Court overturns man's lifetime computer ban
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A U.S. appeals court overturned a Pennsylvania man's lifetime ban on using computers and  accessing the Internet, saying it would hinder his ability to work or go to school.
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The federal government is asking a U.S. District Court in Vermont to order a man to type a password that would unlock files on his computer, despite his claim that doing so would constitute self-incrimination.
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A state appeals court this week in California upheld a ruling against a man who broke into the apartment of a woman he met through an online dating service, which may result in a life sentence due to their "three strikes" law.
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In the digital age, there are few black-and-white rules. Rather, we live in an era of gray when it comes to technology and the law.  A federal case that was recently dismissed before it reached trial is the latest example.
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A Russian court convicted a Siberian  scientist of spying at a retrial on Friday, overturning his  earlier acquittal that had sparked the anger of the FSB state  security forces.
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The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a judge's order that a man avoid having more children while on probation for failing to pay child support.
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Blog: In unprecedented decision, judge orders search engine to turn over user information stored in RAM.  Court allows IP addresses to be blacked out for now.
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The U.S. Interior Department can keep its computers connected to the Internet despite the fact that hackers could manipulate royalty payments owed to American Indians for use of their land, an appeals court ruled Friday.
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The European Union's second highest court dismisses the software giant's appeal against an anti-trust order
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By Eric Berkman  E-mail conversations between an employee and his lawyer, conducted via the employee's private, Web-based e-mail account but from a company-issued computer, were protected by the attorney- client privilege, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ruled.
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A federal appeals court Tuesday allowed former star technology banker Frank Quattrone to remain free while he appeals his conviction on obstruction of justice charges.
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R. James Nicholsonâs term was marked by the theft of a laptop computer that compromised the personal information of tens of millions of people.
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A California man has been sentenced to seven years and three months in prison and ordered to pay $5.4 million in restitution as a result of a federal piracy case, software company Autodesk said Friday.
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In a potentially landmark case in Vermont, judge says that thanks to the Fifth Amendment, a child pornography defendant doesn't need to turn over his laptop's PGP passphrase.
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Amplifying on its ban against execution of the insane, the Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a Texas man convicted of murder.
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After retailer allegedly discovers contraband on man's computer, he asks judges to say results of search cannot be used as evidence against him.
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LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS  - A European Union court on  Wednesday upheld penalties imposed by the EU executive on  Microsoft, dismissing the software giant's appeal for a  suspension, according to a document obtained by Reuters.