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Bush family privacy shattered after e-mails, photos exposed online

George W. Bush stands next to a Frenchified cardboard version of himself. The Smoking Gun A brazen intrusion into several e-mail accounts belonging to friends and family of former President George H. W....

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Friday, February 8th, 2013 Net News No Comments

"Sender-pays" rule doesn’t necessarily increase telecom investment

Robert Hruzek We recently made the case against a proposal to institute a "sender-pays" rule for Internet interconnection. The idea was submitted by European telecom incumbents and it's under discussion at this week's International...

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Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 Net News No Comments

WordPress now accepting payment in Bitcoin

WordPress is now the most well-known company to accept Bitcoin. redditor freeborn Bitcoin users of the world, unite! Or rather, unite around the fact that you can now buy WordPress upgrades via the...

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Friday, November 16th, 2012 Net News No Comments

All Three Branches Agree: Big Brother Is the New Normal

Image: weegeebored/Flickr Despite Hurricane Sandy, the Supreme Court on Monday entertained oral arguments on whether it should halt a legal challenge to a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans’ communications, a program that Congress...

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Monday, October 29th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Supreme Court Terminates Warrantless Electronic Spying Case

Behind this door at an AT&T San Francisco office is a switching room where the NSA allegedly siphoned Americans’ communications. Photo: Mark Klein The Supreme Court closed a 6-year-old chapter Tuesday in the Electronic...

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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 Net News No Comments