Petition Seeks Probe of MPAA 'Bribery' Over SOPA

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January 23, 2012
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Petition Seeks Probe of MPAA 'Bribery' Over SOPA Activists are gathering signatures urging a White House investigation of the Hollywood lobby's political influence.
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Sony Announces Next-generation Image Sensors for Smartphones, Digital Cameras Sony said Monday it has developed new technology for the tiny imaging chips that power cameras in portable devices, which will allow for clearer photographs...
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LTE Spectrum: How Much Do the Big Carriers Have? An examination of just what spectrum wireless carriers already have and what they'll need in the future to deliver ubiquitous 4G service across the United States as mobile users exchange more video and other bandwidth-hogging content.
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MegaUpload: Dotcom a 'Flight Risk', Prosecutor Says MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom is considered a significant flight risk, the Crown argued on behalf of the US government Monday.
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Supreme Court: GPS Tracking Needs Court Warrant U.S. law enforcement agents need court-approved warrants to track a suspect's whereabouts using a GPS device, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday.
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10 Things to Look Forward to in LibreOffice 3.5 A new release candidate offers an early look at the free productivity software's next major update.
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Who's Responsible for Uploads? The MegaUpload Question A key legal question of the prominent copyright case is what a platform provider should know about the files on their system.
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Megaupload Legal Troubles Send Shudders Through Cyberlocker Community Operators of other file-sharing sites worry about who might be the next target of government enforcers.
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The Hazy Future of Phones Making very specific market-share forecasts for 2015 and discussing them as if they were factual is goofy at best and disingenuous at worst.
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10 Things to Know About RIM's New CEO, Thorsten Heins RIM has named its former COO and SVP, Thorsten Heins, as its new president and chief executive officer. CIO.com's BlackBerry watcher Al Sacco shares 10 interesting facts about the new BlackBerry CEO.
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1 in 5 American Adults Own a Tablet Tablet ownership in the U.S. nearly doubled over the fourth quarter holiday season, a Pew Research Center study reports.
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FileSonic Disables File Sharing After MegaUpload Arrests An online storage service, FileSonic, has disabled file sharing between users following the takedown of the MegaUpload service for alleged copyright infringement.
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Did Anonymous Trick You into Crashing Sites for MegaUpload Bust? A new tool, allegedly released by Anonymous, unwittingly ropes casual browsers into helping with distributed denial of service attacks.
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MegaUpload Bail Decision Delayed Kim Dotcom and the other Megaupload defendants must wait in custody for a few days before learning whether they can be released on bail.
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MegaUpload Defendants Seek Bail Kim Dotcom, founder of the file sharing site Megaupload, appeared in a New Zealand court seeking release until his piracy prosecution.
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RIM's New CEO: 5 Takeaways Expect quiet change, with stated priorities of research, innovation, meeting deadlines, quality, and pleasing the enterprise.
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Thorsten Heins Takes Over as CEO at Research In Motion UPDATE: Research In Motion's co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have quit after a tumultuous period at the company, which saw intense competition.
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Move to Digital: Lose Your Unwanted Books Want to replace your traditional library with ebooks? Here are some sites and tools that can help you make your physical books disappear.
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10 Essential Google Chrome Add-ons From a session saver to a social media assistant to a simple in-browser image editor, these extensions provide a variety of useful tools for the growing legions of Chrome users.
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FireAMP Fights Malware with Big Data Analytics SourceFire is launching FireAMP--a new tool that uses cloud-based big data analytics to provide crucial information to help organizations fight advanced malware threats.
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