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Oracle and Google rest in copyright trial; Oracle CFO says 'it's hard to compete with free'

By Bryan Bishop on April 27, 2012 05:25 pm + 172 comments

It's been an eventful week in the Oracle vs. Google trial; we've seen Eric Schmidt, three days of A Continue reading…
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Amazon to begin collecting sales tax in Texas as part of new settlement

By Adi Robertson on April 27, 2012 03:25 pm + 137 comments

Amazon's tax status has long been a sore point for local and national governments. The online Continue reading…
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The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act: CISPA explained

By T.C. Sottek on April 27, 2012 01:51 pm + 21 comments

Following its failure to pass the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the second session of the 112th Continue reading…
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AT&T stockholders vote down net neutrality measure by overwhelming margin

By Adi Robertson on April 27, 2012 01:31 pm + 39 comments

It looks like AT&T didn't have anything to worry about when Beastie Boys member Mike D and other Continue reading…
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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…