In November the US Supreme Court will be considering oral arguments of the California state administration on whether its law which bans the sale of violent games to children is constitutional. The outcome may become decisive in a long war between video game industry and its critics who want such a law to be adopted on a national level.

According to the ruling brought by the US Supreme Court employers have the right to check text messages, including personal ones, sent by workers if they have reason to believe that workplace rules are being violated.

An obsessive World of Warcraft player is suing the makers of the game for ruining his life, quoth a gleeful Grauniad this week.

 Though clearly affected by an anemic job market and a two-year drop in housing values, the majority of Californians are nonetheless optimistic about the future of the state, according to the Citi California Pulse™, a new quarterly survey released today by Citibank. 

 Paymate, an innovative provider of Internet payment services, announced today that Mr. Garrett Gafke has been named Chief Executive Officer. Gafke, who was appointed to Paymate's Board of Directors in January 2009, succeeds Mr. Dilip Rao, Paymate's founder and founding Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Rao was named President. The new executive appointments are effective immediately. 

Edmond Connor, a US lawyer of California law firm Connor, Fletcher and Williams, has claimed that copyright is infringed when the California Courts hand over submissions to a commercial publisher. The lawyer says that the US courts` behavior undermines the hundreds of hours of work put into submissions.

Americas Watchdog's Corporate Whistleblower Center Monday, announced the launch of an initiative focused on banks and credit card companies, that double, triple, or even quadruple a credit card holders balance, after a non-payment, or after the bank, or credit card company turns the account over to collection. Firstly, this initiative is to be focused on California low income, or minority victims, and will then expand into a national campaign.

Forbes journal was speaking about the US cities and how the recovery would occur to different regions. While in general the whole national economy is expected to recover later in 2009 it is unlikely that it will be the same everywhere. While some cities are poised for a quick rebound, others face a slog to recovery that could take years.

California Bank & Trust (CB&T), a subsidiary of Zions Bancorporation, has completed the conversion of the former Alliance Bank accounts and buildings into California Bank & Trust. It has integrated more than 6,000 deposit accounts of former Alliance Bank following its acquisition of Alliance Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in February 2009.

According to the Reuters report, on Monday a Los Angeles judge declined a $45 million false advertising lawsuit against online advertising company ValueClick Inc. Some observers believe that could blunt the most aggressive state law regulating commercial email. 

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (HPY), a leader in providing credit, debit and prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payments solutions to more than 250,000 business locations nationwide, announced yesterday that the President and Chief Financial Officer Robert Baldwin will be participating at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, February 26, 2009, at 6:20 PM at the San Francisco Marriott in San Francisco, California. 

Palm Springs district board of education has agreed to establish payment processing through PayPal.   The system will enable parents to make payments to their child's food services account. Moreover, libraries and associated Student Body groups might also use the system. The launch of the system is projected to happen in a few months.  Some other important issues discussed at the board meeting were:

[img_assist|nid=9144|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=100|height=31]MyECheck Inc., has announced that it has been been approved as an official vendor to the State of California. The California Department of General Services (DGS) Procurement Division sets state procurement policies and provides purchasing services, helping departments achieve their missions.