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California police criticized for ‘stingray’ cellphone trackers

Handsets nearby feed location data to the devices as if they were cell towers

By Stephen Lawson

Mar 13, 2014 3 mins

Government IT Mobile Device Management Small and Medium Business

Copyright owners call for overhaul of DMCA takedown notices

Infringers shouldn't be able to repost files again and again to the same website, musicians tell lawmakers

By Grant Gross

Mar 13, 2014 4 mins

Intellectual Property Legal Manufacturing Industry

FISA court reverses order to destroy NSA phone data

The Judge had refused permission to the NSA to keep phone metadata beyond five years

By John Ribeiro

Mar 13, 2014 3 mins

Cybercrime Government Legal

Software CEO admits to scamming millions from investors in ersatz ‘iTunes’

Wwebnet CEO Robert Kelly could face up to 40 years in prison

By Chris Kanaracus

Mar 12, 2014 3 mins

Apple Cybercrime Legal

Dutch intelligence illegally shared data with foreign services, says report

Sharing a selection of signals intelligence data without permission is illegal, the committee found

By Loek Essers

Mar 12, 2014 4 mins

Cybercrime Government Legal

SoftBank CEO Son: US mobile broadband industry needs more competition

Son says he feels an obligation to bring high speeds and low prices to the US mobile market

By Grant Gross

Mar 11, 2014 4 mins

Enterprise Government Small and Medium Business

New York to start accepting applications for Bitcoin and other virtual currency exchanges

The move signals a growing regulatory environment for the technology

By Zach Miners

Mar 11, 2014 2 mins

Collaboration Software Legal Small and Medium Business

Class action suit filed against Google over children’s in-app purchases

In-app purchases by minors led Google to pocket millions of dollars, according to a complaint

By Loek Essers

Mar 11, 2014 2 mins

Android Data Center Legal

In potential conflict with FISA court, California court wants NSA phone records kept

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court last week disallowed retention of phone records beyond five years

By John Ribeiro

Mar 11, 2014 3 mins

Cybercrime Government Legal

Snowden advocates at SXSW for improved data security

The best encryption may conflict with the business model of Google and Facebook, speakers said at the show

By Zach Miners

Mar 10, 2014 4 mins

Data Breach Encryption Small and Medium Business