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• Blind phone hacker gets 11-year sentence

  A blind Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Friday for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was building a case against him.

• Jury orders Microsoft to pay $200 million in patent dispute

  A jury in Texas has ordered Microsoft to pay a Toronto software company US$200 million for patent infringement involving several of its software products, Microsoft confirmed Thursday.

• Microsoft, Linux join forces in software law debate

  In an unusual twist, Microsoft and Linux have joined forces in a legal tussle.

• As hacking hits home, China strengthens cyber laws

  A year ago, when a Time Magazine reporter told Tan Dailin that he'd been identified as someone who may have hacked the Pentagon, he gasped and asked, "Will the FBI send special agents out to arrest me?"

• India files charges against key former Satyam officials

  The criminal investigation into the financial scandal at Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services advanced on Tuesday with the country's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filing charges against nine people, including six former employees of the company.

• Judge dismisses Google Street View case

  A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania family against Google after the company took and posted images of the outside of their house in its Maps service.

• Victim of bullying video withdraws from Google case

  The boy at the center of a trial of Google executives for alleged violations of Italy's privacy law withdrew from the case Wednesday, his lawyer said.

• 'Vista Capable' case could cost Microsoft US$8.5B

  Microsoft would have to come up with as much as $8.5 billion to settle accounts with the customers affected by its 2006 "Vista Capable" marketing program, according to documents unsealed by a federal court.