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Police Blotter: Armed robbers nabbed through text messages

February 25, 2008 Court doesn't agree with armed-robbery defendants, who say police need a judge-signed court order to obtain archived text messages. TAGS: text message, Police Blotter, subpoena, defendant, prosecutor, count, evidence, attorney, message, U.S.

AOL phisher faces up to 101 years in prison

January 16, 2007 Found guilty by a jury, a California man faces time in federal prison for sending out e-mail scams and related crimes. TAGS: prosecutor, jury, prison, phishing, CAN-SPAM Act, America Online Inc., credit card, attorney, billing, Time Warner Inc., Microsoft Office, California, U.S., e-mail

Microsoft lags in antitrust compliance, U.S. says

January 24, 2006 Prosecutors say it has "fallen significantly behind" in meeting certain obligations under its antitrust deal. TAGS: technical committee, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, prosecutor, antitrust, documentation, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Attempt to extradite online 'pirate' blocked

March 26, 2004 An Australian court rejects prosecutors' effort to bring the alleged ringleader of the DrinkorDie group to United States for trial. TAGS: DrinkOrDie, Antony Townsden, prosecutor, piracy, U.S., attorney

Three convictions in Net piracy sweeps

March 9, 2005 Software pirates plead guilty, face up to 10 years in prison, in largest multinational Net piracy investigation to date. TAGS: men, prosecutor, piracy, attorney, intellectual property, U.S.

Identity thief gets 14 years

January 12, 2005 The scam Philip Cummings took part in cost people, businesses and financial institutions at least $50 million, prosecutors say. TAGS: financial company, prosecutor, U.S.

Another suspected NASA hacker indicted

December 1, 2006 Romanian charged with breaking into U.S. government systems faces up to 54 years in federal prison if convicted. TAGS: Romania, prosecutor, hacking, hacker, attorney, U.S.

Ex-McAfee lawyer indicted in backdating probe

February 27, 2007 He faces fraud charges related to alleged backdating of stock options when security company was known as Network Associates. TAGS: stock option, Networks Associates Technology Inc., McAfee Inc., count, probe, attorney, prosecutor, lawyer, U.S., San Francisco

Freed blogger calls release a victory

April 4, 2007 Video blogger Josh Wolf, who spent 226 days in prison, agrees to release his subpoenaed video footage and answer two questions. Video: Post-prison press conference Photos: A free Josh Wolf TAGS: journalist, blogger, press conference, victory, prosecutor, government, San Francisco, blog, video, U.S.

HP investigator argues California can't try him

January 18, 2007 Bryan Wagner, a data broker charged in connection with the HP boardroom scandal, says state's double jeopardy laws protect him from prosecution. TAGS: Bryan Wagner, defendant, crime, state, HP, prosecutor, attorney, California, identity theft, spokesman, Microsoft Office, U.S.

Judge denies guilty plea in AOL spam case

December 21, 2004 Ex-AOL employee's hearing is postponed; judge cites vagueness in prosecutors' argument that theft violated Can-Spam. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, plea, prosecutor, America Online Inc., theft, spammer, Judge, Time Warner Inc., e-mail address, attorney, e-mail, U.S.

A tale of two cases

March 24, 2004 European regulators are going far beyond what U.S. prosecutors ultimately agreed to accept from Microsoft. How did similar antitrust philosophies lead to divergent courses? TAGS: European Union, antitrust, regulator, prosecutor, merger, U.S., multimedia, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

Justice Dept.: Vista satisfies antitrust deal

November 21, 2006 U.S. prosecutors say Microsoft appears to have addressed all concerns raised about new Windows, Internet Explorer 7. TAGS: technical committee, antitrust, Microsoft Windows Vista, prosecutor, attorney, government, Microsoft Corp., operating system, U.S., Microsoft Windows

Federal case may redefine child porn

November 30, 2006 Justice Department indicts a photographer over a site that posted photos of clothed minors--a case that has raised First Amendment issues. TAGS: indictment, Alabama, nudity, First Amendment, attorney, modeling, prosecutor, Florida, U.S., photograph

Prosecutor: Debit card crime ring busted

March 14, 2006 Authorities link 14 people to credit and debit card information that a prosecutor says was stolen from OfficeMax and other businesses. TAGS: debit card, OfficeMax Inc., sheriff, prosecutor, hack, arrest, cash, fraud, credit card, investigation, bank, U.S., security

This week in Google

February 24, 2006 A federal judge rules that portions of Google's popular image search feature likely violate U.S. copyright law. TAGS: image search, EarthLink Inc., copyright law, Google Inc., prosecutor, federal judge, city, U.S., photograph

Feds admit error in hacking conviction

October 17, 2003 Federal prosecutors ask an appeals court to reverse a computer-crime conviction that punished a California man for notifying a company's customers of a flaw in its e-mail service. TAGS: conviction, federal prosecutor, hacking, flaw, attorney, prosecutor, government, California, security, San Francisco, e-mail, U.S.

'Homeless hacker' pleads guilty to Times hack

January 8, 2004 Adrian Lamo, famous for his rootless lifestyle and boasts of high-profile electronic intrusions, honors a plea bargain involving hacking into The New York Times computer network. TAGS: Adrian Lamo, intrusion, computer network, lifestyle, hacking, prosecutor, hacker, Yahoo! Inc., U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Police blotter: Net pharmacy conviction overturned

February 17, 2006 Web site owners convicted of running illegal pharmacy get new trial, after judges rule video testimony was unconstitutional. TAGS: witness, testimony, pharmacy, videoconferencing, defendant, Police Blotter, prosecution, conviction, trial, policy, evidence, government, prosecutor, Australia, attorney, video

Ashcroft's new Internet antiporn gambit

March 8, 2004 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why the U.S. attorney general's office is about to step up its prosecution of anyone violating federal Internet obscenity statutes. TAGS: John Ashcroft, prosecution, porn, prosecutor, First Amendment, U.S.
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