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  • Google asks court to void Lee's Microsoft pact

    Google has asked a federal judge in California to rule that Kai-Fu Lee's contract with Microsoft is unenforceable and that the researcher should be allowed to join Google unfettered by the terms of his employment deal.

  • Suit over poor Google ranking may go forward

    A federal judge in California hinted that a parenting Web site that's suing Google over a poor ranking in the search giant's massive index would be able to proceed with its lawsuit.

  • Judge grants Microsoft request in Google case

    A judge has temporarily barred a former Microsoft executive hired by Google from performing any duties at the search giant similar to those he performed at Microsoft.

  • Google counters search-fix lawsuit

    Google has moved to quash a lawsuit that alleges the company manipulated search query results, according to a court filing.

  • Nasa hacker loses legal challenge

    UK resident Gary McKinnon has lost his legal challenge against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking Nasa and military installations.

  • BitTorrent file-sharing search engine shut down

    A prolonged legal fight with the movie industry has forced TorrentSpy, BitTorrent's popular search engine, to shut down.

  • SA police keep tabs on gangs with $5.2m IT system

    South Australian police are spending AU$5.2 million over five years on an IT system to track criminal motorcycle gangs.

  • Google denies ACCC's deceptive conduct charges

    Google Australia has labelled claims of misleading and deceptive conduct made against the search engine provider by consumer watchdog ACCC as being without merit.

  • Search terms on Kazaa to be blocked

    Eminem, Madonna and Kylie Minogue are just some of the popular artists whose songs are to be blocked from being illegally distributed on the peer-to-peer network Kazaa following Federal Court orders yesterday.

  • Google accused of profiting from child porn

    Google has made child pornography an "obscenely profitable and integral part" of its business and must be stopped, a new lawsuit claims.

  • Yahoo settles class-action lawsuit on click fraud

    Yahoo will consider refunding money to thousands of advertisers dating back to January 2004 and pay $US4.95 million (AU$6.8 million) in lawyers' fees to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the Internet powerhouse has been profiting from bogus sales referrals generated through a sham known as "click fraud".

  • Google sues Froogles.com

    Google has sued Froogles.com, charging the rival shopping search engine with trademark infringement.

  • Google loses trademark dispute in France

    A French court has ruled that Google must refrain from using the trademarks of European resort chain Le Meridian Hotels and Resorts to trigger keyword ads.

  • Court docs: Ballmer vowed to 'kill' Google

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer vowed to 'kill' Google in an expletive-laced, chair-throwing tirade when a senior engineer told him he was leaving the company to go work for Google, the engineer claimed in court documents made public on Friday.

  • 'Recycled' document could be key to Microsoft case

    Microsoft says it found a potentially important document in its case against its former executive Kai-Fu Lee and Google in the "recycle bin" of one of Lee's computers.

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