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 SOPA and PIPA: Just the Facts The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) have been making headlines, but what are they, exactly? Here are the facts. Share:   |  Mozilla, Firefox Join Anti-SOPA Strike Mozilla, the open-source organization responsible for Firefox, joined other major technology companies today to protest anti-piracy legislation SOPA. Share: | Cyber Crime in 2025: New Threats Mingle with Old Risks As our physical and digital worlds become more networked, cyber thieves will use time-tested techniques to pull off scams. Share: | Alienware Releases Muscular Compact Desktop Alienware's X51 gives gamers hearty performance in a small package. Share: | Jerry Yang Leaves Yahoo Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has left the company, the latest dramatic change at the top executive level of the embattled Internet company. Share: | Two SOPA Co-Sponsors Drop Support for Bill The Stop Online Piracy Act still has a lot of support in the House of Representatives, with 29 co-sponsors backing the measure. Share: | Wikipedia Alternatives: What to Do When Wikipedia Goes Down Wikipedia will be going offline on Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Here's where you can go to get your online encyclopedia fix while the site is down. Share: | How to Access Wikipedia on SOPA Protest Day There are workarounds, some simple and some complex, to access Wikipedia, and other alternative sites are available. Share: | Hackers Steal $6.7 Million in Cyber Bank Robbery The hackers used stolen login details for a teller and a call center agent to transfer about $6.7 million into multiple bank accounts. Share: | Mass Effect 3 Demo Coming February 14 BioWare says it'll release a Mass Effect 3 demo for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 (including Kinect support) next month. Share: | iPhone 4S Helps Apple Close the Gap on Android Dominance A survey found that 44.5 percent of people who bought a smartphone in December chose an iPhone, almost twice as many as in October. Share: | Motorola Confirms Wi-Fi Android Upgrade for Xoom The update gives U.S. users faster browsing and useful Data Manager tool, among other features. Share: | Facebook Pumps Up the Volume with 'Listen with' Feature The feature allows you to hear music your friend is listening to at the exact same point, essentially allowing your friend to play DJ. Share: | Fundamental Oracle Flaw Revealed A design decision made by Oracle architects long ago may have painted some of Oracle's largest customers into a corner. Share: | Anonymous Called 'Hard to Kill Web Hippies' in Leaked Internal Stratfor Emails Anonymous hacktivists have started publishing the internal Stratfor emails in two different "teaser" edition sets. Share: | Wikipedia, Craigslist, Other Sites Black out Against SOPA at Midnight Wikipedia and some other Internet companies blacked out their websites in one way or the other early Wednesday in protest against controversial legislation in... Share: | Science, Technology, and Politicians What is it about politicians that makes them believe that they, with a few minutes' cursory review, know better than people who have studied in an area for decades? Share: | Sponsor: SOPA Markup Hearing to Resume in February A hearing to amend and debate the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act should resume in February, its chief sponsor said. Share: | Symantec Backtracks, Admits Own Network Hacked Symantec today backed away from earlier statements regarding the theft of source code of some of its flagship security products, now admitting that its own network was compromised. 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