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Motorola muses marketing meatier cuts

Everything but the mobile division might go Motorola, having failed to sell off its mobile division, is reportedly considering flogging everything else instead, demonstrating that there’s more than one way to skin a dead horse.…

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Thursday, November 12th, 2009 P2P News No Comments

Feds Charge Cable Modem Modder With Aiding ‘Computer Intrusion’

An Oregon hardware hacker and author has been hit with federal criminal charges arising from his longstanding business of selling unlocked cable modems that can be used to steal extra speed from a broadband provider, or obtain free service. Ryan Harris, known by his pen name DerEngel, was charged in Boston with a conspiracy count, and charges of aiding and abetting computer intrusion and wire fraud. “I read the indictment — it’s complete bullshit,” says 26-year-old Harris, author of the 2006 book Hacking the Cable Modem .

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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 P2P News No Comments

Anti-piracy group: Pirate party seduces kids with criminal messages

The European Anti-Piracy Association (AEPOC) is idemanding that European governments and the EU take a strong stance against piracy. The group, which was founded by cable and satellite TV operators, especially views the recent electoral success of the Pirate Party as an alarm signal for an increasing acceptance of piracy. “”Piracy is not a sport, it remains a theft.

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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 P2P News No Comments

Passalong NetWorks bites the dust

p2pnet news view Music | Advertising:- Under Where the Hell do they Get the Money? – have you ever heard of Passalong Networks, aka the Tennessee Pacific Group?

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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 P2P News No Comments