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AT&T to Propose New Plan to Save T-Mobile Acquisition Deal Amid Antitrust Lawsuit [AT&T Might Have to Divest Itself of Assets, Including Selling Part of T-Mobile to Address Antitrust Claim]

By on Friday, 2. September 2011

In what AT&T has considered a surprise move, the U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T’s acquisition of competitor T-Mobile. The company is now proposing a solution that it hopes would make the deal more favorable to government.

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Safari Users Still Vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle SSL Cert Attacks [Mac OS X Safari Users Can Still Be Tricked With Fake Google.Com SSL Certificates Acquired Fraudulently from DigiNotar]

By on Friday, 2. September 2011

Google has recently warned account users of a potential man-in-the-middle attack due to an unauthorized “google.com” SSL certificate issued by DigiNotar. Google, Mozilla and Microsoft have since updated their respective web browsers to fend off possible attacks, but it seems Apple has yet to patch Safari.

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Oracle, SAP $1.3B Settlement Deal Overturned by Judge [$1.3 Billion Copyright Infringement Settlement by SAP to Oracle Deemed as "Grossly Excessive"]

By on Thursday, 1. September 2011

This piece of news might be considered  important by observers of patent and copyright law. In a landmark decision, a U.S. District Court judge has reversed an earlier order for SAP to pay Oracle $1.3 billion for copyright infringement relating to illegal software downloads done by SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow.

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AT&T Surprised by DoJ Lawsuit [AT&T Execs Did Not Know the DoJ was Planning to File an Antitrust Lawsuit to Block the AT&T, T-Mobile Acquisition; "We Are Surprised & Disappointed"]

By on Thursday, 1. September 2011

When AT&T announced plans to acquire T-Mobile, industry observers believed that the resulting company might end up being too big for the industry’s good, and might stifle competition. The DoJ has since filed an antitrust lawsuit, which seems to have caught AT&T off-guard.

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AT&T Wanted to Bring Back 5,000 Jobs to the U.S. [AT&T Proposed to Reduce Outsourced Work & Instead Hire U.S. Based Call Center Agents to Sweeten the T-Mobile Acquisition Deal]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

You might have heard that the U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit blocking AT&T’s proposed T-Mobile acquisition. But even before that news broke, AT&T was trying to sweeten the deal by proposing 5,000 new jobs in the U.S.

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AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Threatened by DoJ Antitrust Complaint [U.S. Government Files Antitrust Complaint Alleging Deal Will Be Anti-Competitive]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

The much-anticipated major opposition to the AT&T and T-Mobile merger has finally happened. The U.S. government is suing to block the $39 billion acquisition deal, saying the move will “substantially lessen competition” in the mobile industry.

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Libyan Spies Got Help From Western Tech Firms [In the Wake of the Civil War in Libya, Muammar Gaddafi's Gov't is Discovered to Have Eavesdropped on Internet Conversations Using Western Technology]

By on Wednesday, 31. August 2011

It’s not exactly as exciting and sexy as a James Bond adventure, but espionage has rather taken the form of eavesdropping on Internet conversations. In Libya, ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi is said to have been listening in for the past few years with the help from a few friends.

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Google Warns Against SSL Security Breach [Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Might Result in Stolen Google Account Credentials; Users Urged to Update Web Browsers]

By on Tuesday, 30. August 2011

Google has issued warnings against possible man-in-the-middle attacks resulting from a breach in digital SSL certificate issuer DigiNotar’s system. The company says that web browsers need to be patched to prevent user account and identity theft.

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Steve Jobs Biography to Include Resignation, Will Launch as Planned [Official Biography of Former Apple CEO Steve to Launch on Schedule in November Complete With First-Person Perspectives on Resignation]

By on Friday, 26. August 2011

Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple CEO brought as much surprise to Apple fans, tech industry observers and investors alike. But even as the technology icon’s official biography is almost ready to be published, the book will still be able to include details of his resignation in the book.

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Slashdot Founder CmdrTaco Resigns [Rob Malda Leaves Popular Tech News Site; On to Greener Pastures?]

By on Thursday, 25. August 2011

The tech industry has had several iconic individuals leaving their posts lately. While not as Earth-shaking as Steve Jobs resigning — or was it “reigning?” — as Apple CEO, Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda’s resignation from Slashdot signals both the end of an era and that the world will still will go [...]

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