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WikiLeaks Julian Assange fights extradition
(AP) -- Lawyers for Julian Assange on Wednesday focused their fight against the WikiLeaks chief's extradition to Sweden on technicalities - trying to punch holes through the warrant seeking his arrest.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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US 'hacker next door' gets 18-year sentence: report
A US man who hacked into his neighbors' Wi-Fi network and tried to frame them with child pornography and threatening emails to the US vice president has been sentenced to 18 years in jail.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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EU court sees responsibilities of online retailers
(AP) -- Online retailers like eBay Inc. can be held responsible for the infringement of trademarks by goods they sell, Europe's top court said Tuesday.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Amazon wants voters to decide on tax collection
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. wants California voters to decide whether to overturn a new law that forces online retailers to collect sales taxes there, setting the stage for a potentially high-dollar ballot fight next year that ...
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Julian Assange back in court to fight extradition
(AP) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was due back in court Tuesday for the latest installation of his fight against extradition to Sweden, where the 40-year-old Australian is accused of rape and molestation.
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Obese British man in court fight for surgery
A British man weighing 22 stone (139 kilograms, 306 pounds) launched a court appeal Monday against a decision to refuse him state-funded obesity surgery because he is not fat enough.
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Court restores ban on newspaper, TV ownership
(AP) -- A federal appeals court has restored a longstanding ban that prevents media companies from owning both a newspaper and a television station in the same market.
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Apple App Store downloads cross 15 billion mark
Apple announced on Thursday that more than 15 billion applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch have been downloaded from its App Store.
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Judge unimpressed with Apple 'App Store' claim
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid by Apple to immediately stop Amazon.com from calling its online shop for smartphone programs an "App Store."
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Amazon to cut off California-based Web affiliates
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that it will stop working with online affiliates based in California since the state passed a new rule that forces online retailers to collect sales tax there.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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US appeals court upholds Obama's health care law
A US federal appeals court in Ohio upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's controversial health care law Wednesday in the first rejection of several challenges at the appeals court level.
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Hollywood fights online piracy in UK court case
Hollywood film studios launched legal action Tuesday against Britain's biggest Internet service provider in a fight against online piracy, thought to be the first case of its kind in the country.
Jun 28, 2011 |
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High court to rule on TV indecency, GPS tracking
(AP) -- The Supreme Court has added a couple of high-profile constitutional challenges to its lineup of cases for next term: One looking at governmental regulation of television content and the other dealing with the authority ...
Jun 28, 2011 |
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US top court upholds $270 million award to smokers
The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal request made by American tobacco companies on Monday in a class-action lawsuit that awarded 500,000 smokers a total of $270 million in damages.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Can't ban violent video sales to kids, court says
(AP) -- States cannot ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting such limits as a violation of young people's First Amendment rights and leaving ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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