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Article | 19/11/2012 US lawmaker asks Reddit for ideas on website seizures
A U.S. lawmaker has asked users of Reddit for their ideas about legislation to address the controversial recent practice by two U.S. agencies of seizi...
Article | 16/11/2012 US accuses eBay of illegal no-hiring deal with Intuit
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit accusing eBay of entering into a "handshake" agreement to not recruit or hire employees of software...
Article | 15/11/2012 US agencies target bogus business opportunities
Three U.S. agencies and a group of state attorneys general have filed more than 70 civil and criminal cases against defendants offering allegedly bogu...
Article | 15/11/2012 US jury indicts Dutch man for disabling multiplayer online game
A grand jury in New Hampshire has indicted a Dutch man for allegedly conspiring to hack into and disable servers belonging to Rampid Interactive, a co...
Article | 15/11/2012 Two indicted in alleged theft of court database source code
Two former employees of Alabama's court system were indicted on Wednesday for allegedly stealing the source code for a court-records database and tran...
Article | 31/10/2012 DOJ: Hearing on Megaupload stored data should be limited
A U.S. judge should limit the scope of a proposed court hearing examining whether a former Megaupload user can recover files that were on the website ...
Article | 26/10/2012 US Supreme Court to look at NSA spying, resale of products
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in two cases with potentially broad implications to technology users, one reviewing whether consumer...
Article | 26/10/2012 DOJ: Dotcom could face new charges if he launches new service
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom could violate the terms of his bail, or face new criminal charges, if he launches a new file-sharing and storage service...
Article | 21/12/2011 DOJ to review Verizon spectrum purchase
The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing a proposed US$3.6 billion spectrum purchase by Verizon Wireless, a spokeswoman there said Tuesday.
Article | 21/12/2011 SOPA hearing delayed, likely until early next year
A hearing to debate and amend the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives has been delayed, likely until earl...
Article | 20/12/2011 AT&T kills $39 billion T-Mobile deal
AT&T has scrapped its plans to purchase rival mobile carrier T-Mobile USA in the face of opposition from two U.S. agencies.
Article | 17/12/2011 House committee postpones action on SOPA
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has postponed further debate on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) until after Cong...
Article | 16/12/2011 House committee appears headed toward approving SOPA
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee slowly moved toward approval of the controversial copyright enforcement bill Stop Online Piracy ...
Article | 14/12/2011 Hitachi-LG Data Storage execs plead guilty to price fixing
Three executives at Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) have agreed to plead guilty and serve prison time in the U.S. for their participation in a series o...
Article | 14/12/2011 Groups still oppose SOPA after proposed amendment
A proposed amendment to the controversial copyright enforcement bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act, has not swayed many opponents to the legislation.