Boy George found guilty
A jury has found Boy George guilty in the trial brought by male escort Auden Carlsen, who accused him of false imprisonment and assault; sentencing is due in the New Year.…
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Hudson family murder suspect appears in court
William Balfour, suspected of killing Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew, has appeared at a Chicago hearing, with prosecutors citing alleged jealousy over his estranged wife.…
Ofcom to revoke KCR FM licence
Ofcom has begun proceedings to revoke the licence of Merseyside station KCR FM, which dropped programmes in October and has since gone off air.…
ISPs promise to be clear about net speed claims
Several ISPs including BT, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and Tiscali have signed a voluntary Ofcom code to be more transparent about broadband speeds.…
Piracy plugin made to accompany Amazon MP3
A Firefox plug-in reportedly linked Amazon's UK MP3 store to Pirate Bay databases, offering illegal downloads of artists shown on Amazon pages, before stopping working.…
Rihanna and Chris Brown sued for $1 million
Photographer Luis Santana is suing Rihanna and Chris Brown for $1 million, claiming their security knocked him down and stole his camera outside a Florida club.…
Dr Pepper won't apologise over GNR promotion
Dr Pepper has refused to apologise after Axl Rose's lawyers demanded it pay for crashing its servers during a free-can promotion tied to 'Chinese Democracy'.…
Competition Commission lists Kangaroo concerns
The Competition Commission's provisional findings say the BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 video-on-demand venture Kangaroo could substantially lessen competition, with remedies proposed.…
Babyshambles' Whitnall charged with drug possession
Babyshambles guitarist Mick Whitnall has been charged with drug possession over an October arrest and is due at Greenwich Magistrates' Court on 10 December.…
ISP man pessimistic about MoU talks
At a MusicTank debate, Orange's Simon Persoff said talks over the labels and ISPs' Memorandum Of Understanding remain divided on new business models, while the BPI's Richard Mollet noted progress.…
Burnham says legislation still planned if voluntary label/ISP agreement can't be reached
Culture Minister Andy Burnham says the UK will legislate against file sharing if no voluntary deal is reached between labels and ISPs, while calling France's planned approach wrong.…
Baidu faces new opposition
About 50 Chinese companies have launched legal action against search engine Baidu over mixing paid and organic results, using new Chinese competition laws, according to the Financial Times.…