Legal

A Markham, Ont.-based registrar has lost its licence with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority after a judge denied its injunction request. Brandon Gray Internet Services is also suing CIRA for $10 million in the dispute.

The government body responsible for listening to you complain about your phone service is getting kudos from the CRTC after an extensive review. Howard Maker is the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services, and he says small businesses have complained about billing disputes, long ditance call hijacking, and more. It's expected the number of complaints will increase as awareness of the service rises.

Groupon might seem like a great advertising scheme, but it can spell disaster for unprepared small businesses.

Canadian wireless consumers are getting hosed by premium text rates and double-billed when they use number portability services, according to an industry complaints body.

The share-happy community offered by Facebook and Twitter have become the new big opportunity for adware makers to reach consumers. The escalation comes after many thought adware was nearly vanquished.

Sponsored links at the top of Google search results last week promised to take you to the official sites of big brands, but instead led to pages designed to extract your personal data.

A suit filed by Merchant Law Group in Winnipeg courts could involve the largest amount of claimants ever in a Canadian class-action proceeding.

These four advanced Web voice mail services let you manage and link together the various phones (mobile or landline) you use for business and personal purposes.

IT departments on tightly limited budgets have a vested interest in finding a bargain by purchasing used software. However, if not done properly, purchasing used software may lead to an expensive lesson in licensing agreements.

As Microsoft celebrates its 35th anniversary, we take an idiosyncratic and opinionated look at the best, worst and most notable moments, technologies, products, decisions and people in the company's history.

Microsoft Canada isn't directly affected by a court order to stop selling Microsoft Word within 60 days. But Toronto-based company i4i says the Redmond-based software behmonth should stop infringing the patent in Canada too, and won't rule out taking more legal action against Microsoft in Canada.

The chip-maker saw earnings rise in the first full quarter that it sold its low-cost Atom processor. Also, Google plans to appeal German court decision that claims it violated copyright of an artist's photograph.

Fresh, funny content via streaming video is fueling the replacement by widescreen monitors of boxy CRTs.rn

U.S. mobility company Visto is ready to give the BlackBerry maker its latest legal battle on heels of dispute with NTP

U.S. mobility company Visto is ready to give the BlackBerry maker its latest legal battle. Execs explain their grounds for the claim. Also: Are the floodgates now open? We ask the experts