By the time East Coasters were finishing dinner last night, 10 websites had fallen to what hacktivist group Anonymous calls its “low orbit ion cannon,” or LOIC — a public domain software tool named after a weapon in a popular …
Politics & Law
Anonymous Claims DOJ, RIAA, MPAA Sites Hit for Megaupload Bust
From sleeping dog to full-on Internet terror, it appears Anonymous may be exacting revenge on several federal and private groups after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) shuttered popular download site Megaupload this …
Did It Work? ‘Day After’ Results of the SOPA, PIPA Blackout
Google has dropped its logo shroud, Wikipedia has returned from limbo, normal service in general has been resumed, and all’s right with the world … except that SOPA and PIPA are still looming on Capitol Hill. So did yesterday’s …
SOPA Protests Gain Steam as Web Activists Flex Growing Clout
MPAA Chairman Calls SOPA Blackouts a ‘Dangerous’ Gimmick
If you thought that today’s blackout by Wikipedia, Reddit, the Cheezburger Network and other sites was a legitimate political protest against SOPA and PIPA, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) chairman Chris Dodd would …
Paint It Black: 7 Ways You Can Protest SOPA and PIPA
So it’s lights out for Wikipedia, a blacked-over logo for Google, Reddit closing up for 12 hours and thousands of others shuttering for a day to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) — what can you …
Don’t Understand SOPA? Help Is Close at Hand
With Wikipedia, Reddit and other sites offline today in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act, you might be wondering “What’s so bad about SOPA, anyway?” Luckily, the answer to your question is just a couple of clicks away.
How to Survive Wednesday’s Wikipedia Blackout
Wikipedia will go offline on Wednesday in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill that would allow the U.S. government to cut off funding sources to foreign websites accused of piracy by rights holders.
Wikipedia’s …
Lawmakers Call for Official Hearing over Carrier IQ, Cellphone Security
With all the concern and conversation surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) these days, you’re forgiven if you forgot about Carrier IQ and the possibility that your cellphone contains hidden keystroke-tracking software …
Big Brother Is Watching: Document Reveals Surveillance of Social Media, Blogs, Image-Sharing Sites
Hope you’re not shy, because there’s a good chance you’re being watched by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. According to a government document, the DHS has been monitoring social media as well as select blogs and message …
SOPA Boycotting Made Easy with New Android App
Having trouble keeping track of which companies you want to boycott to protest their support of the Stop Online Piracy Act? As the slogan goes, there’s an app for that…as long as you’re using an Android device.
The bluntly …
Now Grooveshark Is Being Sued by EMI Music
Spare a thought for streaming music service Grooveshark. Less than two months after being hit by a lawsuit over illegal uploading of content by Universal Music Group, the company is facing another lawsuit — and this time, it’s …