communication

Skype Battles Another Patent Infringement Suit for Its Services

Copytele, a patent enforcement entity, has filed a patent infringement suit against Skype’s calling and messaging service. Skype is no stranger to patent infringement suits as it has already warded off lawsuits from Via...

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Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 Net News No Comments

Spotify Blocked by House of Representatives Due to Its P2P Nature

While Spotify has become the most popular legitimate music streaming service endorsed by record labels and artists as well, The U.S. House of Representatives has banned the site from its member’s computers on the grounds...

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Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 Net News No Comments

California man arrested after allegedly sextorting over 350 women

Any longtime reader of Ars will know that for years now we’ve seen case after case of what’s come to be known as “sextortion.” It’s a familiar script: boy chats up girl (or sometimes...

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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 Net News No Comments

The (Many) Lawful Sides Of BitTorrent

Twelve years ago BitTorrent was born – a file-transfer protocol that had its ups and downs, jumping through hoops and fire, but most of all, helping internet users transfer large files between each other....

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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Why Offline Privacy Values Must Live On In The Digital Age

Let’s look at the classic letter to illustrate this. The physical letter, consisting of an envelope, a folded paper with writing on it inside the envelope, and a stamp. This was what personal communication...

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Sunday, November 4th, 2012 Net News No Comments