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One-time wannabe governor charged for Facebook share Ponzi scheme

What's worse, real Facebook shares or pretend ones?

20 Mar 16:25

Twitter patents sending messages, promises not to sue everyone

Do no evil - we've heard THAT one before

20 Mar 14:03

First sale doctrine survives US Supreme Court

Books are still property

19 Mar 22:03

Supreme Court silence seals Thomas-Rasset's file sharing fate

$220,000 slap for 24 songs shared stands

18 Mar 23:23

Virnetx loses Cisco case: VPNs not its property

The Borg as great big billy-goat gruff

18 Mar 00:49

Police accuse Reuters hack of helping Anonymous hackers

Social media editor aided Tribune defacement

15 Mar 00:38

Aaron Swartz prosecutor accused of 'professional misconduct'

Lawyers claim he hid evidence and abused plea bargaining

14 Mar 19:10

Groupon deal spam slapped by Australian regulator

When 'unsubscribe' means 'we'll still send you email'

14 Mar 06:32

Coca Cola in the dock over illegal China GPS map claims

Sugar Daddy says GPS logistics tools were commercially available

13 Mar 07:14

ITV catches up with TVCatchup

ECJ ruling bleak news for Internet rebroadcast

10 Mar 23:09

Google's Wi-Fi sniffing to result in $7 million fine

Slurp sparks states' slight slap

10 Mar 21:35

Apple ordered to surrender coveted docs in iOS privacy lawsuit

'We no longer trust you,' says court

8 Mar 22:47

Dotcom plans Mega IPO as case grinds on

Updated: Kim can sue government, spies to own up

6 Mar 23:28

Europe tickles Microsoft with €561m fine for browser choice gaffe

Updated Redmond told to pay less than 1% of annual revenue

6 Mar 12:18

Military-industrial patent troll demands BEEELLIONS from Cisco

The troll versus The Borg

5 Mar 03:24

Australia ratifies cybercrime convention

Think of the children - and the IP owners

4 Mar 22:06

Judge slashes Apple's pile o' cash Samsung judgment

'Hmmm... $1bn? How 'bout, say, $600m, give or take a few bucks?'

1 Mar 21:47

iPrefs-seeking shareholder Einhorn drops Apple lawsuit

'Silly sideshow' folds its tent, moves on

1 Mar 18:44

Megaupload extradition bid - Feds WON'T have to hand in their evidence

Summary of the data enough for Dotcom decision, says court

1 Mar 15:04

Big Blighty telcos ordered to block three BitTorrent search sites

Judge demands action from BT, Sky, Virgin Media, O2, EE and TalkTalk

28 Feb 16:42

Apple, Facebook, Google: Same-sex marriage 'a business imperative'

Updated HP's Whitman and top GOPpers also prod Supremes on marriage equality

27 Feb 23:12

Judge bins Apple's plea to slash $368m FaceTime patent damages

iPhone maker told to spend face time with slighted VPN biz

27 Feb 17:03

Google: Our 'freedom of expression' should trump punters' privacy

'Right to be forgotten' is overrated, huffs search giant

27 Feb 08:02

Yet more world+dog patent suits, this time over encryption

Apple, Dell, HP, Toshiba, etcetera

27 Feb 02:48

Success for Einhorn: Judge blocks vote on Apple's Proposal 2

Tim Cook faces interesting shareholder meeting next week

22 Feb 23:35

Privacy warriors slam MEPs over 'corporate-friendly' data law rewrite

Euro politicos 'undermine trust and confidence', argue campaigners

22 Feb 13:39

Brit robot programmers banged up for £500,000 tax evasion

Biz pair lived life of Riley on cash hidden offshore

21 Feb 09:32

Sexual harassment case costs Oracle $AUD18,000

Things better left unsaid

21 Feb 03:54

Microsoft, EMC, NetApp support Oracle against Google

Grey ladies of tech hope to bend court's ear

20 Feb 23:03

Amazon ditches 'neo-Nazi' security firm over alleged harassment of workers

Etailer ends contract after documentary about guards at 'holiday camps'

19 Feb 16:36

Tesco dials 999 after Clubcard vouchers are 'nicked' online

Detectives put on scent of alleged account breachers

19 Feb 11:18

You can help fix patent laws … now!

International patent harmonisation effort wants your input

19 Feb 06:52

Baby-boulder bowling burglar breaks Boulder Apple Store's $100k glass door

Nicked kit surprisingly worth LESS than knackered entrance

19 Feb 06:02

Iceland thinks long and hard over extreme smut web ban law

IP-address blocking and filters proposed to cull violent vids

18 Feb 15:19

Own a drone: Fine. But fly a drone with a cam: Year in the clink

Vid Eggheads furious as US state mulls ban on 'peeping-tom' craft

18 Feb 12:35

Obama says patent trolls 'extort money', pledges reform

Presidential hangout touches on open internet, teaching kids to code

17 Feb 23:03

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