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Report: Google nears deal in illegal ads case

...familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal said on Thursday the federal investigation has focused on whether Google knowingly accepted illegal ads from online... Read more

13 May, 2011 by Leslie Katz

Facebook tells employers to lay off login demands

...has been taken up by two senators, who have called for a federal investigation. In a statement on Sunday, US senators Richard Blumenthal and Charles... Read more

26 March, 2012 by David Meyer

Dell hit with $100m fine over accounting fraud

...charge on its first quarter 2011 earnings, as a result of the federal investigation of accounting fraud at the PC maker. Dell and the Securities... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Erica Ogg
Radiobones 1.2

Radiobones 1.2

...accelerometer, multi touch and high-res screen.Download and start playing.Enjoy!Federal Investigation Information:RadioBones is the same application as JeePee but with other... Read more

5 March, 2011

Anarchy in the USA

Sherman Austin is looking forward to a year in federal prison with the kind of equanimity that most people reserve for a trip to the doctor's office Read more

14 August, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Feds go after Sars spammers

Two US government agencies are warning that Sars-related spam or fraudulent product claims on Web sites are liable to be fined up to $11,000 per violation Read more

12 May, 2003 by Lisa M Bowman

Wall Street's dot-com scapegoat - Buddy, can you spare a paradigm?

...Valley investment banker Frank Quattrone has been convicted of interfering with a federal investigation in December 2000 is supposed to impress us all with the... Read more

4 May, 2004 by Michael Parsons

Microsoft settles over Passport privacy

After a Federal investigation into privacy violations by Microsoft's Passport authentication service, the software... Read more

8 August, 2002 by Declan McCullagh and Sandeep Junnarkar

Obama, McCain campaign PCs compromised

...with a top McCain official that the FBI had become involved. A federal investigation into both attacks is underway. According to Newsweek editor at large... Read more

6 November, 2008 by Robert Vamosi
Palin's email account hacked via social engineering

Palin's email account hacked via social engineering

...old University of Tennessee student has been contacted in connection to the federal investigation of the break-in. Since Tuesday, anonymous posters using a forum... Read more

19 September, 2008 by Robert Vamosi

AMD chips win broader Dell approval

...AMD could not overshadow poor second-quarter results and news of a federal investigation into its accounting. As expected, the world's largest PC maker... Read more

18 August, 2006 by Tom Krazit

Tech firms go on a legislative offensive

...industries have fallen under increasing scrutiny in recent months because of a federal investigation centring on lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who pleaded guilty in January to... Read more

28 March, 2006 by Declan McCullagh

Rambus benefits from rival's woes

...Parker said Wednesday that the company wouldn't comment on the ongoing federal investigation, but he said it had cooperated with the government since the... Read more

2 January, 2004 by Paul Festa

ICANN under investigation

...in .com and .net to VeriSign. The bill also calls for a federal investigation of ICANN's business practices. A pair of Washington state politicians... Read more

20 June, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Oracle campaign cash returned

...would not comment on the report. Urged by lawmakers to conduct a federal investigation, US Attorney John Vincent said this week that he was consulting... Read more

13 May, 2002 by Alorie Gilbert

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