Jun
02
2011
02
2011
Lewd "prank" on Congressman’s Twitter account might be yFrog’s fault
Did Congressman Anthony Weiner really tweet a photo of his, well, wiener? It's possible, but he also might have been "hacked" via an image ...
Jun
02
2011
02
2011
Stealing "entertainment services" now a crime in Tennessee
Tennessee governor Bill Haslam has signed legislation that for the first time makes the theft of subscription entertainment services like Netflix a crime on ...
Jun
02
2011
02
2011
Feature: The crooks who created modern wiretapping law
Meet Roy Olmstead and Charles Katz—one was a Prohibition era bootlegger, the other a '60s gambler. Neither did anything earthshaking ...
Jun
02
2011
02
2011
The Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk: webcomic copyright fight gets personal
Matthew Inman never wanted to be a hardass. He just wanted to write his unique webcomic, The Oatmeal, but only ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
Microsoft joins pre-emptive patent protection program
In an effort to avoid costly patent litigation, Microsoft has become the first company to sign up to a crowdsourcing service that seeks to ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
Supreme Court: "willful blindness" to patent infringement not OK
In a lopsided 8-1 ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that "willful blindness" to the existence of a patent will not save you ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
Shine a laser at a plane, face an $11,000 fine
Is that shiny new laser you got for Christmas (literally) burning a hole in your pocket? Feel the need to take it out and ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
Lodsys to Apple: your letter means nothing, we’re suing developers
Lodsys threw down the gauntlet on Tuesday, filing patent infringement lawsuits against seven independent mobile developers in the patent litigation-friendly Eastern District of Texas. ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
Criticism and takedown: how review sites can defend free speech
Last week we reported on the story of Dr. Ken Cirka, a Philadelphia dentist who required his patients to sign ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
A way to take out spammers? 3 banks process 95% of spam transactions
If you want to stop spam then going after the banks and payment processors that enable their lucrative trade may ...
May
31
2011
31
2011
Samsung tries to gain access to unannounced next-gen Apple devices
Samsung's latest maneuver in what appears will be a long, drawn-out legal battle with Apple over mobile device copying is a bold one. The ...
May
31
2011
31
2011
AT&T/T-Mobile merger on the hot seat as Sprint files to block it
Looks like the Federal Communications Commission wants a lot more data from AT&T before the agency will green light its ...
May
31
2011
31
2011
WHO declares cellphones "possibly carcinogenic"
Those who are worried about the possible health risks of cellphones just received some backing from a significant source: the World Health Organization. ...
May
31
2011
31
2011
Hacktivists scorch PBS in retaliation for WikiLeaks documentary
A hacker group unhappy with PBS Frontline’s hour-long documentary on WikiLeaks has hit back at the Public Broadcasting System by cracking its ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
G8 summit: laws apply on Internet just like "everywhere else"
The G8 group of countries—France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Japan, Canada, Russia, and the US—met this week in Deauville, France to talk about a ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
Patent troll Lodsys also threatening Android devs
Two weeks ago, IP holding company Lodsys made waves by targeting small, independent iOS developers in a campaign to claim patent licensing fees for ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
California regulators may scrutinize AT&T/T-Mobile merger
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) hasn't launched a full-blown probe of AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile yet, but it's moving in that direction. ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
Telco missteps, overreach leading to Dutch net neutrality law
Big news out of the Netherlands this week, where a government minister announced plans to guarantee network neutrality by law. If Parliament approves the ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
Feature: DNS filtering: absolutely the wrong way to defend copyrights
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has called the PROTECT IP Act "a threat to our economic future and to our international ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
Google Wallet spurs trade-secrets lawsuit from PayPal
PayPal has filed a lawsuit against Google following the announcement of Google's new Wallet and Offers features, claiming that the company stole PayPal's "trade ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
Medical Justice caught impersonating happy patients on Yelp, RateMDs
Recently we reported on Medical Justice and its efforts to help its clients squelch negative patient reviews. Now evidence has emerged that MJ has ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
Senior Defense official hedges on US involvement in Stuxnet
If you want to see a top Pentagon official squirm, tune into ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
Ballmer: Piracy costs Microsoft 95% of potential Chinese revenue
Speaking on Wednesday at the opening of Microsoft's new Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group headquarters in Beijing, Microsoft CEO said that the company earned revenue ...
May
26
2011
26
2011
If AT&T buys T-Mobile, US back to “Bell East and Bell West”
Today, the House Judiciary Committee held another Congressional hearing on the proposed $39 billion buyout of T-Mobile by AT&T, but it was comments yesterday ...
May
26
2011
26
2011
Sen. Ron Wyden places a "hold" on the PROTECT IP Act
The office of Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) tells Ars that the just-passed-out-of-committee PROTECT IP Act (S. 968) isn't going anywhere once it hits the ...
May
26
2011
26
2011
Blacklists, ahoy! PROTECT IP Act sails on to Senate floor
The Senate Judiciary Committee this morning unanimously approved the PROTECT IP Act by a voice vote after a brief markup; the hugely controversial ...
May
25
2011
25
2011
Sen. Franken presses Apple, Google again over app store privacy
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) has once again sent a letter (PDF) to Apple and Google, this time asking for a followup on ...
May
25
2011
25
2011
France attempts to impose e-book prices on Apple, others
Sorry, Apple—French publishers will set the price you can charge for their e-books, according to a new French law.
Passed last week by both houses ...
May
25
2011
25
2011
Copyfight: EFF co-founder enters e-G8 "lion’s den," rips into lions
"I just arrived at the Tuileries for the #eG8, already a hoot. Unfounded smugness to rival the World Economic Forum."
John Perry Barlow—EFF co-founder, Grateful ...
May
23
2011
23
2011
US still hasn’t gotten its act together on broadband deployment
The Federal Communications Commission is sticking to its guns when it comes to the state of high speed Internet deployment in the United States. ...
May
23
2011
23
2011
New "ShaperProbe" tool detects ISP traffic shaping
Two researchers at Georgia Tech can tell you exactly how American ISPs shape Internet traffic, and which ones do so. Bottom line: of ...
May
23
2011
23
2011
North Carolina governor refuses to block anti-muni broadband law
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue has announced that she won't sign or veto the controversial bill on municipal broadband sent to her desk by ...
May
23
2011
23
2011
AT&T to gov’t: we want more wireless licenses
Apparently AT&T is not satisfied with the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile and its earlier bid to buy a nice hunk of Qualcomm 700MHz licenses. ...
May
21
2011
21
2011
Week in tech: Comcast lobbyist fallout, bombs for hacks, and more
New bill upgrades unauthorized Internet streaming to a felony: Two months ago, the Obama administration asked Congress to make illicit online streaming of copyrighted ...
May
20
2011
20
2011
Congress probes FCC Commissioner’s departure to Comcast
Meredith Attwell Baker
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, a key investigative body of Congress. This afternoon, Issa ...
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