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IT trainer offers master's degree for hackers
In an effort to produce the next generation of chief security officers and IT systems defense experts, an online training company is offering a new master's degree program in security science.

Defendant found guilty in RIAA suit, hit with $220,000 fine
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) won the first of many digital music file sharing cases Thursday against a single mother, with a U.S. jury finding her guilty of copyright infringement and fining her a total of $222,000.
October 5, 4:16 a.m. PDT

Security vendors bring zombie fighters to life
Data leakage prevention might currently be the hottest IT security submarket, but vendors are also tuning up their product offerings to help customers ward off the presence of botnet-infected zombie computers.
October 4, 3:41 p.m. PDT

SEC suspends trading of firms susceptible to stock spam
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended the stock trading of three companies that haven't provided adequate information about themselves to the public, making them susceptible to spam-based stock scams, the agency said.
October 4, 8:53 a.m. PDT

EU worried that not all operators have cut roaming fees
The European Commission is concerned that Belgian mobile phone operator Mobistar is not obeying regulations passed in June designed to cut the cost of using a mobile phone while roaming abroad, telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding said Thursday.
October 4, 8:09 a.m. PDT

Target sued over Web access for the blind
A U.S. court ruling on Web site accessibility for the blind could force companies to step up their adoption of technology for those with special needs.
October 4, 3:38 a.m. PDT

Auditor: FCC leaks information to some lobbyists
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has routinely let some telecom lobbyists know in advance when votes important to them will happen, but has not done the same for some consumer and public-interest groups, according to a report by a government auditor.
October 3, 1:26 p.m. PDT

Microsoft launches enterprise antipiracy program
Microsoft amped up its antipiracy campaign Monday, adding a program that targets large customers that need to "get legal" after being fingered for using counterfeit or illegally applied volume licenses.
October 3, 8:19 a.m. PDT

PCI experts say deadline is just the beginning
The deadline for retailers and other companies that handle credit card data to achieve compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard has passed, but experts say that only a few large firms are already prepared to go under the microscope via external audits.
October 1, 3:14 p.m. PDT

FTC settles with alleged spyware operation
A Nevada company will pay $330,000 to settle a complaint from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it hid spyware in other software consumers could download for free, the FTC announced Monday.
October 1, 11:10 a.m. PDT

EU begins antitrust investigation into Qualcomm
The European Commission has begun an antitrust investigation of Qualcomm for suspected exploitative practices in the market for chip sets for mobile phones, it announced Monday.
October 1, 4:12 a.m. PDT

How to think like an online con artist
Con job, pretexting, social engineering – the art and science of manipulating human beings for nefarious ends – goes back as far as the origin of the species. The techniques have been practiced and perfected by a rogue's gallery of flimflam artists, from legendary carnival operator P. T. Barnum to infamous FBI mole Robert Hanssen.
October 1, 3:00 a.m. PDT

EFF sues to uncover alleged telco lobbying
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) believes telecommunications carriers are pushing for an amnesty to protect them from lawsuits over alleged illegal wiretapping, and it is suing for the evidence.
September 28, 5:13 p.m. PDT

Rival asks FCC to sanction Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless should be sanctioned and possibly barred from bidding in an upcoming spectrum auction for a violation of U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lobbying rules, another wireless company has alleged.
September 28, 12:33 p.m. PDT

Microsoft, others protest Google's DoubleClick deal
Google's proposed merger with online advertising server DoubleClick would create a giant that would control a huge portion of online advertising and hurt the Internet, opponents of the deal told U.S. lawmakers Thursday.
September 27, 1:27 p.m. PDT

HP offers data backup system for legal discovery
Hewlett-Packard, which had some well publicized legal troubles of its own not long ago, has unveiled a data backup system to help other companies when they are hit with a lawsuit or regulatory audit.
September 27, 7:25 a.m. PDT

Two charged with espionage sought funding in China
A federal grand jury indicted two men in California of conspiring to steal high tech trade secrets and develop them with venture capital funding they sought to obtain from China.
September 27, 4:38 a.m. PDT

Cut through financial BS
These days, numbers just seem to blur together. Microsoft is thinking about paying $500 million for 5 percent of Facebook, which would make that company worth $10 billion. VMware, in which parent company EMC recently sold a stake to the public, is currently valued at $30 billion (that's just for VMware, not the whole of EMC).
September 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT

Tech giants chart research goals
Power consumption, parallelism, and the rapidly-expanding world of mobile communications are among the leading areas of research and development currently being investigated within some of the IT world's largest companies.
September 26, 2:53 p.m. PDT

Tensions, crackdowns precede China's big meeting
The eyes of the world are looking toward Beijing for the Olympic Games that will be held here fewer than 11 months from now. But for real China watchers, an event next month will draw much more attention and have a much greater impact on the country than 16 days of athletics.
September 26, 6:10 a.m. PDT

Oracle-SAP court fight gets Feb. 2009 trial date
Oracle's lawsuit against rival SAP will move finally to trial on Feb. 9, 2009 -- almost two years after the suit was initially filed, SAP said Tuesday.
September 26, 3:47 a.m. PDT

Security experts pitch 'culture of data'
The companies that are having the most success in advancing their data security efforts today are those that are finding a way to protect sensitive information without getting in the way of business users, industry experts maintain.
September 25, 2:53 p.m. PDT

EDS settles SEC accounting inquiry
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) has agreed to pay $490,902 to settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into accounting irregularities, the agency said Tuesday.
September 25, 1:56 p.m. PDT

EU divided over telecom regulation
Internal divisions within the European Commission about the shape of a policy review for the telecommunications industry due this quarter sparked sharp criticism from industry analysts Tuesday.
September 25, 10:04 a.m. PDT

Frontline, AT&T appeal FCC spectrum auction rules
Several companies have challenged spectrum auction rules recently set by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, with Frontline Wireless protesting that the auction of the 700MHz band to be auctioned in January could shut out small bidders.
September 25, 9:48 a.m. PDT

FTC stops envelope-stuffing scheme
A U.S. court has banned a company accused of marketing a bogus employment scheme through a series of Internet and newspaper advertisements from selling any more work-at-home opportunities, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday.
September 24, 11:48 a.m. PDT

Shutdown of eDonkey file-sharing servers may be short-lived
The music industry claimed another legal victory in its battle against illegal file sharing in Europe on Friday, but the win may not last long.
September 21, 8:08 a.m. PDT

US may file complaint over EU's new high-tech tariffs
A U.S. government official played down reports that the U.S. is considering taking the European Union to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the imposition of new duties on high-tech imports such as flat-screen monitors and digital set-top boxes.
September 21, 4:13 a.m. PDT

Security outsourcing on the rise
As one of the world's largest outsourcing providers, Wipro Technologies is ramping up its security services business in a big way.
September 20, 2:30 p.m. PDT

Senators push for Internet tax ban
Three Republican U.S. senators on Thursday called on Congress to pass a permanent Internet tax ban before a moratorium expires Nov. 1.
September 20, 12:57 p.m. PDT

Analysts urge caution as consumer devices enter workplace
IT security professionals need to take steps to properly manage how employee-owned consumer devices are used in the workplace, analysts warned at Gartner's IT security summit in London this week.
September 20, 8:12 a.m. PDT

Report: Steve Jobs subpoenaed in backdating case
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to give a deposition in the stock option backdating lawsuit against former Apple General Counsel, Nancy Heinen.
September 20, 7:35 a.m. PDT

AT&T: Network perimeter security should be virtual
Enterprise companies will soon begin offloading many of their network security responsibilities to telecommunications and Internet service providers and save vast amounts of time and money doing so, if AT&T has its way.
September 20, 4:05 a.m. PDT

Vontu 7 covers your end point
Information leak prevention solutions have evolved predictably. First, they identified, and then blocked, sensitive data moving around your networks. Next, the cycle repeated with information resting in data repositories. The latest installment safeguards data at end points. This is especially important for mobile workforces with sensitive files residing on laptops and other portable devices; if the unit is stolen or otherwise compromised, data loss is clearly a major problem.
September 20, 3:00 a.m. PDT

EU commissioner slams DOJ reaction to Microsoft antitrust ruling
European Union Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has slammed comments from the U.S. Department of Justice about Monday's European court ruling on an antitrust judgment against Microsoft.
September 19, 5:45 a.m. PDT

Fear of insider threats hits home
The more money that companies spend on securing their IT operations from external attack, the more it seems they become aware that the potential threat posed by their own employees remains their most significant risk.
September 18, 10:42 a.m. PDT

BSA collects record $3.5 million from media firm for copyright infringement
The Business Software Alliance has collected a record settlement of nearly $3.5 million from an international media firm that was using unlicensed software, the trade group announced Tuesday.
September 18, 9:03 a.m. PDT

With Microsoft ruling, a precedent for IT in Europe
Microsoft suffered a humiliating legal defeat Monday when it lost a court appeal to overturn the European Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling against it.
September 17, 3:57 p.m. PDT

Microsoft loses appeal against EU antitrust ruling
Microsoft failed Monday in its bid to overturn a European Commission antitrust ruling against it, when the European Union's second highest court dismissed the company's appeal and ordered it to pay the bulk of the Commission's legal expenses.
September 17, 3:36 a.m. PDT

Centralizing IT gives rise to bureaucracy
When you're having problems with your enterprise laptop or workstation, who do you call? Is your IT staff just down the hall, or are they on the other side of the globe?
September 17, 3:00 a.m. PDT

Verizon sues FCC over open-access auction
Verizon Wireless has encountered strong opposition for its request that an appeals court overturn U.S. Federal Communications Commission auction rules on a portion of wireless spectrum.
September 14, 8:34 a.m. PDT

Trust key to Internet security
A few of my previous columns discussed my vision of creating a more secure Internet. It involved replacing the Internet's default anonymity with pervasive authentication, from the hardware initialization, through the OS and all applications, the user, and ending with a verifiable network stream. It is my strong belief that without a complete overhaul of default authentication, malicious hacking is going to continue indefinitely.
September 14, 3:00 a.m. PDT

Data explosion shakes up IT
In just three years, the bytes of data generated by digital cameras, mobile phones, businesses IT systems, and devices will equal the number of grains of sand on the world's beaches.
September 13, 7:54 a.m. PDT

Court stays import ban while Qualcomm appeals
U.S. mobile users waiting for the next crop of phones could breathe a sigh of relief Wednesday when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted a stay on an import ban against handsets that use some Qualcomm chips.
September 13, 3:46 a.m. PDT

FCC passes new E911 requirements
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules requiring wireless telephone providers to move toward testing location-based emergency dialing service at the local level.
September 12, 11:55 a.m. PDT

Consumer groups: FTC needs to watch telecom
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) needs to step up its regulation of the telecommunications and broadband industries and reverse its current opposition to net neutrality rules, two consumer groups said Wednesday.
September 12, 11:39 a.m. PDT

Verizon taps FBI criminal division chief as CSO
The executive in charge of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's criminal investigations division will take over as chief security officer (CSO) of Verizon Communications early next year.
September 12, 5:52 a.m. PDT

Learning to love regulatory compliance auditors
Companies working to achieve passing grades in their regulatory compliance audits can greatly improve their ability to meet the requirements if they can somehow bridge the cultural gap that commonly exists between IT workers and those hired to apply the tests, according to a panel of industry leaders.
September 12, 4:35 a.m. PDT

South Korea nears antitrust decision against Intel
South Korean antitrust regulators have issued preliminary allegations against Intel for allegedly undermining competition in its PC microprocessor market, but formal charges won't be made for at least another month.
September 12, 4:09 a.m. PDT

Microsoft, EC prepare for antitrust ruling next week
As judgment day in the nine-year-long antitrust battle between Microsoft and the European Commission draws near, neither side in the protracted dispute knows for sure how it will react to the news on the day.
September 11, 12:48 p.m. PDT

Cisco says acquisitions don't impede best-of-breed
Cisco executives speaking at the ongoing Security Standard Conference claim that the networking giant hasn't sapped innovation in the security companies it has acquired in its efforts to add to its own expanse of IT systems-defense products, while some customers clearly feel otherwise.
September 10, 4:38 p.m. PDT

Best of open source in security
In areas such as CRM software and portals, open source gained a foothold because users were willing to compromise -- less could be more, because the price was right. In security, open source rushed in because commercial vendors fell down on the job. As security problems in the enterprise outstripped the capabilities of commercial solutions, a number of talented security researchers stepped into the breach via the open source model.
September 10, 3:00 a.m. PDT

Web-based desktop apps get serious
Capgemini , a major global services provider, has just partnered with Google to enable large-scale adoption of the enterprise version of Google Apps. Capgemini will provide training, support, integration, and other services to large organizations that implement Google Apps Premier. It’s a small but momentous event, signaling increasing enterprise interest in free Web-based apps that look and feel like Word, Excel, and other Microsoft Office software.
September 10, 3:00 a.m. PDT

House passes patent overhaul bill
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to overhaul the nation's patent system, overcoming objections by many Republicans, small inventors and some labor unions.
September 7, 1:22 p.m. PDT

U.S. DOJ questions net neutrality rules
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should resist calls to impose net neutrality regulations on broadband providers because such rules could hurt the Internet, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Thursday.
September 6, 12:15 p.m. PDT

InterDigital claims Nokia infringed its wireless patents
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to launch an investigation into patent infringement claims against Nokia, which filed its own complaint with the commission in August.
September 6, 9:02 a.m. PDT

NetApp-Sun lawsuit seen as open-source test case
A patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Network Appliance against Sun Microsystems on Wednesday could escalate beyond the storage arena to become this decade's major test case for open-source software, according to storage analysts.
September 6, 6:54 a.m. PDT

DHS head: Cybersecurity remains a concern
Fixing cybersecurity problems in the U.S. is a top priority at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said the agency's leader, but lawmakers didn't focus on the issue during a hearing in Congress Wednesday.
September 5, 12:29 p.m. PDT

Forrester security show stresses risk management
Enterprise security decision makers have long been more likely to be swayed by flashy new technologies than by the notion of comprehensive IT restructuring to protect data and other corporate assets, but the situation is evolving rapidly, according to experts participating in Forrester Research's ongoing Security Forum.
September 5, 11:33 a.m. PDT

Debate rages over German government spyware plan
When it comes to who can and who can't be a hacker, the German government appears to want its cake and eat it, too.
September 5, 8:14 a.m. PDT

Oracle buys Bridgestream for employee role mapping
Oracle has acquired Bridgestream, a maker of software that helps companies map employee responsibilities, Oracle said Wednesday.
September 5, 7:32 a.m. PDT

Broadcom wins latest legal round against Qualcomm
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Broadcom could press forward with an antitrust case against rival chip maker Qualcomm, but on only two of the eight original charges, the companies said.
September 5, 6:05 a.m. PDT

FBI: Enterprises need counterintelligence
The Chinese government has denied involvement in a series of hacks carried out against IT systems at the Pentagon in June this week, but the threat of technology-driven espionage has forced the FBI to push businesses and academic institutions to better prepare for such attacks.
September 4, 3:45 p.m. PDT

States, U.S. clash over Microsoft antitrust ruling
Plaintiffs in the U.S. antitrust case against Microsoft disagreed sharply on whether the company should be released from the rules put in place by a 2002 consent decree, legal filings revealed Thursday.
August 30, 3:48 p.m. PDT

FCC proposes 911 fines for mobile carriers
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed fines totaling $2.8 million to three wireless carriers for failing to meet coverage requirements for an emergency dialing service called E911, the agency said Thursday.
August 30, 2:51 p.m. PDT

Yahoo wants China torture case dismissed
Yahoo wants a California court to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the company by jailed Chinese dissidents.
August 28, 11:21 a.m. PDT

Intel's vPro chips in more security for businesses
With the introduction of its latest vPro microprocessors on Monday, Intel contends it is injecting a heavy dose of new security capabilities for the benefit of business customers and third-party technology providers alike.
August 27, 8:00 a.m. PDT

Intel adds desktop NAC to latest chips
Intel's move to provide new integration with NAC (network access control) tools in its latest vPro desktop processors could provide interesting opportunities for use with the device authentication systems while further strengthening the technology standards it supports, according to industry watchers.
August 27, 8:00 a.m. PDT

Get paranoid: Google knows what you searched last summer
Not long ago, Google was the cuddly search engine that could. Now it's a bona fide data monster, and your personal information is its meat.
August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT

Get paranoid: There's a spook in your inbox
Remember when the CIA was a dark, malevolent force lurking in the shadows of our lives, tapping our phones, reading our mail, and planting explosive devices in Castro's cigars? Well, they're baaaack. Only now it's the National Security Agency, and they're snooping into your e-mail, cell phone conversations, and Lord knows what else.
August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT

EC accuses Rambus of DRAM 'patent ambush'
Six months after U.S. regulators capped royalties that vendors must pay to Rambus, the European Union (EU) is taking a close look at the company's monopoly on the DRAM (dynamic RAM) chip market.
August 24, 4:35 a.m. PDT

FTC stops e-mail marketing of weight-loss products
A U.S. district judge has ordered a company to stop sending unsolicited e-mail marketing weight-loss and anti-aging products that allegedly did not work, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Thursday.
August 23, 9:20 a.m. PDT

FTC settles with 'boiler room' marketers
The Results Group, a telemarketing firm that sold Web site services, has been banned from further phone sales and will return $435,000 to customers under a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
August 22, 11:45 a.m. PDT

Security SaaS maturing fast
Security technologies delivered via the SaaS (software-as-a-service) business model may still be in their nascent stage, but some early adopters are already piecing together multiple offerings to outsource a significant portion of their IT systems defense infrastructure.
August 22, 11:06 a.m. PDT

France ready to break European patents obstacle
France is poised to break a linguistic obstacle that has for decades burdened patent applicants wanting to use their inventions across Europe.
August 22, 8:02 a.m. PDT

Mobile workers still struggling with security
A fair amount of business users remain oblivious or unconcerned about many of the security issues involved with mobile devices, according to a new study published by Cisco and the National Cyber Security Alliance.
August 21, 3:08 p.m. PDT

Open-source developers face H1-B visa puzzle
According to a July 2007 survey by Gartner Group of 225 U.S.-based organizations, 66 percent projected some level of increase in IT staff looking 12 months forward. This is up from 61 percent in 2006. The H1-B visa program, which allows U.S. firms to petition for workers from abroad, has been one avenue of meeting this demand. But the number of positions needing to be filled is seemingly way greater than the allowable quota imposed by Congress.
August 21, 8:30 a.m. PDT

Making a case for virtual patching
The period during which businesses work to install security patches to protect IT systems from attack undeniably remains one of the most vulnerable timeframes for many companies -- but a recently-launched startup selling a virtual patching alternative claims to have found a solution to the problem.
August 20, 2:20 p.m. PDT

Sourcefire acquires ClamAV open-source anti-malware project
Network security specialist Sourcefire announced Friday that it has acquired ClamAV, an open-source gateway anti-malware project whose technologies are used in the products of a number of other vendors.
August 17, 8:58 a.m. PDT

Three indicted on software piracy charges
Three Florida men were indicted Thursday on charges related to selling millions of dollars worth of counterfeit software through several Web sites, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
August 17, 7:13 a.m. PDT

Prosecutors to appeal Allofmp3.com acquittal
Russian prosecutors and a recording industry trade group will appeal the acquittal of a senior manager affiliated with Allofmp3.com, the Web site accused of brazenly selling pirated music without paying royalties.
August 17, 6:03 a.m. PDT

Sony to offer US-wide free recycling
Consumers in the U.S. will be able to get Sony-brand electronics products recycled for no cost from September under a new recycling program announced by the consumer electronics company on Friday.
August 17, 4:48 a.m. PDT

Nokia asks US to ban import of Qualcomm products
Nokia wants the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban the import of Qualcomm chip sets that allegedly infringe on five patents held by the Finnish handset maker.
August 17, 4:31 a.m. PDT

Update: IBM, PWC settle U.S. contracting lawsuit
IBM  and PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) have separately agreed to pay the U.S. government a total of $5.3 million to settle allegations that the companies solicited and provided improper payments on technology contracts with government agencies, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
August 16, 9:20 a.m. PDT

Knowledge Networks pays $300,000 to settle internal copyright complaint
Analyst firm Knowledge Networks has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a complaint that it distributed news articles to its employees without permission of the copyright owners, a trade group announced Thursday.
August 16, 9:12 a.m. PDT

NSA suit plays out like Alice's Wonderland
If you're the U.S. federal government, how can you prove to someone that something should be kept secret if you can't tell them what the secret is because it's a secret? If you're a federal judge, how can you decide whether someone gets to keep a secret if the secret-keeper won't say what the secret is?
August 16, 8:40 a.m. PDT

NSA spying program argued at court hearing
A U.S. appeals court agreed on Wednesday to weigh a government motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the National Security Agency (NSA) monitored phone lines and e-mails without a warrant, but judges asked a government lawyer tough questions over the issue.
August 16, 4:57 a.m. PDT

iPod woes could leave execs singing prison blues
Nine executives at Inventec Appliances could face jail time for failing to reveal plans by Apple to reduce iPod orders to the company in a timely manner.
August 16, 4:35 a.m. PDT

Web designers settle phone cramming complaint
A group of interrelated businesses will pay more than $1.2 million to settle charges alleging that they charged for unwanted Web site services on the phone bills of small businesses and nonprofit groups, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday.
August 15, 8:57 a.m. PDT

Government-industry security group expands
The Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), an IT security standards consortium that includes heavyweights such as the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and many of the largest government contractors in the world, is looking to broaden its ranks.
August 14, 1:15 p.m. PDT

Ten claims that scare security pros
A child with a chocolate-smeared shirt says, "I didn't do it." The phone rings, and Mom assures you, "There's nothing to worry about." A systems administrator carrying a box of tapes says, "We'll have everything back up in a few minutes." Sometimes the first words you hear -- despite their distance from the truth -- tell you everything you need to know.
August 14, 7:10 a.m. PDT

Hospital undergoes wireless surgery
For years, wireless technologies have only shown up in many U.S. hospitals in the form of rolling computers with Wi-Fi network access, but as evidenced at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital, times are changing.
August 13, 2:37 p.m. PDT

Microsoft questions FCC's 'white spaces' decision
A prototype wireless device intended to share radio spectrum with television channels was malfunctioning when staff at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission tested it, Microsoft said Monday.
August 13, 12:45 p.m. PDT

Novell buys endpoint security firm Senforce
Novell announced on Monday that it has acquired Senforce Technologies, a provider of endpoint and network security tools, for an undisclosed sum.
August 13, 9:40 a.m. PDT

German antihacker law could backfire, critics warn
Germany's new antihacker law could open the door to more cybercrime and not less, security experts warn.
August 13, 8:43 a.m. PDT

U.S. plans changes in air passenger screening
A proposed revamp of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security air passenger screening program offers improved privacy protections, but the agency still has a ways to go, said one privacy advocate.
August 10, 1:08 p.m. PDT

Update: Porn company Perfect 10 sues Microsoft
A publisher of nude model photography is suing Microsoft for putting links and images of the company's content in search results taken from other Web sites that are illegally reproducing the material.
August 9, 6:34 a.m. PDT

Court finds vote-swapping over the Internet is legal
A federal appeals court in California has ruled that vote-swapping Web sites are legal and are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
August 8, 6:26 a.m. PDT

FCC members pitch spectrum plan
A plan to have a private company build a nationwide broadband network for emergency response agencies wasn't the perfect solution for two members of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, but it was the best compromise available, they told a group of public safety communications officers Tuesday.
August 7, 12:40 p.m. PDT

FCC requires mobile carriers to allow roaming
Mobile telephone carriers must allow customers' competitors to connect to their networks, and they must make roaming available to competitors for a "reasonable" cost, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday.
August 7, 11:50 a.m. PDT


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