Friday, 27 January 2012

SOPA and PIPA: What Went Wrong?

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January 27, 2012
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SOPA and PIPA: What Went Wrong? For Internet activists, last week's Web protests against two controversial copyright enforcement bills were a huge victory against three powerful and well-funded trade groups.
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MegaUpload's Owner Faces Charges in Court MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom appears in court after New Zealand police seize luxury cars and other items worth about $5 million and about $8 million in other assets in New Zealand financial institutions.
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Open Source Google Chrome Remixes: 6 Browsers Worth Trying Chromium-based spinoffs bring privacy, security, social networking, and other interesting twists to Google's Chrome browser.
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Anonymous Threat Prompts Symantec to Issue PcAnywhere Warning Symantec has told users to disable or uninstall the remote access software while it fixes an unknown number of bugs.
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U.S. Government Online Security Website Hacked Hackers threatened to destroy dozens of government and company websites if the Stop Online Privacy Act, Protect IP Act and Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement are passed.
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MegaUpload: Dotcom a 'Flight Risk', Prosecutor Says MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom is considered a significant flight risk, the Crown argued on behalf of the US government Monday.
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Cinnamon 1.2: The New Linux Desktop Is Now Officially Stable With seven key additions and changes, the latest version of this brand-new desktop aims to deliver a new level of customization to users.
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Are You at Risk? What Cybercriminals Do With Your Personal Data According to experts, the most likely security risks for consumers range from the annoying (more spam in their email inboxes) to potentially much more dangerous targeted "phishing" emails.
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Why History Needs Software Piracy How copy protection and app stores could deny future generations their cultural legacy.
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Check Forgery: It Can Happen to You Want to hack someone's bank account?
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10 Things to Look Forward to in LibreOffice 3.5 A new release candidate offers an early look at the free productivity software's next major update.
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Nokia Reports Loss But Sells More Than 1M Lumia Phones Nokia's sales dropped and losses increased as sales of its Symbian-based smartphones suffered and Windows Phones kicked off.
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Motorola Files New Suit Against Apple Motorola on Tuesday filed a new lawsuit in Florida charging Apple with infringing six patents in the iPhone 4S and four of those patents in iCloud.
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Google Looks to Speed Up the Internet The search giant proposes enhancements for the Web's TCP transport layer to reduce latency.
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6 Security Companies to Watch This group of security companies includes several that want to capitalize on technology ideas that were originally devised to serve communities of special interest but could now take on a wider cybersecurity role.
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4 Ways to Manage Your Online Reputation As we approach Data Privacy Day, it's a good time to grab the reins of the sprawling online content about you that you and others have created. Microsoft offers steps to protect your increasingly important online image.
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Will Windows 8 Really Matter? Microsoft is on track to deliver Windows 8 this year, likely some time in the last quarter.
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Five Important Ways Windows 8 Will Embrace Mobile Broadband As Windows 8 will extend from desktops to mobile devices, Microsoft aims for the OS to use mobile broadband as easily as it accesses Wi-Fi.
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Ubuntu Linux's New 'HUD' Interface Will Do Away with Menus Similar in some ways to Microsoft's Ribbon, the new Head-Up Display interface will eventually feature voice recognition as well.
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Android, Windows Phone Creep Up on iOS Android could replace iOS in terms of importance to developers within the next 12 months, according to Ovum's second annual developer survey.
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