Several journalists with CNET and Associated Press and their family members filed suit Wednesday against Hewlett-Packard and former executives (ex HP Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, and former ethics chief Kevin Hunsaker). The reporters are seeking damages for "illegal and reprehensible conduct" and invasion of privacy. Link to roundup at Wired's Threat Level blog.
Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.










