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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act was improperly used to convict and sentence Auernheimer to three-plus years in prison, digital rights group and friends contend
People can download their data in the interim and load it into alternative services
Unmanned rocket, carrying $200M worth of navigation satellites and toxic fuel, crashes seconds after liftoff
iPhones eligible for the first time
As competitors tout hybrid cloud approaches, Amazon keep focus on public clouds
Websites plan to display protests, including text of the Fourth Amendment, and protestors plan live events in several cities
The world's largest particle accelerator is getting an upgrade that will increase energy and the number of collisions
Report finds in 2012 more than half of incidents involved deliberate intrusions to get sensitive data
The analyst firm now says spending growth will be 2 percent this year, revised downward from 4.1 percent
Dynamics CRM 2013 will be available in the fourth quarter and will feature integration with Skype and Yammer
The updated management software now allows administrators to set up long-term workflows
Bulgarian national Aleksi Kolarov faces charges of selling counterfeit identification documents and access devices
Despite the hype, software defined networks aren't for everybody. Does you shop fit the profile?
Cloud cover doubling the number of planets that could support water, alien life, study finds
A research firm in Japan said the Kindle outsold the Kobo from Rakuten and Sony's Reader last year despite their head start
But the products won't be available until 2016 and will work only over short distances
Andrew Auernheimer's case drew wide attention for his 41-month sentence
Apple gave notice Monday it was appealing in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
But the twins make no guarantee that they will be able to hold hackers at bay
Snowden in a statement, released by WikiLeaks, has accused U.S. President Barack Obama of deception
One critical vulnerability was fixed, but a second one remains unpatched, security researchers from Command Five said
Political support for exascale, but no money just yet
The ZTE Open goes on sale this week at an attractive price, so what's it like?
Pincus will become chairman and chief product officer at the struggling games company
With 20M young, active users, We Heart It has become the dark horse of social networks
The announcement comes as the first smartphones running Firefox OS are hitting shelves in Europe
'Mozilla was never about taking over the market,' says CTO; Firefox OS should find success as low cost, Web-based alternative to iOS and Android
Employers, in survey, say what in social media will hurt job candidates' chances
Some websites and app developers are uncertain how to comply with the revised regulations
The company's 'fair use' defense needs further consideration, a ruling says
Unveils Hunk tool set that promises to help businesses interact more easily with data in Hadoop
Our look at some of the up-and-coming people in the world of open-source.
HP exec confirms work on new smartphone, and says it's not too late try again
From Verizon FIOS hack to the National Security Agency debacle, it's been one busy year in the security snafu arena
Sprint expected to sell one in U.S., but analyst questions its chances
European politicians call for asylum for Snowden
The AutoritA(c) de la Concurrence also raided two Apple distributors last week
Mike Clayville switching to Amazon Web Services marks the third departure of a high-ranking VMware official in the past few weeks
The ZTE Open will cost $90 with a prepaid subscription
The program creates a distributor network to push Surface to companies, government agencies and schools
Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage infringes on trademarks of the British Sky Broadcasting Group, a British court ruled on Friday
Vulnerabilities in the ZRTPCPP library affect several encrypted phone call apps, researchers said
