Julian Assange had been lying low for months as the WikiLeaks saga unfolded, but this week he&39's been the center of worldwide attention in a U.K....
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Somehow, with all the strange, otherworldly people standing for office in American elections Tuesday, one ballot measure has not received quite the e...
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Lawmakers want answers from Apple after a report was published this week that showed that iPhones and iPads track and store users' location inform...
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Updated 1:20 p.m. PT with additional analysis that comes to a different conclusion.
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In a victory for the free speech and privacy rights of Amazon.com customers, a federal judge ruled today that the company would not have to turn ove...
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Intellectual Ventures, founded by former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold, filed three patent infringement lawsuits today again...
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In a long-awaited decision that could shape the debate over Internet taxes, a New York appeals court today reinstated Amazon.com and Overstock's law...
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The Federal Communications Commission is a step closer to approving the $37 billion joint venture between Comcast and General Electric's NBC Universa...
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Editors' note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes' bio below.
In "1984," George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, protagonist Winston Smith is ...
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commentary News that researchers have "discovered" hidden files on the iPhone that store geolocation data of approximate locations the devices pass ...
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An Internet-fueled backlash against air traveler screening is growing amid signs that the Transportation Security Agency will consider slight change...
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Oracle is seeking billions of dollars in damages from Google in a lawsuit that accuses the search giant of infringing on patents related to Java.
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A judge has granted Google's request for a temporary court order that puts a freeze on a contract the U.S. Interior Department planned to award to...
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Intel has received a thumb's up from the Federal Trade Commission for its proposed purchase of McAfee.
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Google&39's proposed acquisition of travel software company ITA Software could face a DOJ review.
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The biggest social-networking site in the world broke with many of its online brethren today when it issued a statement saying that it will not ban...
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STANFORD, Calif.--President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an In...
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The number of U.S. patents awarded jumped significantly from 2009 to 2010 among the 10 companies that got the most.
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Add the Federal Communications Commission to the list of legal headaches for Google caused by its Wi-Fi spying debacle.
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The White House is urging Congress to enact a new "privacy bill of rights" that would provide clearer guidelines to online users and businesses about...
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