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Expiring Warrantless Spy Bill to Be Reauthorized by Year’s End

U.S. spies can rest easy knowing that the nation's warrantless wiretapping program -- secretly employed by the Bush administration in the wake of the 2001 terror attacks -- won't expire at year's end.

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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Net News No Comments

BitSoup Hacked Over Hurricane Fundraiser, Announces New Domain

Torrent sites are not only a magnet for people looking for content, they also attract enemies. While large copyright-dependent industries are obviously interested in their activities, opponents can take other forms. In recent weeks...

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Monday, November 26th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Homeland Security spent $430M on radios its employees don’t know how to use

Nick Getting the agencies responsible for national security to communicate better was one of the main reasons the Department of Homeland Security was created after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But according...

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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 Net News No Comments

DDoS Takes Down The Pirate Bay

Over the past few days a person that goes by the nick “Zeiko” has caused quite a bit of trouble in the BitTorrent world. After being denied an invite to the private BitTorrent tracker...

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Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Anonymous declares war on WikiLeaks in retaliation for "paywall"

Enlarge / The WikiLeaks donation overlay. Anonymous, the loose collective of hackers, dissidents, and the disaffected, roared into action in late 2010 to defend WikiLeaks, conducting denial-of-service attacks against MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal...

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Friday, October 12th, 2012 Net News No Comments