(iLounge)

Red alert! Park Bench Software, developer of the $1 DiagnosticPADD iPad app, is facing a real : CBS has asked them to remove the app, as it violates the network's intellectual property. The program, which provides system information about the iPad, uses a software interface borrowed from . Since a one-man shop can't compete with CBS on a legal footing, the app is due to be beamed off the store any time now. And here I thought they'd finally gotten rid of lawyers in the future.

(AppleInsider)

Speaking of lawsuits, Apple's found itself on the receiving end of a class action suit over in-app purchases. Yes, now that Cupertino has responded to and , it's obviously time to sue them for not doing enough to protect our children--or, more specifically, their parents' bank accounts. Says the suit: "Because the passwords now required for purchases of Game Currency are the same passwords required for any Apple purchase, minors aware of such password may purchase Game Currency without authorization from their parents for that purchase." Yes, this is exactly what our legal system is for! Just what the founding fathers intended!

(Fox News)