Stories by Grant Gross

US DOJ questions net neutrality rules

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should resist calls to impose net neutrality regulations on broadband providers because such rules could hurt the Internet, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.

Unlocking the iPhone could invite DMCA suit

Hackers who unlock Apple's iPhone from the AT&T network and share the method with 10 million of their closest Internet friends are inviting a lawsuit from the two companies, several intellectual property lawyers said Monday.

P-to-P users expose US government secrets

Contractors and U.S. government employees are sharing hundreds of secret documents on peer-to-peer networks, in many cases overriding the default security settings on their P-to-P software to do so, according to a company that monitors the networks.

US man faces online porn charges

A U.S. grand jury in Los Angeles has charged a California man with operating an Internet-based obscenity distribution business and other offenses, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

Hundreds weigh in on net neutrality

Hundreds of groups and individual Internet users sounded off to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on net neutrality in comments filed Monday, the deadline for responding to the agency's inquiry into the proposed regulation.

Samsung, Ericsson make amends

Ericsson and Samsung have reached a cross-licence agreement for their mobile telephony patents, ending recent lawsuits between the two companies.

Lawsuit: Ex-Broadcom CEO used drugs, prostitutes

A civil lawsuit accusing Henry Nicholas III, the former president and CEO of Broadcom Corp., of mistreating employees, using illegal drugs and paying for prostitutes, has reportedly caught the attention of U.S. law enforcement officials investigating stock options backdating at the company.

Extradited Aussie pirate sentenced to 51 months

The leader of one of the oldest and most widely recognised internet software piracy groups was sentenced to 51 months in prison on one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced last week.

Networking execs sentenced for accounting fraud

Four former executives with computer networking and security vendor Enterasys Networks have been sentenced to prison terms for their roles in accounting fraud at the company that cost investors millions of dollars, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

Funding and security vex govt telco managers

US government agencies are interested in unified communications systems that integrate voice, video and data over internet protocol, but they have concerns about funding and security, according to a recent survey.

Tech vendors disagree on patent reform

Legislation that would overhaul the U.S. patent system would hurt innovation and decrease the value of patents, representatives of two tech companies said Wednesday.

Antitrust judge favours Microsoft search agreement

A US judge said yesterday she will likely defer to an agreement on desktop search forged between Microsoft and the plaintiffs in the US government's antitrust lawsuit against the software vendor, instead of responding to a complaint from rival Google.

Former Enron Broadband CEO sentenced

Kenneth Rice, former chief executive officer of Enron Broadband Services (EBS), has been sentenced to 27 months in prison on securities fraud charges and ordered to turn over about US$15 million, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.

FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal

Google Inc. on Tuesday confirmed that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating its proposed US$3.1 billion purchase of online advertising seller DoubleClick Inc.

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