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Feds target Internet piracy organizations
Jun 30 2005 7:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government announced Thursday an 11-nation crackdown on Internet piracy organizations responsible for stealing copies of the latest "Star Wars" film and other movies, games and software programs worth at least $50 million.
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U.S. won't cede control of Net computers
Jun 30 2005 5:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. government will indefinitely retain oversight of the main computers that control traffic on the Internet, ignoring calls by some countries to turn the function over to an international body, a senior official said Thursday.
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'Timeshare Spammer' set to plead guilty
Jun 30 2005 11:54AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A man known as "The Timeshare Spammer" said Thursday he will plead guilty to one count of violating anti-spam laws, marking one of the first prosecutions using the federal statute.
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Microsoft might license Xbox software
Jun 30 2005 7:56AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Forget the video game console _ your TV could already have the brains to play those games. A coy Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates hinted Thursday that his company might license the software underlying its Xbox gaming machine to a variety of outside companies in a bid to expand the market share for the Xbox machine _ a platform that trails the sector's No. 1 Sony PlayStation.
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