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A 32-year-old Floridian faces charges in Massachusetts for his alleged role in launching a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on Akamai Technologies. The attack caused a loss of service to the Cambridge, Mass.-based Akamai customers. According to the FBI, John Bombard of Seminole, Fla., established a “bot” network of compromised computers to launch the […]

AT&T’s network neutrality concessions for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval of the AT&T-BellSouth merger don’t go far enough, a coalition opposing the deal contended today. In hopes of gaining quick FCC approval of the deal, AT&T last week said it would follow the FCC’s network neutrality principles for 30 months after the official closing of […]

The first generation of electronic passports is debuting now at a port of entry near you. After four years of intensive debate and security analysis, the U.S. government began rolling out biometric passports in August that contain an embedded RFID  chip holding a digital photograph and the bearer’s personal data. Over the next 12 months, […]

A 20-year-old Wisconsin grocery store worker was arrested today for posting to the Internet fake threats to detonate radioactive bombs at seven National Football League games this weekend. Jake J. Brahm of Wauwatosa, Wis., is facing charges of willfully conveying false information threatening the use of weapons of mass destruction and radiological dispersal devices. The […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are teaming with Mexico and Canada to stop deceptive advertising and product sales of purported diabetes cures and treatments. The first wave of the campaign began with approximately 180 warning letters sent to Internet advertisers and vendors in the three countries. According to […]

The Bush administration shifted from child pornography to terrorism this week in its campaign for greater customer data retention by Internet service providers. After months of using the issue of online child pornography as a rationale for new data retention regulations, both Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and FBI Director Robert Mueller pointed to the […]

Two former Samsung officials and a former Hynix executive are the latest to be charged in the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) ongoing investigation into a DRAM chip price-fixing conspiracy. The probe has already resulted in Korean-based Samsung and Hynix, Japan’s Elpida and Infineon of Germany pleading guilty and paying $729 million in criminal fines. In […]

Let the lawsuits begin. The simmering legal questions surrounding video sites and their use of copyrighted material hit the courts for the first time late Monday with Universal Music Group (UMG) filing infringement suits against Grouper and Bolt. Like YouTube, both sites allow users to upload and download videos from their sites. Sony Pictures Entertainment […]

Throughout the U.S. House and Senate debates over network neutrality, Republicans steadfastly insist no federal law is needed prohibiting discrimination in the handling of Internet traffic. The issue, they contend, is already in the hands of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which approved network neutrality principles a year ago. With opponents unable to craft a […]

Illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharers are facing more than 8,000 copyright infringement lawsuits in 17 countries, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The campaign involves illegal file-sharers in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore and Switzerland. The lawsuits, launched Monday, […]

AT&T is willing to adhere to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) network neutrality principles for 30 months after the official closing of its proposed merger with BellSouth, according to AT&T’s latest filing with the FCC. The concession is part of a long list of items AT&T put forth late Friday afternoon in hopes of winning […]

Three alleged software pirates face criminal copyright infringement charges for selling illegal copies of popular software titles on Craigslist. If convicted, the three New York-area men each face up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. All three are free on bail. “I and other agents have observed numerous advertisements for […]