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US follows tech leaders into big data

...to help them spot cyber-threats before they are attacked. Under the US government's plans, the Department of Energy will spend $25m on creating... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Jack Clark

Symantec blamed for Huawei alliance break-up

...telecommunications equipment maker would prevent it from obtaining classified information from the US government about cyber-threats. Quoting sources familiar with the matter, The New... Read more

27 March, 2012 by Ellyne Phneah

Report: Hackers interfered with US satellites

...four times in recent years, according to a draft report by a US government committee. Hackers twice interfered with a Landsat-7 satellite, according to... Read more

28 October, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft and US sue for return of antitrust documents

...Microsoft, the US government and nine states have gone to court to demand the return... Read more

22 August, 2011 by David Meyer

US warns of hole in Iconics infrastructure software

...The US government is warning critical-infrastructure operators of a serious hole in software... Read more

13 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft business suite gets US government certification

...Business Productivity Online Services-Federal product has won certification for use by US government agencies Read more

21 April, 2011 by Jay Greene

Nasa prepares for potential US government shutdown

...shutdown over budget disagreements. Nasa is preparing for the effect a possible US government shutdown will have on the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour... Read more

8 April, 2011 by William Harwood

Wikileaks Twitter dispute reaches European Parliament

...An influential group of European politicians is protesting the US government's attempt to pry Wikileaks-related information out of Twitter, saying... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Wikileaks volunteer hires lawyers to fight Twitter request

...An ex-Wikileaks volunteer has hired American lawyers to oppose the US government's efforts to obtain the contents of her Twitter account. Birgitta... Read more

11 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh
Wikileaks gets ZDNet readers' support

Wikileaks gets ZDNet readers' support

...that Amazon had stopped its relationship with Wikileaks after pressure from the US government, a claim that Amazon later denied. Payments processors also ceased business... Read more

20 December, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Google sues US government over tech contract bidding

...Google and the US government are headed for a legal showdown over a claim that the... Read more

2 November, 2010 by Tom Krazit

US government to seek intercept powers on internet

...The US government will seek to introduce a new federal law forcing internet, email... Read more

27 September, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

DoJ joins whistleblower in Oracle fraud suit

...database software company Oracle, which claims that the company intentionally defrauded the US government by mispricing software licences. The suit centres on a General Services... Read more

30 July, 2010 by Jack Clark
US cyber-tsar: Tackle jailbroken iPhones

US cyber-tsar: Tackle jailbroken iPhones

...concerns about data loss and access control. Schmidt also revealed how the US government is working to share more information gathered by intelligence agencies with... Read more

24 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Wikileaks begins publishing Stratfor emails

...Here we have a private intelligence firm, relying on informants from the US government, foreign intelligence agencies with questionable reputations, and journalists," Assange told Reuters... Read more

27 February, 2012 by Steven Musil

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knapper

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It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

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Jason Burchell

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apexwm

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