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Hackers attack Brazil’s largest state-run bank (AP)
February 1, 2012 by creative · Leave a Comment
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)
February 1, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
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)
February 1, 2012 by publisher · Leave a Comment
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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Epic clash: Silicon Valley blindsides Hollywood on piracy (Reuters)
January 22, 2012 by publisher · Leave a Comment
Reuters – The massive online protest last Wednesday, in which Wikipedia and thousands of other websites closed down or otherwise protested and helped to kill controversial online piracy legislation, was widely heralded as an unprecedented case of a grassroots uprising overcoming backroom lobbying.
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U.S. lawyer for Megaupload.com withdraws (Reuters)
January 22, 2012 by creative · Leave a Comment
Reuters – Content-sharing Internet service Megaupload.com has lost the help of one of the best-known U.S. defense lawyers as it begins to fight charges of copyright infringement, a person familiar with the matter said.
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U.S. lawyer for Megaupload.com withdraws
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China to expand registration rules for microblog users (Reuters)
January 18, 2012 by creative · Leave a Comment
Reuters – China will expand real-name registration for microblog users, the government’s propaganda and information arm said on Wednesday, in its latest step to better control China’s wildly popular Twitter-like websites.
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China to expand registration rules for microblog users
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Internet blackout against U.S. law fails to enlist big sites (Reuters)
January 18, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Reuters – A blackout scheduled for Wednesday to protest against proposed legislation on online piracy has failed to get the support of the biggest Internet players.
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Internet blackout against U.S. law fails to enlist big sites
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Wikipedia may black out Wednesday in protest (AP)
January 16, 2012 by creative · Leave a Comment
AP – Wikipedia may black out its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress.
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Yahoo names PayPal executive new CEO (Reuters)
January 4, 2012 by creative · Leave a Comment
Reuters – Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday it has appointed Scott Thompson as its chief executive, effective from January 9, replacing interim CEO Tim Morse who will resume his role as chief financial officer.
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Yahoo names PayPal executive new CEO
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Wikipedia gets $20M in annual fundraising drive (AP)
January 3, 2012 by creative · Leave a Comment
AP – Wikipedia has raised $20 million in its annual plea for donations to help expand and improve the Internet’s leading encyclopedia.
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