Hollywood’s piracy schtick might be getting a little old. Not only does the movie industry continue to create less-than-impressive relationships with its audience by suing the pants off alleged file-sharers, now it’s worried that faster Internet download speeds will enable piracy. … more

The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance. … more

The filesharing website The Pirate Bay has been blocked to millions of UK internet users following a high court ruling earlier this week. … more

Young people are increasingly turning to virtual private networks (VPNs) to anonymise their free sharing of music and movies, a new study has suggested. … more

Apple has been forced by the Advertising Standards Authority to withdraw claims in the UK that its new iPad has “4G capability” to join high-speed mobile broadband services - because there will be no services compatible with the device here. … more

Nokia has unleashed a massive lawsuit campaign against HTC, RIM, and Viewsonic.
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Motorola Mobility has been granted an injunction against the distribution of key Microsoft products in Germany. … more

A leading House Democrat is demanding information from the country’s biggest cellphone companies about their role in helping local police departments conduct surveillance and tracking of suspects and others in criminal investigations. … more

Internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK will soon have to block online access to the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay following a ruling by the High Court. However, trivial technical workarounds could limit the usefulness of the measure. … more

The FCC revelations showing that Google’s engineer knew that Street View would collect data, followed by the company’s obstructive behaviour to the investigation, show that it has grown too big for its management … more