Stories about: DOJ

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    DOJ approves Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility 14/02/2012 10:24:17

    The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Google's acquisition of mobile-phone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility for about US$12.5 billion, following the European Commission's approval earlier in the day.
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    Google, Microsoft and Apple letters aim to keep regulators at bay 10/02/2012 09:03:00

    As patent infringement lawsuits continue to pile up in the mobile industry, Google, Apple and Microsoft appear to be trying individually to reassure regulators and standards bodies that they won't use their patents to build a monopoly, experts said.
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    Business owner sentenced for E-Rate fraud 10/02/2012 08:18:37

    The former owner of two Illinois technology companies was sentenced Thursday to serve 30 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to defraud a U.S. Federal Communications Commission program to help schools and libraries in poor areas connect to the Internet, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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    Website operator pleads guilty to terrorist threats 10/02/2012 07:37:38

    The founder of several Muslim jihad websites has pleaded guilty to three charges related to making online threats, including threatening the writers of the television show "South Park," the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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    U.S. government online security website hacked 24/01/2012 18:51:28

    Hackers under the AntiSec banner appeared to have hacked late Monday the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. federal government's online security website, in protest against controversial legislation.
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    SOPA and PIPA: What went wrong? 24/01/2012 06:29:00

    For Internet activists, last week's Web protests against two controversial copyright enforcement bills were a huge victory against three powerful and well-funded trade groups that pushed hard for passage of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act.
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    Supreme Court: GPS tracking needs court warrant 24/01/2012 04:18:55

    U.S. law enforcement agents need court-approved warrants to track a suspect's whereabouts using a GPS device, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday, in deciding a burning issue where privacy intersects with modern technology.
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    NinjaVideo.net founder gets 14 months 21/01/2012 07:01:06

    A Virginia judge sentenced Matthew David Howard Smith, a founder of the NinjaVideo.net website, to 14 months in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
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    US Senate postpones Tuesday vote on PIPA 21/01/2012 02:46:56

    U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has postponed a vote on the controversial Protect IP Act, scheduled for Tuesday, as a growing number of senators voice opposition to the copyright enforcement bill.
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    Anonymous retaliates for Megaupload shutdown, attacks DOJ, others 20/01/2012 11:41:15

    The hacker group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for attacks that have taken down websites run by Universal Music, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Recording Industry Association of America in retaliation for the government's removal of the Megaupload websites.
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    Issa introduces SOPA alternative in the House 19/01/2012 12:00:55

    Lawmakers opposing the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act have introduced alternative legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
 
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