Oracle sues SAP

Oracle has filed a lawsuit against archrival SAP, alleging the software giant hacked into its customer support centre and downloaded copies of its proprietary software code, reports IT World.

The lawsuit names SAP and its wholly-owned subsidiary, TomorrowNow, as defendants. It claims SAP and TomorrowNow committed computer fraud and abuse, computer data access and fraud, and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage.

SAP says it will not comment until it has reviewed the lawsuit.

AT&T's U-verse Internet Protocol television service will allow subscribers to watch live programming on their PCs, reports News.com.

U-verse has traditionally been an IPTV competitor to traditional cable and satellite companies. However, with the new PC-based offering, an AT&T-branded MobiTV package called U-verse OnTheGo, the company is bringing television programming, some of it live, to subscribers' computers.

AT&T says subscribers choosing the OnTheGo deal can watch U-verse TV wherever a broadband Internet connection is available. Some channels included in AT&T's OnTheGo are The Weather Channel and Bloomberg Television.

A US federal judge has overturned a law designed to protect children from viewing Internet pornography, saying it violated the right of free speech, reports to BBC News.

The law, which was challenged by civil rights groups and Web sites, made it illegal for Web sites to provide children access to "harmful" material, but it was never enforced.

The judge said other means of protection, such as software filters, were more effective, although the ruling's critics said it should not be the sole responsibility of parents to restrict adult material.