Policy & Law Archive

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  Obama clarifies plan to keep the internet running during emergencies in executive order

  By Adi Robertson on July 10, 2012 05:29 pm + 46 comments

  President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that changes the way the US deals with Continue reading…

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  Sprint Galaxy S III reportedly has universal search removed in OTA update

  By Bryan Bishop on July 10, 2012 05:13 pm + 106 comments

  In the wake of the Galaxy Nexus legal battle with Apple, Google and Samsung have been working Continue reading…

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  San Francisco government to stop buying Apple products after company drops 'green' certification (update)

  By Adi Robertson on July 10, 2012 03:51 pm + 90 comments

  Apple's decision to pull its products from the EPEAT 'green' certification registry is having Continue reading…

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  The 'broken patent system': how we got here and how to fix it

  By Nilay Patel on July 10, 2012 02:59 pm + 692 comments

  This piece was originally published on August 11, 2011 on This is my next, before The Verge Continue reading…

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  Google facing FTC's largest fine ever for circumventing Safari's cookie blocker, says WSJ

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 10, 2012 05:52 am + 111 comments

  Five months after the first news that Google circumvented users’ cookie settings in Apple’s Continue reading…

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  Coby and Aluratek become latest Android manufacturers to license patents from Microsoft

  By Dieter Bohn on July 10, 2012 04:02 am + 33 comments

  The number of Android manufacturers who don't license patents from Microsoft is rapidly dwindling Continue reading…

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  WikiLeaks publishes 2.4 million emails from Syrian government and business, Anonymous claims responsibility

  By Evan Rodgers on July 10, 2012 03:30 am + 22 comments

  The beginning of Anonymous' quest to hack the Syrian government began back in February, and last Continue reading…

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  Kim Dotcom's extradition hearing won't happen until March 2013 due to evidence legality dispute

  By Sam Byford on July 10, 2012 02:02 am + 9 comments

  Last month a New Zealand court ruled that the US acted outside of the law with an invalid warrant Continue reading…

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  Russian Wikipedia goes dark in protest of proposed web censorship

  By Amar Toor on July 10, 2012 01:09 am + 20 comments

  The Russian version of Wikipedia is going dark this week, in protest of proposed legislation that Continue reading…

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  90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, July 9th, 2012

  By Adi Robertson on July 9, 2012 06:55 pm + 64 comments

  Two weeks after the start of our mad experiment, we return with another batch of Microsoft Continue reading…