Out of the frying pan, into the fire: Global intelligence firm Stratfor may have secured its perimeters after its servers were infiltrated late last year, but a mammoth email dump just hit the grid courtesy Wikileaks.
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Apple iPad Now Under Fire in U.S.
Leaping across the globe in a single lawsuit, China-based Proview Electronics is bringing its iPad trademark battle with Apple stateside. The monitor manufacturer has filed a lawsuit in California, accusing the company of …
Does Obama’s Online ‘Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights’ Get the Job Done?
The Obama administration just rolled out something it’s calling a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights.” It’s a first draft at this point — think of it as a blueprint for legislation down the road, a statement of principles …
For Apple, a Victory at Last in ‘Slide-to-Unlock’ Patent Feud with Motorola
When you place your finger on your smartphone’s touchscreen and swipe to unlatch its multifaceted features, you’re now officially doing ‘The Apple’. Okay, it turns out you already were, but it wasn’t clear whether rival Motorola …
BitTorrent Index BTjunkie Bites the Dust
BTjunkie.org, a popular site that indexed BitTorrent files for all kinds of legal and illegal content, is waving a white flag.
“This is the end of the line my friends,” the site now reads. “The decision does not come easy, but …
Oklahoma Bill to Tax Violent Video Games Is Clueless and Inconsistent
Once more into the land of moral foolishness: An Oklahoma lawmaker just introduced a bill that would impose a tax on games deemed “violent,” with the money from said tax going to battle bullying and childhood obesity.
Bullying …
Congressman Proposes Legislation to Outlaw Mobile Device Snooping
If your immediate reaction to the secret monitoring of mobile devices is something along the lines of, “Shouldn’t that be against the law?” then you might be interested in a new proposal from Rep. Edward Markey, co-chairman of …
Pirate Bay Founders Lose Supreme Court Appeal, Going to Jail
Well that’s it then, everyone out of the pool — Sweden’s Supreme Court just announced it won’t agree to hear an appeal by The Pirate Bay’s founders, meaning the jail sentences and fines imposed by the Swedish Court of Appeals …
EFF Launches ‘MegaRetrieval’ Site for Megaupload Users
With just two weeks before everything stored on Megaupload potentially gets deleted, help is at hand for those who can’t access legitimate, legal files stored in the now-frozen cloud service. The Electronic Frontier Foundation …
Facebook to Broadcast Users’ Political Opinions in Times Square
Facebook users’ opinions about the 2012 elections may soon go from private to very, very public thanks to a new app that will showcase their views on a giant billboard in Times Square.
The app, called 2012 Matters: What …
Megaupload: User Data Has Two Weeks to Live
Former users of Megaupload have at least two more weeks to worry about what will happen to their data.
Despite the government’s indications that the Megaupload user data could be deleted by Thursday, Megaupload’s data hosting …
Live: Virtual Interview with President Obama via Google+ and YouTube
As previously reported, President Obama will be holding a Google+ Hangout to field live (albeit pre-selected) questions about last Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
The live stream starts at 5:30PM Eastern — press play in …