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Online ring for trading in stolen credit card data busted

The conspirators based in Vietnam allegedly had data on over 1.1 million cards

By John Ribeiro

Jun 6, 2013 3 mins

Data Center Legal Security

Microsoft, US feds disrupt Citadel botnet network

More than 1,400 Citadel botnets, responsible for over half a billion U.S. dollars in losses, were disrupted

By John Ribeiro

Jun 6, 2013 3 mins

Legal Microsoft Network Security

ITC orders import ban on some iPhones, iPads in Samsung patent dispute

The International Trade Commission rules that Apple violated a Samsung patent

By Nancy Weil

Jun 4, 2013 2 mins

Intellectual Property Technology Industry iPhone

Obama targets so-called patent trolls

Obama calls on Congress to make it tougher for patent assertion entities to threaten other businesses

By Grant Gross

Jun 4, 2013 3 mins

Intellectual Property Legal Manufacturing Industry

Report: US President Obama to announce measures against patent trolls

The president is expected to announce a package of proposals on Tuesday

By John Ribeiro

Jun 4, 2013 3 mins

Intellectual Property Legal Manufacturing Industry

Apple under the gun as US e-book trial starts

Apple faces off with DOJ alone after publishers settle antitrust charges

By Marc Ferranti

Jun 3, 2013 5 mins

Apple Legal Small and Medium Business

Prosecutor: Manning shared data without regard for national security

Bradley Manning's court martial begins at Fort Meade, Maryland

By Grant Gross

Jun 3, 2013 3 mins

Cybercrime Data Center Legal

EFF blasts proposed DRM features in HTML5

Watchdog group issues stinging rebuke to Web consortium

By Jon Gold

May 31, 2013 3 mins

Enterprise Applications Intellectual Property

Personal Audio defends its podcasting patent

A new challenge to the company's patent protects big companies at the expense of a small inventor, the company says

By Grant Gross

May 31, 2013 3 mins

Intellectual Property Media and Entertainment Industry Small and Medium Business

NZ ordered to return some seized material to Kim Dotcom

Computers and disks with information irrelevant to the case are to be returned, a court ordered

By John Ribeiro

May 31, 2013 3 mins

IPv6 Internet Service Providers Small and Medium Business