- Fri Oct 16 12:46 PM PDT 2009 Six charged in tech insider-trading scheme
Employees of Intel, IBM, and McKinsey have been charged by federal prosecutors with providing insider information to hedge fund managers.
- Mon Jul 6 3:28 PM PDT 2009 Jammie Thomas asks for new trial
Lawyers for the Minnesota woman ordered last month to pay $1.92 million in damages for the illegal sharing of 24 copyrighted songs say judgment is "grossly excessive."
- Sun Jul 5 6:13 AM PDT 2009 Report: Problems stymie U.S. cyberspy protection
Technical and privacy issues are plaguing the U.S. government's work on the overarching system to protect federal computer networks from cyberspies, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- Fri Jun 26 8:51 AM PDT 2009 Week in review: Steve Jobs' secret transplant
Apple's CEO gets a liver transplant and comes back to work, new details emerge on Windows 7 pricing, and Facebook adds new bells and whistles into the live stream. Also: Teen "sexting."
- Mon Jun 22 11:45 PM PDT 2009 Tech giants deny helping Iran eavesdrop
A Nokia-Siemens joint venture denies allegations it provided Internet wiretapping gear to Iran, leaving many to wonder who's aiding the Internet snoops? Or are their Net restrictions entirely homemade?
- Thu Jun 11 1:03 PM PDT 2009 Jammie Thomas suffers pretrial setback in copyright case
Federal judge has denied a motion made by defendant's lawyers to suppress evidence gathered by MediaSentry. Judge also won't allow her to argue fair use.
- Thu Jun 4 1:07 PM PDT 2009 CNET News Daily Podcast: Taking a test ride on Google's Wave
After a week of hands-on time with Google's communications experiment, Wave, CNET News senior writer Stephen Shankland shares his findings.
- Wed Jun 3 11:10 PM PDT 2009 Judge halts suits over NSA wiretapping
Federal judge rules Congress immunized AT&T and other telecom companies from lawsuits, but left the door open a crack for EFF, ACLU to try again.
- Thu Apr 16 8:55 AM PDT 2009 Report: NSA tried to eavesdrop on Congress member
A New York Times article says the National Security Agency engaged in illegal surveillance activities in the past few months. The government says abuses have been resolved.
- Wed Mar 25 10:55 AM PDT 2009 MacHeist 3 brings back the great software deals
For the past two years, MacHeist has put together a bundle of award-winning software for a very affordable price--with 25 percent of the proceeds going to charity. This year's bundle (available for two weeks) is $39 for almost $1,000 worth of software.




