Policy & Law Archive

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  Google agrees to pay $25,000 fine to put FCC investigation 'behind it'

  By Andrew Webster on April 27, 2012 10:16 am + 34 comments

  Earlier this month Google was hit with a $25,000 fine from the FCC for impeding an investigation Continue reading…

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  US House passes controversial CISPA cybersecurity bill, now on to the Senate

  By T.C. Sottek on April 26, 2012 06:38 pm + 148 comments

  The US House of Representatives has just passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Continue reading…

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  Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz testifies for Google in Oracle trial

  By Bryan Bishop on April 26, 2012 04:13 pm + 71 comments

  The copyright phase of the Oracle and Google trial has been going on for almost two weeks now, but Continue reading…

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  Google tries to win on a technicality, claims Oracle's Java copyrights were filed wrong

  By Bryan Bishop on April 26, 2012 12:35 pm + 75 comments

  A new development has turned some heads in the Oracle vs. Google courtroom. Google's attorneys just Continue reading…

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  US House passes bill to make federal spending data available online

  By Amar Toor on April 26, 2012 07:44 am + 19 comments

  The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that will enable users to keep track of federal Continue reading…

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  White House threatens to veto CISPA cybersecurity bill, ahead of Friday's vote

  By Sean Hollister on April 25, 2012 11:39 pm + 18 comments

  On Friday, the US House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing Continue reading…

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  Andy Rubin at the Oracle trial: I didn't expect Android to contribute greatly to Google's ad revenues

  By Bryan Bishop on April 25, 2012 04:02 pm + 57 comments

  Google's Andy Rubin wrapped up his testimony in the Google vs. Oracle case this morning, but not Continue reading…

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  Google's slides sent to T-Mobile in November 2006

  on April 25, 2012 02:57 pm + 2 comments

  A Google slideshow presentation to T-Mobile about the Google phone in development in 2006. Continue reading…

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  Google's slides on Android quarterly report in the Oracle patent case

  on April 25, 2012 02:40 pm + 2 comments

  Slides from day 7 of Oracle vs. Google case Continue reading…

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  Is Google Drive worse for privacy than iCloud, Skydrive, and Dropbox?

  By Nilay Patel on April 25, 2012 11:09 am + 331 comments

  The Google Drive cloud storage service launched yesterday to much fanfare, but as with any new Continue reading…