Lottery spammers to pay Yahoo $610m
A judge has awarded Yahoo $610 million in a lawsuit against spammers who sent e-mails to people falsely telling them they had won a lottery prize from Yahoo, reports Cnet.
The federal district court judge in New York ordered defendants, whom Yahoo did not identify, on Monday to pay Yahoo $27 million for trademark infringement, $583 million for violating the Can-Spam Act, and an unreleased sum for attorney's fees.
Yahoo filed the lawsuit in 2008, alleging that spammers were using the fake lottery e-mails to defraud people.
Zuckerberg's Facebook pictures hacked
A series of private pictures of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been posted online by hackers to highlight a bug in the social network, according to the BBC.
In total, 14 pictures of Zuckerberg were posted to image site Imgur under the headline: “It's time to fix those security flaws Facebook.”
The bug related to tools designed to allow users to report inappropriate images.
Oracle suffers Java patent setback
Oracle's court case against Google over alleged Java patent infringements in Android is in danger of collapsing after a senior judge revealed he could throw out large parts of Oracle's damages claim, writes V3.co.uk.
Judge William Alsup issued a 'tentative order' in the long running court case on Tuesday, which gives the firms some indication of the final order he will make in the next couple of months, although there is no set trial date yet.
Patent analyst Florian Mueller says the judge has probably shown more tentative support for Google than Oracle, which means the latter may find it harder to claim damages.
Bill Gates in nuclear talks with China
Bill Gates is holding talks with the China National Nuclear Corporation about building the first of a new breed of nuclear reactors that are fuelled with what is currently considered radioactive waste, says The Register.
The system, dubbed a travelling wave reactor, is being developed by Intellectual Ventures, the investment vehicle and sometime patent troll set up by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, and taken to market by TerraPower, which is partially funded by Gates.
Gates introduced the concept last year and is actively trying to find the billions needed to set up the first working reactor.
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