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Week in review: The feds' book 'em club

November 30, 2007 Federal prosecutors denied bid for Amazon.com customer records, and Google takes green to the bank. Also: Verizon Wireless opens up. TAGS: Susan Illston, Amazon.com Inc., prosecutor, federal prosecutor, NSA, U.S. District Judge, Week in review, Bush Administration, conversation, reader, AT&T Corp., bank, telecommunications, document, San Francisco, Google Inc.

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, affidavit, Police Blotter, T-Mobile, Minnesota, homeland security, U.S. District Judge, prosecutor, police, evidence, order, subscriber, location, cell phone, movement

Police Blotter: Bondage Webmaster fights abuse conviction

May 23, 2007 Owner of SlaveSpace.com tries to overturn verdict saying he's guilty of criminal abuse of woman who volunteered to be his sex slave. TAGS: conviction, Police Blotter, Webmaster, Maryland, U.S. District Judge, photograph

Police blotter: Ex-employee sued for deleting files

March 28, 2007 Florida judge rules that permanently deleting files on a company-owned computer violates federal hacking law. TAGS: Police Blotter, Florida, U.S. District Judge, hacking, attorney, open source, laptop computer, hard drive

Police blotter: Detecting computer-generated porn?

January 3, 2007 In this week's installment, the FBI claims that one of its analysts can spot computer-generated images just by looking at them. TAGS: Police Blotter, U.S. District Judge, computer science, image, expert, defense, Massachusetts, children, Adobe PhotoShop, photograph

Police blotter: Alleged al-Qaida hacker goes to court

September 22, 2006 Man accused of being a "sleeper agent" hacker working for Osama bin Laden seeks transfer from military custody. TAGS: declaration, al-Qaida, Police Blotter, Osama bin Laden, bank, U.S. District Judge, banking, hacker, laptop computer, attorney, U.S., Adobe PDF, enemy, president

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, ban, Minnesota, lawsuit, First Amendment, U.S. District Judge, opinion, laptop computer, women, patient, material, PC

Apple goes to the source

March 7, 2005 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh examines the implications of a court battle pitting Apple against a handful of bloggers. TAGS: journalist, blogger, Apple Computer, U.S. District Judge, law, technique, president

Police blotter: Cops raid Usenet provider over porn

September 8, 2006 Judge lets civil rights lawsuit proceed that Usenet provider filed against Pa. police after being raided. TAGS: Usenet, plaintiff, Pennsylvania, raid, Police Blotter, Communications Decency Act, defendant, violation, claim, U.S. District Judge, Internet Service Provider, police, attorney, Judge, law, Internet service

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