Federal Trade Commission Archives

PO’ed PS3 User Sues Sony for Nixing Linux

By Katherine Noyes
Apr 30, 2010
LinuxInsider
833 Words

Less than a month after Sony dropped Linux support from its PlayStation 3 gaming console, a disgruntled customer has filed a lawsuit, charging that the move was a deceptive business practice. He's seeking class-action status. Sony Computer Entertainment America's disablement of the "Install Other OS...

Kids in Second Life: Does Danger Lurk?

By Katherine Noyes
May 8, 2008
LinuxInsider
962 Words

Second Life is no place for kids, a Republican congressman declared Monday. U.S. Representative Mark Kirk has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission requesting a consumer alert warning about the dangers of Second Life, which he charges could expose kids to child predators and registered sex o...

IBM Open to Letting Consumers Control Identity Info

By Alexandra DeFelice
Feb 27, 2006
LinuxInsider
775 Words

IBM on Monday announced a new open-source initiative meant to boost security and give consumers more control over their personal online identity information. Code-named "Project Higgins," the initiative is a collaborative effort by Big Blue, Novell and Parity Communications to develop security softw...

Bill Would Force Car Makers To Share Computer Code

By John P. Mello Jr.
May 5, 2005
LinuxInsider
869 Words

Anyone who has ever bought a car knows that one of first hard choices they must make is how to service it. Do you stick with the dealer who sold it to you, or do you take it to one of the 495,000 businesses providing after-market service to auto owners? However, as vehicles become more and more depe...