A federal appeals court yesterday held that copyright holders may not abuse the legal process to obtain the identities of thousands of Internet users.

The plaintiff in this case, AF Holdings, sought the identities of more than 1,000 Internet users that it claims are linked to the illegal downloading of a copyrighted pornographic film.

The EFF , American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of the Nation's Capital, Public Citizen, and Public Knowledge all came to the defense and won a crushing blow against the copyright holder.

The upcoming car manufacturer received an unsolicited B- credit rating from Standard & Poor due to "considerable uncertainty" about its long-term prospects. The rating, six levels below investment grade, was derived independently of Tesla and comes after over $2.3 billion was successfully raised by the company in March to fund a new battery factory.

Shares in Tesla have risen 41 percent this year.

The Firefox OS reference device, the Flame is now available for pre-order for $170.

To standardize the design, development, and testing of Firefox OS, Mozilla has partnered with a company called T2Mobile to manufacture, distribute, and update a Firefox OS reference phone called the Flame. Until now, there has been no "reference device" and the options for getting something through retail were limited.

The Flame will also be a great development and testing environment for third party app developers targeting Firefox OS and HTML5.

Specifications:

• 1.2 Ghz Dual core processor (Qualcomm MSM8210 Snapdragon)
• 1 GB RAM
• 4.5" screen (854i-480)
• 5 MP rear camera, 2 MP front camera
• 8 GB storage, MicroSD slot
• GPS, NFC
• WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, Micro USB