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1. Team hacks voting machine to steal votes

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... machine to turn against itself and steal votes. The computer scientists had no access to the source code of the machine, which they bought legally at auction.    In 2007, Shacham first described ...

2. Amazon founder apologizes for “stupid” deletions of Kindle ebooks

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle. Our "solution" to the problem was stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles. It is wholly self-inflicted, and ...

3. Canadians set about Facebook

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Canadian privacy commissioners are laying into social networking site Facebook for breaching Canadian law by holding on to users' personal information illegally. Ottawa, Canada - Canadian privacy commissioners ...

4. Iranians boycott Nokia for 'collaboration' with regime

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... "In most countries around the world, including all EU member states and the US, telecommunications networks are legally required to have the capability for Lawful Intercept and this is also the case in ...

5. French authorities block illegal download law

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   France's highest legal authority has overturned a ruling that would have allowed a new state agency to cut off internet access for those who download music illegally. Paris, France - France's highest ...

6. Updated: Craigslist dumps erotica amidst prostitution claims

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... Legally compliant businesses wishing to advertise their services EFF and other experts defending free speech and Internet law We are optimistic that the new balance struck today will be an acceptable compromise ...

7. RIAA asks ISPs to send copyright warnings in three-strike policy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... to forward the note to the customer's email, or alert the customer that it appears they are uploading music illegally, and ask them to stop. This would be step one in a type of three strike plan. The second ...

8. YouTube removing Warner Music videos again, not just muting

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... can earn a "safe harbor", meaning that if they quickly remove material that has been part of a takedown notice, then they are legally safe in the event it is proven a copyright infringement did occur. ...

9. Alleged Sarah Palin Hacker facing tougher charges

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... of Governor Sarah Palin is set to take place. Whereas he originally faced one felony count of illegally accessing a protected computer, he will now be facing additional charges, including one count of ...

10. Software capable of reassembling deleted photos

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... has both its pros and cons, as latent images could potentially raise issues for individuals who have made poor choices either legally or personally. For example, although a consumer deleted photos from ...

11. Google joins Europe in case against Microsoft

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    In January 2008, the European Commission accused Microsoft of illegally tying Internet Explorer to its Windows operating system in an attempt to prevent competition in the browser market. Today, the ...

12. UPDATED: Google gets court approval to invade your privacy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... 12-page ruling, concluding that the accusations were legally unsustainable, and ultimately dismissed the entire case. She wrote: "The court is not obligated to accept inferences unsupported by facts ...

13. Google puts 1.5 million books in your pocket

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... quality reading material that's now made available online legally. The new service is called Google Mobile Book Search. And as of today, it's accessible to all iPhone/iPod touch and Android users. Instead ...

14. First the music business wanted to stop pirating, now it looks to replicate it

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

      For years the music industry has been making great strides and taking extreme measures to prevent pirates from illegally copying and downloading its content. Chicago (IL) - For years the music industry ...

15. Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions team up for Internet movie delivery

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... new Blockbuster service may require a reconsideration by Comcast and other ISPs when the content being downloaded is legally purchased from a legitimate pay-for-service like Blockbuster.  ...

16. Power.com sued by Facebook for illegally accessing the site

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      Power.com, a start-up company out of Brazil has made its goal to be a social networking portal that enables users to access their favorite social networking sites from one simple interface. Facebook, ...

17. RIAA changes tactics, wants ISPs to help fight music pirates

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... music available online for others to take. Depending on the agreement, the ISP will either forward the note to customers, or alert customers that they appear to be uploading music illegally, and ask ...

18. Imeem for Android G1 brings social to the music on the go

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... on the Web and beyond." The service is based on ad-supported streaming of music and video content that is obtained legally from all four major music labels and thousands of independent labels, in addition ...

19. Google Android: Kill switch done right

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... user names, passwords, or other login information or personal information, your must make the users aware that the information will be available to your application, and you must provide legally adequate ...

20. Sarah Palin Hacker accused of previous computer intrusion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      David Kernell, who was indicted earlier in the week for illegally gaining access to Governor Sarah Palin’s personal Yahoo e-mail account, was allegedly also involved in computer intrusion almost ...

21. Palin email hacker pleads innocence, gets court date

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... lawmaker, but the elder Kernell adamantly claims he didn’t know about his son’s criminal activities.  David has been charged with a single count of illegally accessing a protected a computer, a felony, ...

22. Google extends life of business email archive for up to 10 years

    (Security/Security Features)

      Large organizations and enterprise customers are legally required to store business email messages securely and reliably for litigation or other legal issues. Google already offers a one year ...

23. Court calls $222,000 RIAA sentence a “farce”, vacates verdict

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... acts of using Kazaa are the equivalent, for example, to the acts of global financial firms illegally infringing on copyrights in order to profit in the securities market.” The Court still agreed with ...

24. No indictment in Palin email hacking case … yet

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... a 20-year-old student at the University of Tennessee and son of a state Democratic representative, is believed to have illegally accessed the Republican Vice Presidential nominee’s Yahoo account by answering ...

25. FBI searches apartment in Palin case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ...  David Kernell is believed to have illegally accessed Sarah Palin’s email account and published background information of the “hacking” under the name “Rubico”. The FBI confirmed that it launched a formal ...

26. Greek hackers deface LHC webpage, leave files

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... belonging to the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment, was illegally accessed on September 9th and 10th and hackers bragged to the world about their feat.  A long rambling note was left on the front page, ...

27. Cashing in: Google sued for patent infringement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... 2005. According to the suit filed at the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Texas, alleges that Google Base, AdWords, Blogger, Sites and YouTube illegally use a patent-protected method ...

28. Hell hath no fury like a gamer scorned – Hackers take down EA’s Scrabble

    (Security/Security Features)

      Scrabble Beta, the official Hasbro-licensed online game made by Electronic Arts, has been shut down by hackers.  Barely a week old, the official version of the game was meant to legally replace ...

29. Young adults willing to pay for music - survey

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... amount of music now being illegally copied from peer-to-peer networks. 63% of respondents are downloading their music from P2P file-sharing networks and 42% allow or have allowed other P2P users to download ...

30. 14 more people implicated in UCLA medical records snooping

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... and one volunteer. At the center of this controversy is former UCLA Medical Center administrative assistant Lawanda Jackson.  The DPH says she illegally accessed records for 104 days from July 1 ...

31. Five IRS workers indicted for snooping into taxpayer files

    (Security/Security Brief)

    Fresno (CA) – Five Internal Revenue Service workers in Fresno have been indicted for computer fraud and unauthorized access into taxpayer files.  According to the indictment, the workers illegally ...

32. Geek Squad lawsuit opens up with employee confession

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... of the store. "It was dumb, and I regret that lapse in judgment. I have placed Best Buy in a precarious position, both legally and 'reputationally,'" said Giffels.  Several other people claiming ...

33. Former UCLA employee indicted for snooping celebrity medical records

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      A former UCAL Medical Center employee has been indicted for allegedly illegally accessing the computerized medical records of celebrities.  The indictment was handed down by the United States District ...

34. British may face Internet ban for illegal downloads

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    The government is proposing a plan that would lock up all Internet access for users who are found to be illegally downloaing music and videos. London (England) - The government is proposing a plan that ...

35. Two students charged with hacking into system, changing grades

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    If you ever have the opportunity to illegally change your grades, think of these two California students - they're facing up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for exactly that crime. Fresno ...

36. RIAA says lawsuits cannot be the complete answer to music piracy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... do to win over fans.” According to the latest statistics from the RIAA, there were over 7.8 million households in March 2007 in the U.S. that illegally downloaded music versus 6.9 million households ...

37. Modded Xboxes to be banned

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Microsoft has stepped up its Xbox Live security to ban any console that has been illegally modified from connecting online. Redmond (WA) - Microsoft has stepped up its Xbox Live security to ban any console ...

38. Hacker claims to have gained access to Steam customer data

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... is serious, Valve is legally obligated to inform its customers in some states. Valve has not yet responded to our inquiries. ...

39. Roller Coaster Tycoon lawsuit goes to high UK court

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... because of the precedents Atari would legally have little chance at success.  However, the House of Lords has the power to change the law, which could give Sawyer a victory. ...

40. Opinion: Who needs DRM?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... and despite the fact that users had legally purchased songs, DRM kept them hostage. And you have to remember, we are talking here about music that had a lower quality than the (unprotected) music you got ...

41. Scalers beat HD DVD and Blu-ray at CES 2007 - analysis

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... set up an on-line store to sell, legally, content from these studios. These stores specialize in their customers unique needs and, as we understand, can be very profitable while also providing strong revenue ...

42. CES 2007: The battle for the digital home - analyst opinion

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... only two things I know of that are actually more valuable if they are obtained illegally than if they are purchased: Illegal content can be used everywhere while legally purchased content comes with so ...

43. Comparing Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 execution: Focus makes the difference

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... to the user experience. In a few days, this service will include downloadable content including the first legally downloadable commercial HD content. There was also a unique emphasis on voice which may ...

44. UPDATE 2: Google to acquire YouTube in $1.65 billion deal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Group, whose content was illegally being posted on YouTube, the San Bruno, Calif.-based site was forced to initiate a project that would systematically check for and prevent copyrighted videos. This big ...

45. Microsoft reduces feature set in pirated copies of Vista

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Windows Vista will introduce new tools that aim to make pirated versions less attractive and prompt users to activate a legally obtained copy of the OS. Deeply integrated into the core of the software, ...

46. Warner warms up to YouTube with media sharing agreement

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... The Today Show, and other NBC shows showing up online from various users. After YouTube removed all the illegally posted content, in June, NBC announced a partnership with the Web site: NBC now uses YouTube ...

47. Universal may sue YouTube, MySpace

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... A handful of media companies have ordered the video sharing site to remove clips from users who have illegally posted their content. For example, YouTube had to take down all Saturday Night Live and late-night ...

48. Virtual Second Life world hit by real hackers

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    The virtual world of Second Life has been hit with some very real criminals. Linden Lab, the owners of Second Life, has warned players that hackers have illegally accessed a database containing player ...

49. AT&T admits theft of DSL customers' data, offers to pay for credit monitoring

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Priscilla Hill-Ardoin said, "We recognize that there is an active market for illegally obtained personal information." San Antonio (TX) - As a gentle way of admitting that personal data records for ...

50. Defcon 2006: Oracle not so "unbreakable"

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Your company's cleaning lady could be illegally moonlighting as your Oracle database administrator. Alexander Kornbrust, founder and CEO of Red Database Security, says hackers could easily exploit vulnerabilities ...