Megaupload offers US deal on N. Zealand extradition
Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom on Wednesday offered to voluntarily leave New Zealand for the United States if prosecutors agree to release funds to bankroll his defence against online piracy charges.
View ArticleOnline scammers using 'FBI message' to demand money
The FBI warned computer users on Thursday to ignore a fake message, purportedly from its officers, that freezes people's screens and demands that they pay a fine for visiting inappropriate websites.
View ArticleUS demanding harsh penalties for price fixers (Update)
(AP)—The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding that a Taiwanese company pay a $1 billion fine and two former top executives each serve 10 years in prison for their central roles in what prosecutors...
View ArticleTaiwan co. fined $500 million for LCD price fixing
(AP)—A Taiwanese company was fined $500 million Thursday and its former president and executive vice president were each sentenced to three years in prison for their leading roles in a global LCD...
View ArticleTaiwan's AUO to appeal over US price-fixing fine
Taiwan's AU Optronics said Friday it would appeal against a US court decision to fine it $500 million for taking part in what prosecutors called the "most serious price-fixing" case in US history.
View ArticlePinpointing accuracy: Research helps solidify evidence in court
Do you know what all of your fingerprints look like? Would you be able to tell whether the pattern of ridges and valleys on a fingerprint was made by you or by someone else? If so, you might have what...
View ArticleMegaupload boss plans relaunch on raid anniversary
Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom Thursday revealed plans to relaunch his file-sharing empire in January on the anniversary of his arrest in New Zealand on online piracy charges.
View ArticleBP near settlement with US over Gulf spill
British oil company BP said Thursday it is in advanced talks with U.S. agencies about settling criminal and other claims from the Gulf of Mexico well blowout two years ago.
View ArticleBarbs fly between HP and former exec on probe
Hewlett-Packard and the former head of a British software firm it acquired traded barbs Tuesday over the US firm's allegations of deliberate accounting tricks ahead of a massive writedown.
View ArticleUS probes HP's Autonomy fraud allegations
US authorities are probing allegations by Hewlett-Packard that a British software firm it bought out had fraudulent accounts, the US tech giant said in its annual report released Thursday.
View ArticleNevada governor signs bill to legalize online gambling
Already home to a major gambling industry, Nevada is preparing to take its expertise online after officials approved a law making it the first state to authorize what could become one of the most...
View Article3Qs: Obama administration fights gay marriage ban
The Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down California's ban on same-sex marriage, arguing that it violates the Constitution's equal protection clause....
View ArticleNIST guides seek interoperability for automated fingerprint ID systems
A new set of publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could make it easier, faster, and most importantly, more reliable, for forensic examiners to match a set of...
View ArticleDietary changes can improve detection dogs' sniffers
From sniffing out bombs and weapons to uncovering criminal evidence, dogs can help save lives and keep the peace. Now, researchers have uncovered how to improve dogs' smelling skills through diet, by...
View ArticleAP probe further strains Obama, press rapport
Reports emerged last week that the Department of Justice had secretly obtained two months' worth of phone records of journalists at The Associated Press as part of a larger investigation into a failed...
View ArticleSprint says panel clears proposed sale to Softbank
Sprint and Japan's Softbank say regulators haven't found any unresolved national security issues related to Softbank's proposed acquisition of Sprint.
View ArticleApple leader admits e-book prices rose with iPad launch
Apple's chief dealmaker acknowledged that prices of best-selling e-books rose after the tech giant launched iPad book sales in 2010, but denied any role in a plot to fix prices.
View ArticleShell to spend $115 million on pollution control
Shell Oil has agreed to spend at least $115 million to cut harmful pollution at a Houston-area refinery.
View ArticleE-books: US tells Apple to cut publishing ties
The US Department of Justice said Friday that tech giant Apple must cut ties with the five publishers with which it was found guilty of running an e-book price-fixing scheme.
View ArticlePublishers want US to shelve Apple e-book restrictions
Heavyweight publishers came out swinging against a bid by the US Department of Justice to rein in deals Apple can make with e-book providers.
View ArticleDOJ proposes shorter e-books injunction for Apple
Apple may face a reduced punishment for conspiring with publishers to raise e-book prices under a new proposal from the federal government.
View ArticleTarget: Justice Dept. investigates its data breach (Update)
Target Corp. said on Monday that the Department of Justice is investigating the credit and debit card security breach at the retailer that's being called the second largest incident in U.S. history.
View ArticlePolice reform law underenforced by Department of Justice
A law designed to combat police misconduct is hamstrung by limited resources, a lack of transparency and "political spillover" at the U.S. Department of Justice, says a recently published empirical...
View ArticleRussian accused of hacking US retailers held for trial (Update)
A Russian national accused of hacking into US retail computer systems was arrested and ordered to face criminal charges, officials said Monday.
View ArticleTwitter sues FBI, DOJ to release NSA request info
Twitter is suing the FBI and the Department of Justice to be able to release more information about government surveillance of its users.
View ArticleHong Kong Facebook user arrested over hacking threat
Hong Kong police said Sunday they had arrested a 21-year-old man after he reportedly said on social networking site Facebook that he would hack several government websites.
View ArticleBP accused of gross negligence in US spill
The US Justice Department has accused oil giant BP of "gross negligence and willful misconduct" in the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in court documents obtained Wednesday.
View ArticleUS fines Transocean $1.4 bn over Gulf oil disaster
The United States hit drilling rig operator Transocean Deepwater with $1.4 billion in criminal and civil fines Thursday for its role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleJudges asked to rule on warrantless GPS tracking
A federal appeals court is being asked to decide if the government must obtain a warrant before placing a GPS tracker on a suspect's car.
View ArticleApplied Materials' Tokyo Electron deal ends in DOJ roadblock
Applied Materials has called off its $9.4 billion acquisition of Tokyo Electron Ltd. after hitting a regulatory roadblock.
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