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Hacker faces jail over online poker scam

4 February 2011, 11:38

Bloke nicks over 400bn virtual poker chips.

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EU gives conditional approval to Intel acquisition of McAfee

26 January 2011, 18:28

Intel can buy McAfee so long as it promises to play nice with other security software companies.

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ACS: Law capitulates

25 January 2011, 16:36

Illegal file-sharing specialist Andrew Crossley has announced he will cease his work due in response to cyber-attacks.

ACS:Law in hot water with judge

19 January 2011, 10:37

Controversial firm's actions reportedly branded 'remarkable' and 'unprecedented'.

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PS3 hackers sued by Sony

13 January 2011, 17:59

Sony is alleging that a group led by the person who unlocked the iPhone is breaching copyright.

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Microsoft in bid to block Apple 'App Store' trademark

13 January 2011, 11:26

Clash of the titans?

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USA demands Assange info from Twitter

10 January 2011, 16:22

WikiLeaks braced for legal challenge from US officials.

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FCC net neutrality ruling met with derision

22 December 2010, 12:17

Initial reaction to the move in the US to regulate the Internet and prevent traffic prioritization has been negative.

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Lord Chief Justice gives courtroom tweeting the go-ahead

20 December 2010, 15:26

Decision follows courtroom 'first' in Assange case.

Tech insider dealing investigated once more

17 December 2010, 09:58

‘Experts’ who worked at AMD, Dell, TSMC and Flextronics have been arrested for allegedly supplying inside info.

Police to probe Anonymous attacks

16 December 2010, 10:18

And FBI could reportedly join the hunt too.

Assange bail hearing makes legal history

15 December 2010, 16:22

And it's all to do with Twitter.

Anonymous begins DDoS fax campaign

14 December 2010, 16:12

And Assange is granted bail.

ACS:Law loses file sharing cases

13 December 2010, 12:35

Controversial firm in courtroom fail.

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Should the Internet be policed and is it even possible?

9 December 2010, 11:47

The Wikileaks saga brings many of the questions posed by The Pentagon Papers into the digital era.

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Europe fines LCD companies €649 million for price fixing

8 December 2010, 15:05

Six far-eastern LCD panel producers were fixing the prices of displays from 2001 to 2006.

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Rambus goes back on the offensive

3 December 2010, 15:58

Company returns to the courtroom to sue NVIDIA, Broadcom and Freescale over patent infringement.

Twitter vows student protest accounts were not censored

2 December 2010, 11:44

And bloggers and tweeters get protection from libel claims.

WikiLeaks site is left out in the cold by Amazon

2 December 2010, 10:25

And British police hunt its founder over rape allegations.

Home Office debates data law power boost

1 December 2010, 12:02

Consultation period extended and meet-ups with concerned parties.

Microsoft taking i4i patent dispute to US Supreme Court

30 November 2010, 16:30

XML patent case goes to the highest court, signalling potentially far reaching consequences.

ICO dishes out first Data Protection Act fines

24 November 2010, 11:59

Council among the first to face DPA wrath.

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Jury orders SAP to pay Oracle $1.3 billion

24 November 2010, 10:30

The TomorrowNow case comes to a conclusion with the biggest ever award for software piracy.

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Legal documents show that Dell tried to hide capacitor faults

23 November 2010, 15:38

Company instructed employees to downplay the problem and held off replacing systems.

Twitter 'joke' case to be taken to the High Court

23 November 2010, 09:56

Aim to define a 'menacing communication'.

Swedish prosecutor orders detention of WikiLeaks founder

18 November 2010, 16:30

International arrest warrant at the ready?

The Microsoft/Motorola sue-fest intensifies

11 November 2010, 17:14

Yet more work for the lawyers at Microsoft raises and Moto re-raises.

ISPs applaud decision to allow review of Digital Economy Act

11 November 2010, 14:38

BT and TalkTalk gain a minor victory in their bid to avoid becoming the Internet police.

Police release Google Street View image in bid to crack crime

8 November 2010, 09:55

Coincidental image could solve theft.

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EU plans to bolster data privacy rules

4 November 2010, 16:31

Internet behemoths could be forced to lift lid on data habits.

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Vince Cable pokes his nose into News Corp acquisition of Sky

4 November 2010, 12:59

The business secretary has asked Ofcom to investigate the public interest implications of the deal.

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Record label abandons filesharing action

4 November 2010, 10:03

...after BT allegedly deletes details.