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Pirate Bay Accuses Anti-Piracy Group of Piracy

The Pirate Bay said it has alerted Finnish authorities to what it termed a "suspected crime" over an anti-piracy group allegedly pilfering the "files from which The Pirate Bay is built, to produce a...

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Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 Net News No Comments

FCC proposes spectrum sharing, as mobile carriers give wary eye

On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission made good on its September promise to free up 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band, mainly to be used for “small cell” sites. The range,...

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Thursday, December 13th, 2012 Net News No Comments

US cyber-weapons exempt from "human judgment" requirement

HAL is convinced this new approach can work really, really well. As custom government malware becomes an increasingly common international weapon with real-world effects—breaking a centrifuge, shutting down a power grid, scrambling control...

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Thursday, November 29th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Judge Gives Bradley Manning Permission to Plead Guilty for WikiLeaks Dumps

A military judge in Maryland has accepted the terms under which alleged WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning has proposed to plead guilty.

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Thursday, November 29th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Israel live-tweets assault on Gaza, provides video of assassination

Israel launched a major assault on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip today—and the Israeli military tweeted much of the action, including the assassination of a Hamas military leader. It seems like an unusual tactic for...

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Thursday, November 15th, 2012 Net News No Comments