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Supreme Court Thwarts Challenge to Warrantless Surveillance
The divided Supreme Court halted Tuesday a legal challenge to a once-secret warrantless surveillance project that gobbles up Americans' electronic communications, a program that Congress eventually legalized in 2008 and again in 2012.VLC Media Player Could Integrate BitTorrent Technology
VLC media player was one of the first open source platforms that managed to seamlessly integrate with the Linux/UNIX operating systems, although it started out as an academic project back in 1996. Just as...Kim Dotcom: U.S. Government Used Echelon to Spy on Me
Two weeks ago New Zealand’s Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security found that the government had illegally spied on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. His report found that the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) carried out...Google’s Anti-Piracy Policies Prevent Book Writer To Giveaway His Work
Not only Google’s customer service is often regarded as a massive failure, but their sometimes overzealous attempts to stop piracy have also become an issue. The perfect example is Cody Jackson’s case – a...Patent Office tries "Stack Overflow for patents" to find prior art
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hopes to improve patent quality by soliciting greater feedback from the general public about pending patents. Last year's America Invents Act included a provision requiring the...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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