14:59:20 EST news160927117 (AP) -- A new poll shows a Swedish party that calls for legalizing Internet file-sharing could win a seat in the European Parliament in June. http://www.physorg.com/news160308476.html Technology Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:08:26 EST news160308476