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AT&T’s App-Blocking Defense Is Weak and Anti-Consumer

Facetime on an iPhone. Photo: BikeSandwich /Flickr Amid a wave of backlash about its plans to block FaceTime over mobile, AT&T Senior Vice President for Regulatory Affairs Bob Quinn took to the company’s...

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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

SurfTheChannel Owner Sentenced to Four Years in Jail

In 2010, SurfTheChannel.com was among the most-visited streaming link websites on the Internet. The site had more than 400,000 visitors a day who were mostly looking for popular TV-shows. The website was a...

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Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

Nearly 5 Million People Have Government Security Clearances

Illustraton: ahhh /flickr The number of U.S. government employees and contractors holding security clearances jumped to 4.86 million last year from 4.7 million the year prior, according to the 2011 Report on Security...

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Monday, July 23rd, 2012 Net News No Comments

UN agency says it changed rules about sending tech to Iran, North Korea

More than two weeks after revelations  that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) had circumvented rules against shipping technology to Iran and North Korea, the UN agency has now come forward with a...

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Friday, July 20th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Pentagon, CIA Sued for Lethal Drone Attacks on U.S. Citizens

Armed MQ-9 Reaper drones like this one are used by both the US military and the CIA. Photo: USAF Survivors of three Americans killed by targeted drone attacks in Yemen last year sued...

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Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 Net News No Comments