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Judge: Free speech protects Amazon buyers' data
(AP) -- Lists that identify the books, music and movies individual customers bought from online retailer Amazon.com Inc. are protected from North Carolina tax collectors, a federal judge has ruled.
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Lawmakers: protect embryonic stem cell research
(AP) -- Sen. Arlen Specter said Thursday that Congress should "get busy" on giving legal stature to the federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research to avoid giving a final say on the issue to a conservative Supreme ...
Sep 16, 2010 |
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US court lifts ban on state-funding for stem cell research
A US appeals court suspended Thursday a ban on state-funding for embryonic stem cell research pending a full appeal of the case, in a major boost to President Barack Obama's administration.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Court asked to keep stem cell money flowing
(AP) -- The Obama administration is asking a federal appeals court to lift an order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, a day after being turned down by the judge who issued the order.
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Microsoft gets legal might to take down spam botnets
With a judicial assist, Microsoft has perfected a new superweapon to shoot down botnets, the engines cybergangs use to deliver malicious Internet attacks.
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Judge won't let stem cell money keep flowing (Update)
(AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday refused to lift his order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, saying that a "parade of horribles" predicted by federal officials would not happen.
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Massive data theft leads investigators to India hackers, New York businessman
A massive data theft from the e-commerce company Digital River has led investigators to hackers in India and a 20-year-old in New York who allegedly tried to sell the information to a Colorado marketing firm for half a million ...
Jun 04, 2010 |
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US judge rules against LimeWire in music piracy case
A US judge has ruled in favor of 13 music companies in a copyright case against popular online file-sharing service LimeWire.
May 12, 2010 |
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Utah jury decides Unix battle in favor of Novell
(AP) -- Novell Inc. never sold ownership rights to Unix computer software code when it allowed another company to take over the servicing of the venerable server operating system used by large corporations, a jury in Utah ...
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Hacker gets 20 years for stealing credit card data
(AP) -- A computer hacker from Florida was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for helping engineer one of the largest thefts of credit and debit card numbers in U.S. history.
Mar 25, 2010 |
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RealNetworks will stop selling DVD copying product
(AP) -- RealNetworks Inc. said Wednesday that it will stop selling technology that lets consumers copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, settling a handful of lawsuits filed against the company by Hollywood's six major ...
Mar 04, 2010 |
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NYC judge expresses some doubts about Google deal
(AP) -- A judge Thursday questioned whether Google and lawyers for authors and publishers went too far when they struck a deal that would let the gigantic search engine make money presiding over the world's largest digital ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Google digital book project gets day in court
Google's digital book project finally gets its day in court on Thursday as the Internet giant asks a US judge to approve its ambitious plan to scan millions of books and sell them online.
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Next chapter in digital book deal: Google vs. DOJ
(AP) -- Determined to create the world's largest digital library, Google Inc. is betting it knows more about U.S. antitrust and copyright laws than the government regulators enforcing them.
Feb 12, 2010 |
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Minnesota song-sharing case heads for 3rd trial
(AP) -- A trade group representing the major music labels said Wednesday it will reject a reduced penalty for a central Minnesota woman found guilty of sharing 24 songs over the Internet, and will instead begin preparing ...
Jan 28, 2010 |
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