Avatar Posted by winlimlim4 5511 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: New Net addresses mean new trademark issues
ICANN announced new generic top-level domains (GTLDs) at a news conference in Singapore. From left to right are outgoing Chairman Peter Dengate Thr... read more »
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Avatar Posted by duoutras 5698 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: WikiLeaks Assange granted bail London
WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was granted bail today by a London judge, but prosecutors said they will appeal the decision. In a media-mobbed... read more »
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Avatar Posted by bradykaaba 5656 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Obama calls federal spending on clean energy IT
President Obama this evening will call for a wealth of new federal spending on biomedical research, information technology, and clean energy technol... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Crysta7 5705 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: WikiLeaks leader arrested after rape accusation
Julian Assange, leader of the WikiLeaks project that's published extensive secret details of U.S. military and diplomatic activity, has been arreste... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Sophia003 5726 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: TSA plans modest changes virtual strip searches
An Internet-fueled backlash against air traveler screening is growing amid signs that the Transportation Security Agency will consider slight change... read more »
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Avatar Posted by marminnugfh 5513 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Oracle seeks billions Google Java suit
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. ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by limarriaeye 5690 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Comcast-NBC deal pushed new year
Comcast today said its proposed deal to acquire control of General Electric's NBC Universal won't get regulatory approval by the end of the year, as ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Abiabeo 5732 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Report: FCC examine Googles Wi-Fi mess
Add the Federal Communications Commission to the list of legal headaches for Google caused by its Wi-Fi spying debacle. The Wall Street Journal ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by zanlalaana 5576 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Internet poker giants dicted U.S. crackdown
This was the message displayed after U.S. authorities seized the domains of the online poker sites. Several founders of the three largest Int... read more »
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Avatar Posted by nuingrebossmancur 5704 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Intellectual Ventures files three new patent suits
Intellectual Ventures, founded by former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold, filed three patent infringement lawsuits today again... read more »
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Avatar Posted by fanclubmib 5733 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Yes insults on Facebook still fired
A federal agency recently brought a complaint against a Connecticut medical-services company for allegedly firing an employee over a Facebook post. ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by lasirman4 5529 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Alaska plans release Palins gubernarial e-mails
The state of Alaska is planning to release 24,000 of former Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mails, which are likely to be closely scrutinized as the 2012 elect... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Eleen 5587 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Google under legal siege seeks Nortel patents
Google, eager to strengthen its patent portfolio for a better chance in legal battles, is in the running to acquire 6,000 patents and patent applica... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Dhoni 5740 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: High Courts violent-game ruling: Why now?
Editors' note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes' bio below. The U.S. Supreme Court today heard arguments in Schwarzenegger v. EMA, a cas... read more »
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Avatar Posted by bintterazmwes 5668 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Report: DOJ nearing decision on Google-ITA
Google&39's proposed acquisition of travel software company ITA Software could face a DOJ review. (Credit: ITA) The U.S. Department of Justice is ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by beres62 5642 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Witness: Assanges version of events needed hea
Julian Assange (Credit: Screenshot from &34'60 Minutes&34' interview) Julian Assange should have been arrested in Sweden as soon as a prosecutor ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by marmonju34 5726 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Transcript: Senate hearing on TSA full-body scann
The topic for today's Senate Homeland Security hearing was supposed to be air cargo security. But in the wake of growing public concern about the ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by celgmoncler 5683 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Sony wants LG phones of U.S. market
LG&39's Lotus Elite, one of the phones Sony believes is infringing on its patents. (Credit: Josh P. Miller/CNET) Sony wasn't about to let 2010 expi... read more »
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Avatar Posted by cedrikceek 5676 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Google halt of Microsoft contract Interior Dept.
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... read more »
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Avatar Posted by elishassah 5650 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Google drops $5 million on D.C. lobbyg 2010
Google spent more money in Washington in 2010 as it tried to make its case while fending off federal regulators. Doing business in the nation's ... read more »
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