Comcast has run into more legal troubles over its forced TCP reset packets, as three class-action lawsuits have been filed this week against the company for false advertising and fraud. Time Warner is in a bit of hot water with the city of Los Angeles, too, for deceptive business practices and false advertising.

Comcast isn't the only cable provider getting into hot legal water this week. The city of Los Angeles has also announced that it is suing Time Warner Cable for deceptive business practices and false advertising. Los Angeles City Attorney…

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… and China isn’t happy. Why? Because AMD did not deliver what was ordered. Interesting one.

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There was good news for Apple and Comcast, but bad news for Blockbuster woven into Time Warners conference call with investors today. Jeff Bewkes, Time Warners chief executive, said that the companys Warner Brothers studio will now release movies for video-on-demand systems on the same day they are released as DVDs.

All this represents the beginning of the end for the Hollywood system of sales windows? that are used to extract the most profits from a movie. Still, films are released first to theaters, and they are only available on…

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Google is typically tight-lipped about it the inner workings of its search business, but Udi Manber, the Google vice president who oversees search quality, recently revealed to Popular Mechanics a few interesting tidbits about the way Google works.

“If we find, for a particular query, that result No. 4 should be result No. 1, we do not have the capability to manually change it,” he said. “We have to find what weakness in the algorithm caused that result and find a general…

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Warner Music has contracted industry vet Jim Griffin to come up with a plan that could end the music industry’s war against P2P. ISP customers could eventually pay a small fee and be able to upload, download, and share all the music they want on P2P. Labels and artists alike would get a cut of the proceeds.

Instead of suing handfuls of file-sharers, Griffin and Warner Music believe that the industry should be putting its time and effort into attempting to monetize P2P activity. The idea that music is a product that can be purchased and stolen…

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Despite collecting an estimated several hundred million dollars in P2P related settlements from the likes of Napster, KaZaA and Bolt, prominent artists managers are complaining that so far, they havent received any compensation. According to a lawyer, some are considering legal action.

Irving Azoff, who manages Christina Aguilera, The Eagles, Van Halen, REO Speedwagon and Seal (amongst others) says it’s hard for artists to get what they deserve from the labels: “They will play hide and seek, but…

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We’re not exactly sure what’s going on in Toshiba land, but shortly after not-exactly-believable whispers made the rounds of the firm suddenly deciding to try its hand at making a Blu-ray player, we’re now seeing reports stating that it will pull the plug on its beloved format “in the coming weeks.”

Truth Teller, you are incorrect in your statement that thay are using the quote from after the Netflix/Best Buy deal to hint at the current rumors being accurate (I know with so many things going bad these Press Releases can run…

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