26 news & feature articles results for "acquittal"

Court rejects appeal of man who offered nonexistent "muscle cars" on eBay and robbed buyer who showed up with cash.

Posted by Declan McCullagh

News sites used the highly awaited event as a chance to experiment with methods of getting news out fast.

Posted by Ina Fried

A Florida man appeals his first-degree murder conviction, saying his search terms and other online activities didn't provide enough evidence to put him in prison for life.

Posted by Declan McCullagh

A Florida man who sold cards to get free access to DirecTV is found guilty of breaking the Digital Millennium Copyright Act--the first jury-trial conviction, a U.S. attorney's office says.

Posted by Paul Festa

The director of Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society warns attendees of the Black Hat security conference that publishing info on flaws could lead to legal woes.

Posted by Declan McCullagh

The Web publishing of prostitution-related arrests is causing debate among journalists and civil rights advocates about the practice of making public information globally available.

Posted by Courtney Macavinta

Bryan Wagner cuts a deal with federal prosecutors to testify against others involved in the company's probe of leaks to the media.

Posted by Greg Sandoval

Federal judge upholds guilty verdicts, denies new trial to spammers specializing in sexually explicit solicitations.

Posted by Declan McCullagh

At its inception, many people called it a lousy law. CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says that proved to be too charitable an appraisal.

Posted by Charles Cooper

Quarrels over digital copyrights shift from courts to Congress, and Hollywood becomes chief antagonist to advocates of the rights of digital consumers--the PC industry among them.

Posted by Joe Wilcox