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Alleged Silk Road creator indicted on ‘kingpin’ charges in New York

Ross Ulbricht will plead not guilty at an arraignment scheduled for Friday, his lawyer said

By Zach Miners

Feb 4, 2014 3 mins

Collaboration Software Cybercrime Small and Medium Business

Europe’s online music players get a break from new EU copyright law

Legal streaming and downloading will be cheaper and easier, say lawmakers

By Jennifer Baker

Feb 4, 2014 2 mins

Intellectual Property Legal Manufacturing Industry

Symantec says damages from US probe may be $145 million

The U.S. is investigating the company's compliance with government contracting rules

By John Ribeiro

Feb 4, 2014 2 mins

Data Center Legal Security

Latest transparency reports show steady rise in surveillance data requests

The latest round of reports come after an agreement between the government and tech companies about what information can be released

By Zach Miners

Feb 3, 2014 4 mins

Apple Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

German federal prosecutor considers formal NSA investigation

The country's Federal Prosecutor General has received several complaints over Germany's involvement in the NSA's spying program

By Loek Essers

Feb 3, 2014 3 mins

Cybercrime Legal Networking

FTC: Medical transcription firm allowed histories to be on search engine

The agency announces a data-breach settlement with the California company

By Grant Gross

Jan 31, 2014 2 mins

Cybercrime Government Technology Industry

Twitter buys 900 IBM patents, dodging a potential infringement suit

The patents likely cover a range of software and tools of interest to Twitter

By Zach Miners

Jan 31, 2014 2 mins

Collaboration Software Intellectual Property Small and Medium Business

Ex-network engineer faces prison after admitting he sabotaged employer’s system

Ricky Joe Mitchell deleted EnerVest's phone accounts and backup data after learning he was about to be fired

By Chris Kanaracus

Jan 30, 2014 3 mins

Cybercrime Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Samsung not sanctioned over leakage of Apple documents

The judge said the information had not been misused in license negotiations

By John Ribeiro

Jan 30, 2014 3 mins

Apple Intellectual Property Legal

Defendant challenges DOJ’s use of NSA surveillance

An Uzbek man asks a US court to suppress information collected by arguing the NSA program is unconstitutional

By Grant Gross

Jan 29, 2014 2 mins

Cybercrime Government Legal