Your Rights Online Stories for 2010

Beta Version of Nevercookie Released 77
Microsoft (Probably) Didn't Just Buy Unix 289
Code-Stealing Drone Vendor Settles With Devs 28
Malaysian Indicted After Hacking Federal Reserve 132
FCC Commissioner Blasts Verizon On Net Neutrality 157
How the 'Tech Worker Visa' Is Remaking IT In America 436
UK Law Body Targets RIAA-Style Settlement Letters 95
Google Warns Irish Government Against Tax Increase 542
Sculptor Gives a Hint For CIA's Kryptos 151
Scalpers Bought Tickets With CAPTCHA-Busting Botnet 301
Did an Apple Engineer Invent FB Messages In 2003? 128
Facebook Messaging Blocks Links 143
Oregon Senator Stops Internet Censorship Bill 315
British Gov't Releases Spending Data 89
P2P Litigation Crippled In DC District Court Ruling 114
Whitehat Hacker Moxie Marlinspike's Laptop, Cellphones Seized 484
Bruce Schneier vs. the TSA 741
Oregon Senator Seeks To Block COICA 81
Like Democracy, the Web Needs To Be Defended 108
Lawsuit Shows Dell Hid Extent of Computer Flaws 272
eJuror Will Lead To New List of Jury Duty Excuses 191
Anti-Piracy Lawyers 'Knew Letters Hit Innocents' 240
New Bill Would Put DHS In Charge of 'Critical' Private Networks 193
Paying With the Wave of a Cellphone 137
RuneScape Developer Victorious Over Patent Troll 89
Senate Panel Approves Website Shut-Down Bill 390
US May Disable All Car Phones, Says Trans. Secretary 1065
A Single Re-Tweet Lands Chinese Woman in Labor Camp 273
Swedish Court Orders Detention of Wikileaks Founder Assange 298
MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns 300
Emergency Broadcast System Coming To Cell Phones 256
Debt Collectors Using Facebook To Embarrass Those Who Owe 266
Cooks Source Magazine Apologizes — Sort Of 290
Organs of UK Nuclear Workers Secretly Harvested; Energy Secretary Apologizes 309
Proposed Final ACTA Text Published 148
Internet Blacklist Back In Congress 278
US Marshals Saved 35,000 Full Body Scans 712
Canada To Mandate ISP Deep Packet Inspection 313
Proposed ADA Requirements May Affect Public Internet Use 420
State-Sponsored CyberAttacks Expected To Rise 33
'Smart' Vending Machines Triple Sales 234
Web-Users Fall For Fake Anti-Virus Scams 272
WSJ Warnings About Cookies Carry Cookies 45
Georgia College's New Policy — Reporting All P2P Users To the Police 421
NSA Adds Kahn Collection To Cryptologic Museum 34
Vint Cerf Calls For IPv6 Incentives In UK 164
National Opt-Out Day Against Virtual Strip Searches 647
Tide of International Science Moving Against US, EU 302
Researchers Take Down Koobface Servers 35
Fedora Project Drops SQLNinja 'Hacker' Tool 159
Saudi Arabia Bans Facebook 227
The Great Cyberheist 57
UK Twitter Users Declare 'I'm Spartacus' 213
Facebook Postings Lead To Arrest for Heresy In the West Bank 496
After Online Defamation Suit, Dismissal of Malicious Prosecution Claim Upheld 267
'Hulu For Magazines' Relies On Users' Data 41
Obama May Toughen Internet Privacy Rules 222
Red Hat's Secret Patent Deal 95
Palin E-Mail Snoop Gets Year In Prison 417
Aussie Gov't Says Wiretap Laws Fine, Telcos 'Wrong' 127
Google Says 3rd Parties Would Be Liable For Java Infringement 236
White House Edited Oil Drilling Safety Report 368
UK Politician Arrested Over Twitter 'Stoning Joke' 422
Microsoft Patents Foot Computing 107
FCC Investigating Google Street View Wi-Fi Data Collection 122
Motorola Countersues Microsoft Over 16 Patents 62
3D Printing May Face Legal Challenges 316
Security App For the New German Personal ID Hacked 93
UK Terror Chief Blocked From Boarding Aircraft 237
NSA Says Its Secure Dev Methods Are Publicly Known 114
Amazon Patents Bad Gift Protection 210
Targeted Attacks Focus On Economic Cyberterrorism 73
Critics Call For Probe Into Google Government Ties 289
Google Asks Users To Complain Against Facebook 218
Nevercookie Eats Evercookies 91
Court Returns Stolen Stargate MMO To Founder 128
Worker Rights Extend To Facebook, Says NLRB 340
Sophos Researcher Suggests Password 'Free' to Spur Wi-Fi Encryption 332
Man Loses Millions In Bizarre Virus-Protection Scam 366
What's the Oracle Trial Against SAP Really About? 160
Real-Life Gadgets For Real-Life Superheroes 391
LimeWire Lives Again 278
Net Pioneers Say Open Internet Should Be Separate 216
Firesheep Countermeasure Tool BlackSheep 122
US Wants Upper Hand In Battling High-Tech Bad Guys 81
TV Tropes Self-Censoring Under Google Pressure 393
FBI Watching Oracle-SAP Trial 66
The Queen Joins Facebook 155
Obama Says Offshoring Fears Are Unwarranted 763
Lamebook Sues Facebook Over Trademark Infringement 108
USPTO Decides To Lower Obviousness Standards 129
How Hulu, NBC, and Other Sites Block Google TV 338
Porn Maker Sues 7,000+ For Copyright Infringement 374
Analyzing Amazon's E-Book Loan Agreement 214
Former Student Gets 30 Months For Political DDoS Attacks 486
Income Tax Quashed, Ballmer To Cash In Billions 650
Europe Simulates Total Cyber War 80
Street View On iOS Pierces German Privacy Veil 46
Despite FTC Settlement, Intel Can Ship Oak Trail Without PCIe 140
Considering a Fair Penalty For Illegal File-sharing 728
EPIC Files Lawsuit To Suspend Airport Body Scanner Use 559
EU Commission Says People Have a 'Right To Be Forgotten' Online 200
ITU's Definition Aside, T-Mobile Pushes 4G Label In New Ad Campaign 120
Cook's Magazine Claims Web Is Public Domain 565
FTC Taps Ed Felten As First Chief Technologist 76
Soviet Image Editing Tool From 1987 146
Jammie Thomas Hit With $1.5 Million Verdict 764
HP CEO Goes On the Lam As Oracle Hunts Him Down 137
Cisco Social Software Lets You "Stalk" Customers 123
UK Pressures the US To Takedown Extremist Videos 629
2010 Election Results Are In 1530
Prepare To Be Watched While You Watch a Movie 433
UK's National Rail Shuts Down Free Timetable App 145
Google Settles Buzz Privacy Suit 165
Why 'Cyber Crime' Should Just Be Called 'Crime' 368
Firesheep Author Reflects On Wild Week 229
NSF Funds Data Anonymization Project 36
Google Bans Sale of Android Spying App 415
Kindle Allowing Chinese Unfettered Access To Web 138
Supreme Court Hears Violent Video Game Case Tomorrow 342
Google Sues US Gov't For Only Considering Microsoft 407
Facebook Punishes Devs Who Shared User IDs 71
How Technology Gets the News Out of North Korea 173
UK Wants ISPs To Be Responsible For Third Party Content Online 158
Texas Supreme Court Cites Mr. Spock 345
UK Police To Get Facebook Lessons 63
Apple Counter-Sues Motorola Over Touchscreen Patents 201
USB 'Dead Drops' 322
New York Judge Rules 6-Year-Old Can Be Sued 799
US Says Genes Should Not Be Patentable 127
How Not To Design a Protocol 186
Manchester's Self-Described 'Internet Troll' Jailed For Offensive Web Posts 321
Herding Firesheep In NYC — Do Users Care? 200
Users Sue Google, Facebook, Zynga Over Privacy 66
Annual US Intelligence Bill Tops $80 Billion 230
Facebook Adds Friend Stalker Tool 357
Scholars Say ACTA Needs Senate Approval 204
Separating Cyber-Warfare Fact From Fantasy 111
Australia's Privacy Boss Slams Gov't Data-Retention Scheme 82
Verizon To Pay $25M For Years of 'Mystery Fees' 215
Launch Command Preserved In Power Failure, But Nuclear Designs Still Risky 167
Prosecutors Request Closed Courtroom For Goldman HFT Programmer's Trial 250
Oracle Claims Google 'Directly Copied' Our Java Code 675
CIA Invests In Anti-Cybercrime Startup 38
Microsoft Charging Royalties For Linux 286
Pay Or Else, News Site Threatens 549
FTC Ends Probe of Google StreetView Privacy Breach 99
Most Americans Support an Internet Kill Switch 398
How To Protect Against Firesheep Attacks 208
NASA To Auction Automated Code Generation Patents 134
US Supreme Court Expected Political Ad Transparency 617
Amazon Prevails In State Sales Tax Dispute, Thus Far 171
Looks Like the End of the Line For LimeWire 277
Bredolab Botnet Taken Down 187
FBI and NYPD Officers Sent On Museum Field Trip 70
Rise of the Small Botnet 61
Xbox 360 Jailbreaker May Need Real Jailbreak 359
Inside a Full-Body-Scanning X-Ray Van 313
Firefox Extension Makes Social-Network ID Spoofing Trivial 185
Amazon To Allow Book Lending On the Kindle 280
iPhone Jailbreak Modified Into CC Sniffing Malware 120
IBM Says New Software Will Help Predict Natural Disasters 72
Is Zynga Trying To Patent Virtual Currency? 89
Facebook Ads Could 'Out' Gay Users 196
Google Admits To Collecting Emails and Passwords 157
Comic Sales Soar After Artist Engages 4chan Pirates 305
Who Invented the Linux-Based Wireless Router? 154
Bible.com Investor Sues Company For Lack Of Profit 181
US Presidential Nuclear Codes 'Lost For Months' 322
On Several Fronts, US Gov't Prepares To Regulate Online Privacy 123
Bicycle Thief Barred From Using Encryption 449
Why Facebook Won't Stop Invading Your Privacy 219
Pirate Parties Plan To Shoot Site Into Orbit 301
All Your Stonehenge Photos Are Belong To England 347
Microsoft Unbundles Software For NY City 131
Canada Says Google Wi-Fi Sniffing Collected Personal Data 136
UK To Track All Browsing, Email, and Phone Calls 286
Australian Visitors Must Declare Illegal Porn To Customs Officers 361
Man Served Restraining Order Via Facebook 29
ACLU Says Net Neutrality Necessary For Free Speech 283
NASA Reveals Hundred Year Starship Program 351
Sony Gets Nasty With PSBreak Buyers 246
UK-Developed 'DNA Spray' Marks Dutch Thieves With Trackable Water 191
Blizzard Suing Creators of StarCraft II Hacks 385
China Now Halting Shipments of Rare Earth Minerals To US 738
Un-killable 'Evercookie' Killed ... Sometimes 186
'Officer Bubbles' Sues YouTube Commenters Over Mockery 594
Hacker Business Models 96
Thief Returns Stolen Laptop Contents On USB Stick 352
Scientists Fight Back In Canada 277
Assange Denied Swedish Residence On Confidential Reasons 260
Top Facebook Apps Violate Privacy Terms 95
Pirated Software Could Bring Down Predator Drones 123
MS Gives Free Licenses To Oppressed Nonprofits 151
Plastic Chemical BPA Declared Toxic In Canada 168
Congress Investigates Carriers' Debt Collections 134
Internet Dismantling the State Church In Finland 547
How Cornell Plans To Purge Campus Computers of Personal Data 164
The Intimate Social Graph 21
Data Miners Scraping Away Our Privacy 142
French Government May Subsidize Music Downloads 187
Putting the Squeeze On Broadband Copper Robbers 282
Norwegian Day Traders Convicted For Manipulating Computer Trading System 299
FCC Approves Changes To Cable Box Rules 439
Wikileaks Donations Account Shut Down 725
Webvention Demanding $80k For Rollover Images 314
Government Admits Spying Via Facebook 240
UK Police Force Posts All Its Calls On Twitter 66
Judge Approves $100 Million Dell Settlement 72
Badgers Digging Up Ancient Human Remains 172
Microsoft Looks To Courts For Botnet Takedowns 93
IBM Australia Announces New Global Research Development Lab 68
Big Media Wants More Piracy Busting From Google 186
FCC Will Tackle Cell Phone 'Bill Shock' 477
Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These 761
Apple Awarded Anti-Sexting Patent 184
Feds Discover 1,000 More Government Data Centers 246
Baumgartner's Daredevil Parachute Jump From Space Put On Hold 248
Pirate Electrician Supplied Power To 1,500 Homes 373
Dutch Hotels Must Register As ISPs 152
Canon Blocks Copy Jobs Using Banned Keywords 309
IRS Servers Down During Crucial Week 93
Microsoft Patents GPU-Accelerated Video Encoding 304
Lawyer Is Big Winner In Webcamgate Settlement 475
Cybercriminals Shifting To Bugat 48
Economy Puts US Nuclear Reactors Back In Doubt 392
French City To Use CCTV For Parking Fines 297
High-Tech Microphone Picks Voices From a Crowd 221
Irish ISP Wins Major Legal Victory Against Record Companies 96
Motorola Sues Apple 176
HTML5 Draws Concern Over Risks To Privacy 163
In Australia, Rising VoIP Attacks Mean Huge Bills For Victims 178
Chinese Nobel Winner's Wife Detained 289
Alaska To Export Billions of Gallons of Water 290
NASA Head Ignores Congress, Eyes Cooperation With China 271
UK Scientists Leave Labs To Protest Expected Cuts 315
North Korea Opens .kp Sites On the Internet 175
DC Internet Voting Trial Attacked 2 Different Ways 123
Audio Analysis Brings New Revelations From Kent State Shooting 289
Facebook Billionaire Gives Money To Legalize Marijuana 527
Smart Phones Could Know Their Users By How They Walk 96
US Monitoring Database Reaches Limit, Quits Tracking Felons and Parolees 270
CBC Bans Use of Creative Commons Music On Podcasts 148
China Blanks Nobel Peace Prize Searches 326
Reuters Ends Anonymous Comments 159
New Tool Suite Helps Track Privacy Policies 25
UAE Says RIM Played Ball, Will Maintain Service 41
Why Geim Never Patented Graphene 325
College Student Finds GPS On Car, FBI Retrieves It 851
Lighthearted Facebook Friends Could Make You Join NAMBLA Group 178

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