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Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)

publisher — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:04:08 +0000

AP – Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.

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U.S. shuts 16 sports piracy websites pre-Super Bowl (Reuters)

creative — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:03:20 +0000

Reuters – Three days before Super Bowl XLVI, U.S. prosecutors said they seized 16 websites that illegally streamed live sports and pay-per-view events over the Internet, and charged a Michigan man with running nine of those websites.

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Hackers attack Brazil’s largest state-run bank (AP)

creative — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:01:14 +0000

AP – A group of Internet hackers said Wednesday it took down the website of the Banco do Brasil, Brazil’s largest state-run bank.

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Ukraine government websites attacked after piracy crackdown (Reuters)

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:34:57 +0000

Reuters – The websites of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich and the former Soviet republic’s interior ministry were put out of action on Wednesday as disgruntled Internet users hit back at the government after it shut down a popular file sharing site.

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Ukraine shuts down leading file-sharing site (AP)

publisher — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:37:00 +0000

AP – Ukrainian authorities have shut down a popular file-sharing website saying it violates copyright laws, officials said Wednesday.

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Ukraine shuts down leading file-sharing site
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What is ACTA? Why Should You Care? (Mashable)

publisher — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:25:52 +0000

Mashable – The technology community came out in force against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) before those two bills were shelved last week. With them gone, we can expect tech experts and Internet users to step away from politics

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What is ACTA? Why Should You Care?
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College Sports League to Stream Its Own Content Online (Mashable)

publisher — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:09:24 +0000

Mashable – With television broadcast deals that reach into the billions of dollars, the delivery of college sports as entertainment has long been huge business. Now the Pacific-12 Conference is aiming to create what would likely be college sports’ largest and most futuristic mode of digital distribution yet — a wholly league-owned and operated platform for streaming content to tablets, smartphones, computers and smart TVs around the world.

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College Sports League to Stream Its Own Content Online
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Fresh iPhone Apps for Jan. 27: Frequency, Steam Mobile, RAGE HD update, Baseball Superstars 2012 (Appolicious)

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:19:00 +0000

Appolicious – Start your weekend with all the best videos the Internet has to offer with Frequency, an iPad app that makes finding and organizing great videos from all over the place a snap. It’s our top Fresh App today, followed by Steam Mobile, an iOS app that ties to the popular digital video game download portal and lets you impulse-buy during Steam’s crazy game sales no matter where you are

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Fresh iPhone Apps for Jan. 27: Frequency, Steam Mobile, RAGE HD update, Baseball Superstars 2012
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Viadeo vies for Arab expansion with Moroccan branch (Reuters)

creative — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:34:18 +0000

Reuters – Viadeo, the world’s second-biggest online networking site for professionals after LinkedIn, said on Friday it had opened a regional branch in Morocco as it seeks to expand its presence in the increasingly-wired Arab world.

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Google and Bing Searches Help Us Pirate Music? (Mashable)

publisher — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:30:23 +0000

Mashable – Of course the public is going to pirate music when 80% of our search results for music direct us to illegal sites.

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Google and Bing Searches Help Us Pirate Music?
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