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Lori Drew, 50, is a free woman after a judge ruled in her favour A US judge on Friday overruled a jury verdict and dismissed a case against a Missouri woman convicted last November in a cyberbullying case that led to a teenager's death. US District Court Judge George Wu granted a defense motion for a directed acquittal of Lori Drew, 50, who was convicted last November on three misdemeanor counts of unauthorised computer access. After reviewing transcripts of the case, Wu overturned the jury's verdict, saying that if Drew were found guilty then anyone who violated MySpace's terms of service could also be found guilty of a misdemeanor. Prosecutors had argued during the trial that violating the terms of service of the social-networking site in order to harm someone else was the legal equivalent of hacking a computer. A jury in... [read full story]
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is traditionally the day retailers see profits start to creep out from a sea of red. The HP G60-507DX, which packs an Intel Celeron 900 processor, a 160 gigabyte hard drive, and 2 gigs...
By JEFF BARNARD AP Environmental Writer GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Scientists say they think toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West are harming an endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding...
The KDE community has modified its product branding and expanded its focus beyond the KDE Linux desktop to support a wider range of open source projects, says eWEEK.. Meanwhile, the community has released Version 2.1 of KDE's...
Atlanta - ATLANTA – November 17, 2009 – Tech lovers, bargain hunters and Web shoppers have a new online destination with the nationwide launch of Wavee.com (Wavee), a live bid-to-buy auction site that creates an exhilarating...
