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  • Lawyers ask US Supreme Court to limit mobile phone searches

    Police shouldn't be able to search suspects' mobile phones at the time of arrest because of the huge amounts of private information now stored on those devices, lawyers for two criminal defendants argued before U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday.

    Written by Grant Gross30 April 14 05:02
  • Aereo court case: Consumer control over TV vs. broadcaster copyrights

    The ability of television viewers to control and watch programs may be at stake when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a copyright infringement case brought by TV networks against Aereo, a service that streams over-the-air television online.

    Written by Grant Gross22 April 14 02:46
  • US Supreme Court declines to hear NSA surveillance case

    The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit challenging the U.S. National Security Agency's collection of U.S. phone records filed by a conservative activist, despite a lower court's ruling that the program may be illegal.

    Written by Grant Gross08 April 14 02:54
  • Controversial Mozilla CEO, Brendan Eich, resigns

    CEO of Mozilla for less than two weeks, Brendan Eich stepped down today amid controversy over his 2008 contributions to supporters of Proposition 8, the California initiative that banned same-sex marriage.

    Written by Gregg Keizer04 April 14 07:19
  • Supreme Court could limit software patents in Alice case

    A case before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week could have a huge impact on business-method and software patents, with some experts concerned that the court could put significant limits on what can be patented.

    Written by Grant Gross03 April 14 07:04
  • Supreme Cout justices question some software patents

    The U.S. Supreme Court could wipe out a whole swath of software and business-method patents if justices invalidate four electronic-trading patents, an attorney for patent-owner Alice said.

    Written by Grant Gross01 April 14 05:45
  • Mozilla employees call for new CEO's resignation

    Several Mozilla employees yesterday took to Twitter to call for the resignation of their new CEO, JavaScript creator Branden Eich, for supporting California's Proposition 8 more than five years ago.

    Written by Gregg Keizer29 March 14 05:12
  • US House considers alternatives to Internet sales tax bill

    The U.S. Congress needs to consider alternatives to a Senate-passed bill that would require online retailers to collect sales tax based on the location of their customers, the chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee said Wednesday.

    Written by Grant Gross12 March 14 18:18
  • Defendant challenges DOJ's use of NSA surveillance

    A man charged with aiding a terrorist organization has asked a U.S. court to throw out information collected by the National Security Agency, saying the NSA's surveillance of his Internet communications violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

    Written by Grant Gross29 Jan. 14 22:24
  • Justices let stand appeals court decision on border searches of laptops

    In a boost for civil rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision that requires U.S. border agents to have at least some cause for searching electronic devices belonging to travelers at the nation's borders.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan13 Jan. 14 22:20
  • Supreme Court to hear case on Aereo's broadcast TV streaming

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a battle between TV broadcasters and Aereo, a startup that streams television over the Internet, as the final step in a case that could have broad implications for the future of online TV services.

    Written by Martyn Williams11 Jan. 14 01:13
  • US Supreme Court to hear software patent case

    The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a controversial software patent case after a federal appeals court ruled that an abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system.

    Written by Grant Gross06 Dec. 13 18:58
  • Supreme Court refusal to block NSA data collection not surprising

    Privacy rights advocates and legal experts this week said they were disappointed but not surprised with the U.S. Supreme Court's denial of a petition challenging the legality of the National Security Agency's phone metadata collection program.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan19 Nov. 13 17:33
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