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Scammers Behind Super Bowl Porn Clip Not Caught Yet
Philadelphia-based cable television provider Comcast apologized and promised to find the ones...
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Supreme Court Kills Child-Porn Law
On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court decided not to change a ruling that stated...
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California Experts Puzzled by Mysterious Pelican Deaths
An estimated 270 dead or ailing California brown pelicans have been found in recent weeks from...
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FDA Raises Objections To Diet Coke Plus Current Label
Federal regulators asked the Coca-Cola Company to change the label on a version of its Diet Coke...
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Coca-Cola Asked To Remove ‘Plus’ Claim From Diet Coke Plus Label
The FDA is warning the Coca-Cola Company that one of its products contains inappropriate...
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FTC squeezes 1 million bucks out of Sony as penalty for COPPA violations
Sony Music has become 1 million dollars poorer. That is how things came out after the company’s...
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Lori Drew Convicted On Three Misdemeanor Counts In MySpace Hoax Case
The highly debated case related to the MySpace hoax that led
to the suicide of 13 year old Megan...
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Opening Statements in Cyberbullying Case
Recently, a
woman in the United States went on trial after she was charged
with posing as a boy...
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Eliot Spitzer Cleared of Charges in Hooker Scandal
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer won’t face charges in
connection with the hooker scandal...
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United States Government Declares Beluga Whale Endangered
On Friday,
the United States federal government declared the population
of beluga whales in...
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FTC's Big Win Over Spam Senders
After receiving more than 3 million complaints, the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) managed to...
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President Bush Signs Copyright Infringement Bill
Yesterday, United States President George W. Bush signed a
bill related to the highly debated...
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Tennessee Student Indicted In Palin’s E-mail Hacking Case
Tuesday, a
federal grand jury in Knoxville
indicted David Kernell of Knoxville, Tennessee,
for...
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Emory Psychiatrist Did Not Report Drug Income
Congressional
investigators have revealed that Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff of Emory
University, one...
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Jammie Thomas Gets A Mistrial And Hopes For A Better Decision
The case of Jammie Thomas, the woman found guilty and
ordered to pay a $220,000 fine, takes a new...
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Governor Palin’s E-Mail Hackers Could Steer Clear of Prosecution
This week,
Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! account gov.palin@yahoo.com was broken into, after hackers
who...
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Results of Anthrax Investigation Called into Question
Bruce E.
Ivins did not act alone. That’s what Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick
Leahy told the...
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Spammer Walks Free as Virginia Anti-Spam Law Is Declared Unconstitutional
Jeremy
Jaynes, described as a notorious American spammer, had his nine year prison
sentence...
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Virginia Supreme Court Struck Down Anti-Spam Law
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday decided that the state's anti-spam law is unconstitutional....
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New Bush Administration Proposal Poses Threats to Endangered Species
The Bush administration has issued a proposal that paves the way for federal agencies not to...
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Jackson Browne Is Not On McCain’s Side
The songwriter and liberal political activist Jackson Browne
has filed a lawsuit today against...
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The Bush Administration Might Make It Hard for Endangered Species
The Bush Administration slows down the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with another...
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Bush Administration Proposes The Extinction Of Endangered Species Rules
The Endangered Species Act, which became a financial “nightmare” that hinders development and, to...
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Scrabulous Resurrected As Wordscrapper On Facebook
A new version of Scrabulous is back on Facebook and it is
called Wordscraper. The old one...
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Top Senator in New York Retires
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who has run the
Republican chamber for more than a dozen...
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Missouri Woman Pleads Not Guilty To MySpace Harassment Charges
The Missouri mother accused of harassing a 13-year-old girl via MySpace until the teen killed...
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Copyright Pirate Faces Five Years In Prison
Barry Gitarts, 25, member of the Apocalypse Production Crew (APC), was found guilty on Thursday of...
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Trapped Sea Lion Dies at Tacoma Zoo during Health Exam
A 1,454-pound sea lion died Tuesday during a health
examination at the Point Defiance Zoo &...
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Private Eye, Pellicano, Wiretapped His Own Clients
During the opening statements of the trial of private eye
Anthony Pellicano on Thursday, a federal...
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ABC Faces $1.4 Million Fine Over 'NYPD Blue' Nude Scene
US television network ABC is facing a $1.4 million fine brought by the Federal Communications...
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Business
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Signs that US may be headed slowly toward recovery
Washington - More than a year into one of the longest and deepest US recessions in living memory,...
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US Treasury to buy stake in GMAC; GM gets additional loan
The Treasury will buy a 5-billion-dollar stake in GMAC and also lend GM an additional...
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Facebook Cashes In On Spam
According to a decision of the US District Court of North Carolina, Canadian citizen Adam Guerbuez...
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Facebook Wins Trial And Should Receive $873 Million
Justice was served in an exemplary manner in the case of
Facebook vs. Canadian spammer Adam...
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Microsoft Moves for Dismissal in ‘Vista Capable’ Lawsuit
On Thursday Microsoft asked a federal judge to dismiss
claims of plaintiffs in the class-action...
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Major Movie Studios Sue to Ban DVD Copying Software
Tuesday, six Hollywood movie studios have sued RealNetworks over
the latter’s software program...
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RealNetworks And MPAA Go At It In Federal Court Over RealDVD
United States movie studios and digital media pioneer RealNetworks will battle each other in the...
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Uncertainty as House rejects financial bail-out
Washington - In a shocking
development Monday that plunged the United States back...
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Royalty Rates For Internet Radios Might Be Finally Set
An extremely debated issue concerning the royalty rates that Internet radios should pay might reach...
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Virginia Court Frees Spammer Convicted Under Anti-Spam Law
Today, in a precedent-setting ruling, the Virginia Supreme Court invalidated a 2003 anti-spam law...
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Psystar Fights Back By Sending Apple To Court
Psystar, the Mac clone maker taken to court by Apple on
copyright infringement accusations,...
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FDIC Says U.S. Bank System “Absolutely Safe”
On the background of trouble signs given through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s (FDIC)...
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IndyMac Seized by U.S. Government, to Open Monday as Federal Bank
IndyMac Bank was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), under orders from the...
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Comcast Denies Claims Of Network Discrimination
Comcast, the US
second-largest Internet provider, told the FCC in formal comments that its
policy...
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Fed Makes Emergency Rate Cuts To 3.5 %
The Federal Reserve cut down its
benchmark interest rates by 75 basic points, from 4.25% to 3.5%,...
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Massey to Pay $20 Million EPA Fine to Settle Lawsuit
Massey Energy Co, the fourth largest producer of coal in the United States by revenue, announced on...
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Bernanke Vows Fed Is Ready to Act
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke assured Friday the Fed is watching the economy and is ready...
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Science
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Big Changes For The Endangered Species Act
The Interior Department has just finalized the rules which change the way the Endangered Species...
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Bush Administration Loosens ESA Consultation Process
The U.S. Department of the Interior yesterday released
modifications to ease the consultation...
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EPA Adopts Tighter Medical Waste Management Regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to move
forward with the proposed regulations over...
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Another Attempt For Delisting Gray Wolves
The Bush administration will once again try to take the gray wolf of the northern Rockies off the...
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Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer
Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative
medicine by developing a safer way of...
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EPA Rejects Yazoo Backwater Project Over Environmental Concerns
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected the Yahoo
Pumps Project proposal for the...
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Unusual Polar Bear Spotting Highlights Disasters of Global Warming
Ten polar bears were seen swimming in open water off the northern coast of Alaska, an unusual...
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Navy Agrees To Low-Frequency Sonar Restrictions For Mammals’ Sake
The U.S. District Court in San Francisco approved on Tuesday
an agreement between the U.S. Navy...
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Group: Wolves Repopulating Washington Again
Wolves are again repopulating Washington, according to Conservation Northwest, an environmentalist...
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Agency Finally Meets Deadline, Declares Polar Bear Threatened
Three years after the Fish and
Wildlife Services was asked to review the situation of the polar...
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Environmentalists Take Gray Wolf Matter To Court
The infamous Federal Endangered
Species Act is not that protective it seems, and environmentalists...
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Gray Wolves To Be Hunted after Delisting
A major environment-related
decision was taken for the northern Rocky Mountains region, as the...
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Federal Agency Sued Over Delaying Polar Bear Decision
Fed up with the Fish and
Wildlife Service’s constant failure to meet deadlines and make a decision...
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Conservationists To Fight In Court For Gray Wolves
Environmental conservationists groups plan to fight in court
against the US Department of the...
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The Wolf No Longer Endangered in the Northern Rockies
Canis lupus, better known as the gray wolf, will no longer be protected under the Endangered...
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NASA: Orbital Granted $170 Million To Develop Spaceship Cargo
Orbital Sciences Corp. was
chosen to develop NASA’s future space cargo, capable of commercial...
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Scientific World Loses Genetics Pioneer Joshua Lederberg, 82
Scientific world has lost Joshua Lederberg, University
Professor and president emeritus of the...
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The Endangered Species Act Will Be Revised
The Fish and Wildlife Service
decided today to revise seven decisions on protecting species across...
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Landmark Greenhouse Emissions Bill in Senate Subcommittee
A landmark bill which requires mandatory, not voluntary, limits on greenhouse gases with the goal...
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American Electric Power Settles with EPA for $4.6 Billion
The largest electricity generating utility in the United States, American Electric Power, as agreed...
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DOI Could Overturn MacDonald's Biased Environmental Decisions
The Department of the Interior is expected to overturn politically-biased environmental decisions...
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Trout Not an Endangered Species in Yellowstone- Study
A study from 2006 showed that trout found in the shallow waters of Yellowstone National Park is no...
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Causes of Human Depression Studied in Mice
One of the most common and mysterious mental illnesses, depression, might have found an explanation...
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World
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Al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Belgium ahead of EU summit
Brussels - Belgian police said Thursday they had thwarted a possible terrorist attack by arresting...
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India gears up for ban on smoking in public places
New Delhi - An estimated 120 million smokers in India will have one more reason to try to kick...
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Senate to Vote Wednesday on Rescue Package
Washington - The Democrats who control the US Senate and minority Republicans have agreed to hold a...
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Bold action needed to rescue financial institutions, Bush says
Washington - President George W Bush said Saturday that bold action was needed to bailout US...
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Virginia Anti-Spam Law Declared Invalid
Following the much-publicized case and subsequent release of
“Spam King” Jeremy Jaynes by the...
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Storm revamps Republican plans, Bush speech dropped
Washington - Hurricane Gustav Sunday played havoc with Republican Party plans to nominate their...
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Reports: Hurricane could prompt Bush to cancel convention plans
Washington - As Hurricane Gustav took aim Sunday at New Orleans, reports said that US President...
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Medicare Payment Error Rate Higher Than Said
The inspector general at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services denounced Medicare for...
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Bush Administration Wants To Ease Rules On Endangered Species
According to a new measure which the Bush administration wants to implement, the Endangered Species...
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Ohio Inmate: Too Fat for Death Penalty?
How about: “No…Don’t kill me. I’m too fat.” Although it sounds like a comic act, it really...
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Report: Cheney’s Office Linked to Global Warming Policy Change
A recent congressional investigation has come up with new details regarding the fact that senior...
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Software Engineer Gets 2 Years in Jail for Espionage
A software engineer who had worked in the Silicon Valley will spend the next two years in prison....
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'Colorblind' Policy In Transracial Adoption Criticized
It seems the “color blind” policy is not always the right
one. It would be wonderful if we treated...
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Polar Bears Are Now Protected
Polar bears were announced to be added to the list of
animals protected by the Endangered Species...
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Decision On Polar Bears Expected Today
The US Interior Department will announce today if the polar
bear is to be listed as threatened and...
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Baby Whale Found Dead Under San Francisco Pier
The body of a 30-foot long whale was found under Pier 27
along the Embarcadero, just south of...
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Interpol Arrests New Jersey Pedophile
Wayne Nelson Corliss was arrested yesterday in New Jersey, as he was suspected of sexually abusing...
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UT Students Protest against Gun Law
This week, from Monday to Friday, the 25,000 members of Students
for Concealed Carry on Campus...
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Presidential Candidates Honor ML King Jr. on Anniversary
Two out of three presidential candidates were present in Memphis to pay tribute to Martin Luther...
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Coalition of States, Groups Sues EPA Over Emissions
Eighteen states, led by Massachusetts, as well as several environmental groups sued the...
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Bush Calls on Congress to Pass Housing Legislation
Before departing for Europe, where he will attend the NATO summit, President Bush called on the...
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Pilot’s Gun Goes Off in Cockpit during US Airways Flight
The gun of a US Airways pilot went off in the plane’s cockpit during a flight, the Transportation...
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Paul McCartney Uses His Fame to Protest Against Kangaroo Cull
Sir Paul McCartney has decided to
endorse a campaign initiated by the Bristol-based group Viva!,...
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Teen’s Web Speech Case Reaches Appeals Court
A teenage girl who used bad language in an Internet blog
regarding the school officials was...
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Rudd’s Gesture Towards the Aborigines
It seems that Australia’s new Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd wants to correct the historical acts of...
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EPA Did It Again! Federal Court Rejects ‘Clean Air Mercury Rule’
The Bush administration took a
nasty rejection from a federal court on Friday on their attempt to...
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Judge Rejects Bush’s Waiver On Navy Sonar Training
President Bush’s attempt to make
an exception for the Navy and allow it’s sonar training to...
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Australia Will Apologize to Aboriginals for “Stolen Generation”
Australia’s government said it will issue a formal apology to Aboriginal people at the parliament’s...
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Johnson Denied California’s Waiver Despite EPA’s Wishes
The EPA v. California
discussions have not reached their limit yet, as Senate Democrats are...
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Polar Bears Can Wait
If “Heaven can wait,” why
wouldn’t polar bears do the same?
Unfortunately, the global...
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Technology
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FCC Working on Plan to Deliver Broadband to Americans
As of yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission is concentrating its efforts to create a...
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Cook County Sheriff Sues Craigslist For Promoting Prostitution
Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart has filed a federal lawsuit against ad site Craigslist for...
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YouTube, Universal Music Reportedly Talking Business
YouTube may be taking a new approach when it comes to music videos, which this time would not imply...
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Teens Face Kiddie Porn Charges
Six Pennsylvania high school students are facing child pornography charges, after an increasingly...
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Wolf in sheep's clothing: Scareware on the rise
Sometimes crooks disguise themselves as friends. That's exactly what's happening when you're...
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Kids Need No Privacy, According to Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment is to pay $1 million to settle federal charges that it violated the...
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No More Free Communication Over The Phone For Barack Obama
Verizon Wireless admitted late Thursday that several of its employees broke company rules by...
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Judge Dismisses Psystar’s Countersuit Claims As Ungrounded
A federal judge dismissed Psystar’s countersuit accusing Apple
of anticompetitive business...
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Daily Spam Down 75% After ISP McColo Is Cut Off By Providers
Spam world received a major hit on Wednesday, when U.S.
based ISP McColo Corp., which offered Web...
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Sprint Facing $1.2 Billion Class-Action Lawsuit Over Illegal ETFs
Bad weather heading Sprint’s way these days, as the company
faces yet another class-action lawsuit...
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Spammers, Watch Out: World’s Largest Spam Gang Busted!
The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that, in
collaboration with authorities in New...
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House Passed Webcaster Act
The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill also known as The Webcaster Settlement...
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Google Thinks It’s High Time The FCC Acted on Vacant Channels
Google co-founder Larry Page, who spoke at a Capitol Hill event Wednesday, wants the Federal...
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Judge Strikes Down RIAA Victory, Orders Retrial of Jammie Thomas Case
Judge Michael J. Davis overturned a landmark federal jury decision against single mom Jammie...
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Judge Drops Financial Claims Against Jammie Thomas
On Wednesday, federal judge Michael Davis declared his previous decision on the Jammie Thomas case...
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Mukasey Seeks Immunity Protection Against Surveillance Allegations
Following the Electronic Frontier Foundation's move to file a lawsuit against the National Security...
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EBay May Be Sued By SIIA, Oregon Man In Jail For 4 Years
The Software & Information Industry Association threatens to sue eBay, frustrated by the lack...
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Comcast One Step Closer To Losing Dispute Over P2P Interference
Comcast is getting one step closer to losing the P2P dispute, as three of the five members of the...
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Lori Drew Has “No Law” On Her Side, Seeks Dismissal Of All Charges
Lori Drew, the woman allegedly responsible for the suicide
of 13-year-old MySpace user Megan...
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Viacom Is Not The Bad Guy Anymore: Agrees To Anonymization
When it comes to privacy issues, even the most ardent rivals
are able to reach a settlement, as we...
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Viacom and Google Reach Anonymization Agreement for YouTube Logs
Google and Viacom reached an agreement of the handing over of the YouTube logs. The two companies...
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FCC Chairman Wants Punishment For P2P Interference
Comcast will not get away that easily for interfering with
Internet traffic, and Federal...
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Viacom Tramples Privacy of YouTube Users with Court Help
The ruling which demands Google to hand over the YouTube access logs, which are to show the actual...
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Viacom Gets The Logs, Google Gets To Keep The Source Code
Viacom got a partial victory in the $1 billion lawsuit
against Google Inc. and its YouTube...
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HP Private Investigators Fined $600,000 For Illicit Gains
Private investigators in the
infamous HP spying case, dating back to 2005, have been fined...
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Online Music Pirate Meets Jailers…Others Will Follow
Online piracy is something
widely practiced these days, but things might change in the future, if...
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FBI Backs Off From NSL Request After Being Challenged In Court
A Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s request to access the personal files of a digital library...
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FCC: Nationwide Alert System For Mobile Phones Approved
A nationwide alert system will
be put in place for mobile phones, enabling the Federal...
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NTIA: Consumers Increasingly Aware Of Digital Transition
As America prepares for the
digital TV transition, Kevin Martin, Chairman of the Federal...
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FCC Chairman Opposes Skype’s Request For Open Networks
Skype’s petition with the
Federal Communications Commission is doomed to fail after FCC Chairman...
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