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Minnesota court takes dim view of encryption

May 24, 2005 Using PGP to encrypt files can be viewed as evidence of criminal intent, an appeals court rules. TAGS: Minnesota, appeals court, PGP Corp., conviction, evidence, Judge

Police Blotter: Defendant wins breathalyzer source code

August 9, 2007 Man charged with drunk driving says his attorney needs access to the source code to fight the charges; state supreme court agrees. TAGS: Minnesota, source code, Police Blotter, prohibition, defendant, attorney, state, court

RIAA verdict playback

October 8, 2007 A Thursday verdict requiring a Minnesota woman to pay $220,000 to the RIAA gets mixed reactions from public and politicos. TAGS: RIAA, Minnesota, recording industry, woman, intellectual property, copyright law, file-sharing, president

Doubts arise over fate of breathalyzer source code

August 10, 2007 Attorney for a man accused of drunk driving predicts device maker won't turn over code, which could lead to charges being dropped. TAGS: Minnesota, source code, state official, attorney, state

Minnesota backs down on VoIP rules--for now

December 1, 2004 Utility regulators suspend attempt to impose their old fashioned telephone rules on Internet phone service Vonage. TAGS: Minnesota, Vonage Holdings Corp., Internet telephone service provider, Internet phone, U.S. District Court Judge, VoIP, regulator, commission, VoIP company, state, decision, service provider, call

Teen gets 18 months in prison for worm

January 28, 2005 Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, must also participate in 10 months of community service for unleashing a variant of the MSBlast worm. TAGS: Jeffrey Lee Parson, MSBlast worm, prison, Minnesota, variant, worm, Microsoft Corp.

Police Blotter: Imprisoned sex offenders demand PCs

May 16, 2007 Sex offenders committed to Minnesota facility say confiscation of their PCs in security crackdown violates their constitutional rights. TAGS: Police Blotter, Minnesota, patient, facility, state, security, PC

Aging infrastructure at heart of Minnesota disaster

August 2, 2007 The fatal collapse of a bridge isn't an isolated incident. Over time, the infrastructure of America just plain wears out. TAGS: bridge, Minnesota, infrastructure, U.S., monitor

States battle FCC Internet phone ruling

January 5, 2005 Minnesota and California to appeal federal regulatory ruling that bars them from taxing Net phone service providers. TAGS: Minnesota, Vonage Holdings Corp., Internet phone company, phone service, VoIP, BellSouth Corp., AT&T Corp., California, decision, IP

Police Blotter: E911 rules aid police in tracking cell phones

February 8, 2008 Court order lets Homeland Security obtain precise location data from T-Mobile about customer's movements in real time. TAGS: E911, informant, Police Blotter, affidavit, Minnesota, T-Mobile, homeland security, U.S. District Judge, prosecutor, subscriber, movement, location, evidence, cell phone, order, Real-Time

States struggling to deal with digital documents

April 25, 2006 Minnesota has followed Massachusetts with a bill to adopt open formats, but most states have yet to tackle digital archives. TAGS: Minnesota, CIO, Massachusetts, state, OpenDocument Format, standards, document, agency, office, information technology, format, IBM Corp.

OpenDocument up for adoption in Texas, Minnesota

February 7, 2007 States may follow Massachusetts in making the rival to Microsoft Word format the standard for all documents, spreadsheets and presentations. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Texas, Minnesota, Massachusetts, agency, bill, spreadsheet, standard, presentation, document, state, XML, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

Police blotter: Sex offender demands Playboy on PC

October 6, 2006 In this week's installment, committed murderer and sex offender who had his laptop confiscated wins in federal court. TAGS: Police Blotter, Minnesota, lawsuit, ban, First Amendment, U.S. District Judge, women, patient, opinion, laptop computer, PC

Senator: Keep U.N. away from the Internet

October 19, 2005 The United Nations has no place controlling the Internet, says a Senate resolution introduced before a summit next month. TAGS: U.N., summit, Bush Administration, objection, influence, Minnesota, resolution, senator, domain name, agency, tax

Police blotter: Wells Fargo not required to encrypt data

April 14, 2006 Bank wins ruling in suit claiming its contractor should have encrypted customer data on computers that were stolen. TAGS: Wells Fargo & Co., plaintiff, summary judgment, Police Blotter, injury, damage, class action, breach, Minnesota, bank, monitoring

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