N. C. Boy, 12, Held on Stolen Car, Gun Charges

I don't know about his background or family but this boy needs a lot of help. In some way he was able to get away with a car and guns.  It could have been worse.  He could have killed someone. " A...

ICL players’ dues yet to be paid by BCCI

"Banned by the BCCI for having signed up with the Indian Cricket League (ICL) in 2007, 64 Indian cricketers are still waiting to be paid dues worth millions of rupees they claim the Indian board owes them for matches played on the official domestic circuit before they joined...

Veoh wins copyright suit, sets precedent

"In a decision that should bode well for larger video sharing sites that are in legal trouble such as YouTube, a federal judge has absolved Veoh of any responsibility in the unauthorized posting of copyrighted...

Canadian Court Shuts Down Quebec Torrent Site

In a move many people see as controversial, a Quebec court has ruled that a torrent tracker site based out of Quebec, and hosting mostly french-language content, must shut down. This is a tricky situation, because it could leave the potential open for shutting down any...

In Which We Explore the Federal Laws that Apply to Cyberstalking

"Tragedies frequently result in flurries of legal activity. Last years witnessed the Myspace tragedy in which a 13 year old girl committing suicide. Unfortunately stalking laws have been clumsy tools that are difficult if not impossible for law enforcement officials to...

Internet addressing agency (ICANN) loses its own addresses

Uh oh. Another reminded that on the Internet, things aren't always as they seem."This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, said it...

Someone's Listening: Civ Lib Groups Demand Eavesdropping Disclosure

While the ACLU and the EFF demand that the Department of Justice disclose when they're listening in on Americans' mobile phone conversations and tracking their movements via phone signals, they're met with the...

"Car Dealers Take Test Drive of Your Credit"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorLove the shiny new car? Salvitating for  a  joyride around the block?  One only has to let the car dealership make a copy of your drivers licence, before...

At Least 25 Per Cent of iPhones are Unlocked

Although the iPhone isn't set up with a carrier in Canada yet, I've seen a couple unlocked iPhones around.Of course, that's nothing compared to the 1 million or so iphones that are operating on unauthorized...

Tom Cruise Biography controversy

Scientology : Andrew Morton's Tom Cruise Unauthorized Biography controversey , Watch the video on http://mysharingworld.com/

Lebanese women pleads guilty in US security case

"Nada Prouty (37) pleaded guilty in Michigan to charges of conspiracy, unauthorized computer access and naturalization fraud. The charges carry penalties of up to 10 years in prison, fines and loss of citizenship. "This defendant engaged in a pattern of deceit to secure U.S....

Microsoft "...Didn't Change Automatic Updates"

"Microsoft has denied that its software had arbitrarily changed Windows Vista's update settings, saying that users were responsible for the modifications that generated claims of unauthorized patch installs. Reacting to reports that first surfaced last week, a program manager...

18-Years-Old Hacks The Orange County 911 System And Dispatched SWAT Team

"A Washington State teenager is facing 18 years in prison on charges that he used his PC to access Orange County, California's 911 emergency response system and convinced the sheriff's department into storming an area couple's home with a heavily armed SWAT team. Randall...

The Drug Tax Man Cometh

"The Drug Tax Man Cometh riceKtreats.jpgIn Tennessee, there’s this law called the Taxation of Unauthorized Substances Act. It basically says that folks arrested for illegal possession of drugs have to pay a tax on those drugs, with the tax amount determined by the weight of...

Chinese Hackers Target German Gov. Computers

 "Again the Chinese playing games. Berlin - Chinese hackers have infiltrated German government computers with spy programmes, the news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday. The report said the malicious...

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