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Ex-official: FBI can secretly activate an individual’s webcam without indicator light
The most powerful FBI surveillance software can covertly download…
Obama to propose curbs on NSA spying
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to propose curbs on the National Security Agency…
Obama stuck with BlackBerry, says not allowed an iPhone ‘for security reasons’
US President Barack Obama admitted Wednesday he was not allowed to have an iPhone…
NSA spying risks $35 billion in U.S. technology sales
The trust that’s threatened is essential to U.S. technology companies…
Apple iPhones phased out of German government in favor of encrypted phones to block U.S. NSA spying
Members of the German government will use encrypted phones…
U.S. Rep. Goodlatte sees surveillance restrictions passing Congress
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte…
How and why Silicon Valley turned on Obama
In the months leading up to the 2012 presidential election, Silicon Valley…
Google’s 8th-ranked D.C. lobbying machine flexes new political power
Google Inc. is moving its Washington office closer to Capitol Hill…
U.S. Senate panel passes plan to continue mass surveillance; Apple, other tech firms, civil-liberties groups oppose
The Senate Intelligence Committee approved legislation…
U.S. NSA secretly infiltrated Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say
The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications…
U.S. ITC ban on Samsung’s Apple patent-infringing products goes into effect
Some Samsung Electronics smartphones and tablets could be taken off U.S. store shelves…
Obama administration decides NSA spying is ‘essential,’ but oversight of NSA is not
While the National Security Agency (NSA) has largely escaped…
Obama administration refuses to veto Samsung import ban won by Apple
Samsung Electronics Co. must stop importing some models of smartphones and tablets
What email provider Lavabit did to avoid giving the US government its data
The U.S. government in July obtained a search warrant demanding that Edward Snowden’s e-mail…
What if Marissa Mayer went to jail?
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer presented her company’s side of fighting the National Security Agency…
Apple battles U.S. government over scope of e-books injunction
The United States offered to ease the terms of a proposed civil injunction…
German government: Windows 8 contains U.S. NSA snooping back doors; too dangerous to use
The National Security Agency’s snooping practices may be costing American companies a lot of money…
Report: NSA can see 75% of U.S. Web traffic, can snare emails
The National Security Agency has built a surveillance network that covers more Americans’ Internet communications than officials have publicly disclosed…
Apple CEO Tim Cook, tech execs meet with Obama to talk surveillance
Barack Obama hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook…
PRISM: How to fly under the radar
Don’t listen to charlatans like Eric Schmidt who insist that you have nothing to fear…
Why Samsung may fear Obama administration’s U.S. ITC Apple ban veto
I suspect there could be far more trouble in store for Samsung…
Effectiveness of courts’ glacial pace in patent cases questioned: Are politicians starting to lose patience?
Now that the Obama administration has intervened in a patent dispute…
FBI can remotely activate microphones in Android smartphones, source says
Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely…
Reporter issued 3 free ‘Obamaphones,’ courtesy of U.S. taxpayers
Confession: You’re paying my phone bill…
NSA can read email, online chats, track Web browsing without warrant, documents leaked by Edward Snowden show
A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search…
Apple’s lone-wolf strategy backfires; recent setbacks may force Cupertino to rethink its ‘us vs. them’ mentality
Apple Inc. is a synonym for independence, hipness and originality…
Bipartisan group of U.S. Senators recommend presidential veto of impending ITC import ban of older iPhones, iPads
In my first, quick reaction to yesterday’s United States Senate…
Obama praises Amazon in jobs speech from Amazon fulfillment warehouse
Obama will deliver a speech on rebuilding middle-class American jobs today…
Momentum builds against U.S. government surveillance
The movement to crack down on government surveillance started…
Obama administration demands Web firms turn over user account passwords
The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users…
U.S. House rejects effort to curb NSA surveillance powers, 205-217
The House on Wednesday rejected an attempt to curtail the National Security Agency…
Obama administration scrambles to shut down imminent U.S. House vote to defund NSA spying
A showdown is set to take place in the US House of Representatives today…
Obama administration demands master encryption keys from firms in order to conduct electronic surveillance against Internet users
The U.S. government has attempted to obtain the master encryption keys that Internet companies…
Where’s the U.S. DOJ? Samsung takes extortionate position against Apple in new ITC filing
Some may start to wonder whether the current U.S. government is more loyal to Google than to U.S. consumers and the U.S. economy…
Obama executive orders take aim at patent trolls, encourage high tech patents
With well over $100 billion in the bank, it’s no great surprise that Apple…
Wikipedia, other websites planning SOPA, PIPA protest shutdown
Wikipedia plans on undergoing a self-imposed blackout January 18…
On red-hot online piracy debate, Obama walks a thin line
The White House waded into the red-hot online piracy debate with a statement Saturday…
