mucho moola
FBI seizes over $27 million in bitcoins, likely from Silk Road suspect
Feds tell Forbes that the 26,000 bitcoins belonged to Dread Pirate Roberts.
Law & Disorder / Civilization & Discontents
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Qualcomm hit with $173M patent verdict—but plaintiff is the real loser
The payday wasn't enough, and ParkerVision may have more plans for its patents.
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Dear AV provider: Do you enable NSA spying? Yours, EFF
Open letter from 25 groups asks AV firms if they cooperate with spy agencies.
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From russia with love
Snowden rebuts Feinstein’s statement that NSA spying “is not surveillance”
"No telephone in America makes a call without leaving a record with the NSA."
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Patent troll asks judge for gag order to silence opponent
Lumen View's lawyer says that its $50,000 demand must be kept secret.
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If it's too good to be true…
US charges Romanians with making $3M in fraudulent online car deals
Deals posted to eBay, Cars.com for cars "that did not actually exist."
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Five reasons AT&T shouldn’t be allowed to ditch “monopoly” regulations
"This is not AT&T;'s transition": Americans depend on consumer protection rules.
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With friends like these
US official handed over 35 foreign leaders’ phone numbers to NSA
New Snowden doc says NSA wanted foreign leaders' phone numbers for surveillance.
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Why #iphone is banned on Instagram, but #gunforsale is not
Instagram polices its community pretty hard but not in this case.
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Finally, a bill to end patent trolling
Bipartisan bill has most of what reformers want—and a real chance of passing.
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O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!
Germany accuses US of spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone
White House: US "is not monitoring and will not monitor" her communications.
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Put a cap on it
You don’t want cable data caps—but a former FCC chairman does
It's not too late for caps, according to the cable industry's top lobbyist.
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When a gaming actress’ nude images leak, who should take the legal blame?
Nude shots of Ellen Page from Beyond: Two Souls introduce many legal questions.
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Hack turns Belkin baby monitor into iPhone-controlled bugging device
The "Internet of things" may make life richer, but it can also allow new attacks.
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Appellate court: Nope, feds can’t just GPS track your car without a warrant
Men accused of robbing Rite Aid pharmacies tracked via GPS on getaway van.
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top 5 reasons to ignore this document
Prenda-linked lawyer is incensed about financial data being revealed
The spreadsheet is fake, or maybe not. Or it's irrelevant. Oh, and it's stolen.
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Air traffic control
Top Silk Road drug dealer was an informant, then got arrested
Steven Sadler, suspected of running "Nod" account, cooperated for two months.
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Walking the Scandinavian plank
Pirate Bay cofounder appeals hacking case, argues to halt his extradition
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg may be sent to Denmark to face new charges.
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About to go up in smoke
Google Earth narcs on an Oregonian marijuana grower
With freely available satellite images, your huge pot operation is never safe.
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How Apple’s Address Book app could allow the NSA to harvest your contacts
When syncing your Address Book to Gmail, HTTPS encryption isn't an option.
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Hasta la vista, baby
isoHunt shuts down a day early to avoid becoming part of online archive
BitTorrent search site founder says 95% of its torrents can be found elsewhere.
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CryptoSeal VPN shuts down rather than risk NSA demands for crypto keys
Complying with US law while protecting user privacy a tough task, company says.
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Can we trust the data brokers who store our most intimate private details?
Report: ID theft site that victimized 500,000 people bought data from Experian.
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Bad Edits
Wikipedia editors, locked in battle with PR firm, delete 250 accounts
Investigation follows reports that Wiki-PR scored Viacom, Priceline as clients.
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France angered by new revelations of NSA surveillance
Le Monde suggests that France (and probably other EU powers) knew all along.
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Feature Story (2 pages)
24-hour car race helps automakers design your next hybrid vehicle
Tech behind past Audi and Toyota race cars may already be in your driveway.
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Feature Story (24 pages)
OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review
No longer an apex predator, OS X takes some time for introspection.
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Feature Story (4 pages)
Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary
Android is open—except for all the good parts.
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Feature Story (4 pages)
Windows 8.1: What a difference a year makes
Review: Not perfect, but 8.1 is an OS that actually works for desktop, mobile.
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