Twitter has just hired its first employee in Washington, D.C. The microblogging site confirmed today that Adam Sharp, currently an executive produ... read more »
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The FBI has seized a server in Texas as part of its hunt for the groups behind the pro-WikiLeaks denial-of-service attacks launched in December agai... read more »
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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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Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, two ex-Silicon Valley executives who pledged to use their business acumen to fix California's many economic woes, tod... read more »
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Updated 1:20 p.m. PT with additional analysis that comes to a different conclusion. Did Google take code from Java when it built Android Oracle sure ... read more »
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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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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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Amazon denied today that government pressure played any role in its decision earlier this week to stop hosting WikiLeaks' content. In a blog pos... read more »
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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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Intellectual Ventures, founded by former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold, filed three patent infringement lawsuits today again... read more »
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The Department of Homeland Security&39's notoriously perplexing color-coded alert system. (Credit: Wikipedia) The Department of Homeland Securit... read more »
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AUSTIN, Texas--U.S. Sen. Al Franken wants tech savvy entrepreneurs to keep pushing Congress to protect Net neutrality. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.)... read more »
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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.... read more »
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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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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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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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The number of U.S. patents awarded jumped significantly from 2009 to 2010 among the 10 companies that got the most. (Credit: IFI Claims) There's ... read more »
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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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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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Google is facing yet another challenge over privacy rights--this one to be played out in a Spanish courtroom, starting tomorrow. The search giant ... read more »
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