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The European Union's Internet czar on Friday added her voice to resistance to the Stop Online Piracy Act, in an unusually open comment on pending U.S. legislation. http://phys.org/news246272126.html Technology Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:55:38 EST news246272126 US authorities have shut down one of the largest file-sharing websites and charged seven people with copyright crimes, sparking a retaliatory cyber attack on the FBI and Justice Department websites. http://phys.org/news246254754.html Technology Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:06:05 EST news246254754 The Justice Department announced indictments against two Russians Tuesday for allegedly hacking into computers of US financial institutions to steal credit card numbers and stock information before running up bills. http://phys.org/news246081788.html Technology Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:30:01 EST news246081788 A former Dow Chemical Company scientist has been sentenced to five years in prison for selling trade secrets to Chinese companies, the US Justice Department announced Friday. http://phys.org/news245724864.html Other Sciences Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:40:01 EST news245724864 US prosecutors are readying criminal charges against British oil giant BP employees over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident that led to the catastrophic Gulf oil spill, The Wall Street Journal reported online. http://phys.org/news244357061.html Space & Earth Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:57:47 EST news244357061 AT&T Inc. is one of the biggest corporate spenders in the nation's capital. But the rejection of its proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA showed that money can't necessarily buy you love from antitrust officials. http://phys.org/news243783303.html Technology Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:35:44 EST news243783303 US authorities said Friday that Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts would pay $500,000 to settle charges that he violated stock buying rules. http://phys.org/news243279415.html Technology Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:37:06 EST news243279415 (AP) -- AT&T Inc. and the Justice Department agreed Monday to put off their upcoming antitrust trial over the phone company's proposed acquisition of smaller rival T-Mobile USA while the wireless carriers determine the fate of the deal. http://phys.org/news242930346.html Technology Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:39:28 EST news242930346 (AP) -- The Justice Department said Friday it wants to withdraw or postpone its antitrust case against the proposed merger between AT&T Inc. and smaller rival T-Mobile USA now that the two companies pulled their application with the Federal Communications Commission to approve the deal. http://phys.org/news242681561.html Technology Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:33:00 EST news242681561 Four Romanians have been charged with hacking into the computer systems of hundreds of US merchants and making millions of dollars in purchases with stolen credit card data, the Justice Department said Thursday. http://phys.org/news242619797.html Technology Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:23:24 EST news242619797 (AP) -- The Justice Department is looking into possible anticompetitive practices involving e-book sales. http://phys.org/news242540805.html Technology Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:10:02 EST news242540805 The US Justice Department on Friday approved Google's $400 million acquisition of Admeld, a company that provides an online advertising platform for publishers. http://phys.org/news242057117.html Technology Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:10:01 EST news242057117 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange blasted the mainstream media, Washington, banks and the Internet itself as he addressed journalists in Hong Kong on Monday via videolink from house arrest in England. http://phys.org/news241713085.html Technology Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:31:37 EST news241713085 A Hungarian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to hacking into the computer systems of the Marriott hotel chain and threatening to reveal confidential information unless he was given a job. http://phys.org/news241334997.html Technology Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:31:09 EST news241334997 Motorola Mobility stockholders on Thursday overwhelmingly endorsed selling the company to Google in a deal valued at $12.5 billion. http://phys.org/news240811226.html Technology Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:00:38 EST news240811226 US Department of Justice lawyers "are ready and eager to go to court" in a bid to block AT&T's $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile, Attorney General Eric Holder assured lawmakers on Tuesday. http://phys.org/news239982854.html Technology Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:54:24 EST news239982854 Business software and hardware giant Oracle was fined nearly $200 million dollars for overcharging the US government, the Justice Department announced Thursday. http://phys.org/news237180294.html Technology Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:25:34 EST news237180294 US justice authorities hit a Japanese-Korean producer of optical disk drives with a $21.1 million fine for bid-rigging and price fixing, the Justice Department announced. http://phys.org/news236616833.html Technology Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:54:00 EST news236616833 A co-founder of the NinjaVideo website that offered illegal downloads of movies and television shows pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and criminal copyright infringement. http://phys.org/news236534160.html Technology Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:56:09 EST news236534160 A document obtained by the ACLU shows for the first time how the four largest cellphone companies in the U.S. treat data about their subscribers' calls, text messages, Web surfing and approximate locations. http://phys.org/news236534112.html Technology Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:55:22 EST news236534112 Google said Wednesday the US Justice Department has asked for more information about its bid for Motorola Mobility but expressed confidence the $12.5 billion deal will get the green light. http://phys.org/news236488099.html Technology Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:16:03 EST news236488099 (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department is taking a closer look at Google's proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility. http://phys.org/news236454223.html Technology Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:43:54 EST news236454223 A founder of the NinjaVideo website that offered downloads of current movies and television shows pleaded guilty Friday to criminal copyright violations, officials said. http://phys.org/news236022285.html Technology Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:45:02 EST news236022285 (AP) -- A week after a big win against Oracle, German software maker SAP AG has been dealt a new blow in a theft case involving a now-defunct subsidiary. http://phys.org/news234843112.html Technology Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:12:13 EST news234843112 (AP) -- AT&T is countering the U.S. government's attempt to block its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile by depicting the deal as a way to provide consumers with better cell phone service at lower prices. http://phys.org/news234843006.html Technology Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:10:38 EST news234843006 Four Americans and a Greek national have been indicted on conspiracy and copyright infringement charges for alleged involvement with a website, NinjaVideo, which offered illegal downloads of movies and television shows, the Justice Department said Friday. http://phys.org/news234800966.html Technology Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:29:36 EST news234800966 (AP) -- The Obama administration has explained its effort to block AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile USA by saying it will fight mergers that would reduce competition and hurt consumers. http://phys.org/news234179436.html Technology Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:50:53 EST news234179436 (AP) -- The Justice Department's rejection of AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA will test new federal guidelines on challenging mergers and the companies' resolve in forming the nation's largest wireless carrier. http://phys.org/news234066656.html Technology Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:31:25 EST news234066656 US authorities have been investigating Oracle for at least a year to see if the business software titan violated anti-bribery laws in its overseas business, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. http://phys.org/news234003426.html Technology Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:57:23 EST news234003426 (AP) -- The Supreme Court will weigh in on an important privacy issue for the digital age: whether the police need a warrant before using a global positioning system device to track a suspect's movements. http://phys.org/news228389516.html Technology Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:32:03 EST news228389516