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Aaron Swartz's girlfriend blames suicide on 'vindictiveness' of prosecution
Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman says she is 'absolutely confident' that Swartz killed himself because of court case with MITThe partner of the internet activist Aaron Swartz, who killed himself earlier...
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Kim Dotcom in his own words
The web entrepreneur on Hollywood, Aaron Swartz, Julian Assange, copyright and his new website, MegaHaving seen his Megaupload file-storage site closed, the internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has been...
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Aaron Swartz: cannon fodder in the war on internet freedom
Governments are determined to control the internet, and if hackers like Swartz get in the way, they will be crushedOn 11 January, a young American geek named Aaron Swartz killed himself, and most of...
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Aaron Swartz: a bittersweet memorial
Mourners exchange fond memories and angry calls for justiceIt was fitting that a memorial service held Saturday for computer freedom activist Aaron Swartz, who killed himself on January 11 as he faced...
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Boot up: Google v Android (yes), Swartz v pleas, where musicians make money,...
Plus what apps show when there's nothing to show, the infographic plague, when the government checks your bits, and moreA quick burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology...
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Boot up: Surface Pro, Ms Schmidt in north Korea, 4K's challenge, and more
Plus the NFC flaw from last summer, activism and Aaron Swartz, do you want a dual-screen smartphone?, Huawei's Irish hiring, and moreA quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the...
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Hacktivists cry foul over US government's 'ludicrous' cyber crackdown
Andrew Auernheimer, a 'trailer-park troll' from the same web community as Aaron Swartz, faces 10 years in jail for data breaches. Why is the US prosecuting in such draconian fashion?Andrew "Weev"...
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Anonymous takes down US Sentencing Commission website
Hacking collective threatens to make public classified material and that when Aaron Swartz killed himself 'a line was crossed'Hacktivist group Anonymous said Saturday it had hijacked the website of the...
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Aaron Swartz case prompts letter to US attorney general from congressmen
Republican Darrell Issa and Democrat Elijah Cummings ask whether level of Swartz's prosecution was 'appropriate'Members of Congress investigating the prosecution of Aaron Swartz have asked the US...
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Aaron Swartz files reveal how FBI tracked internet activist
Firedoglake blogger Daniel Wright publishes once-classified FBI documents that show extent of agency's investigation into SwartzA blogger has published once-classified FBI files that show how the...
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Obama White House expands access to federally funded research
Campaigners herald boost for accessibility of scientific information and say Aaron Swartz case gave momentumThe White House has announced that is expanding public access to federally-funded research....
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Aaron Swartz's partner accuses US of delaying investigation into prosecution
Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman says she's been told an out-of-date manifesto was a key element in the case against himThe partner of late internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz has accused the US...
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Eric Holder defends Aaron Swartz hacking prosecution
Attorney general expresses sympathy for Swartz's family but tells senators the case was a 'good use of prosecutorial discretion'The US attorney general has defended the prosecution of Aaron Swartz, the...
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MIT agrees to release Aaron Swartz documents – with redactions
MIT president says names of employees in public documents will be blacked out 'to protect privacy and safety' of individualsThe president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on...
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Is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act the 'worst law in technology'? | Dan Gillmor
It is bad – enabling federal prosecutors' harassment of Aaron Swartz. But America's copyright regime is an even greater threatIs the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act the "worst law in technology", as...
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Brewster's trillions: Internet Archive strives to keep web history alive
Priceless hoard of bytes aims to save websites which could otherwise be lost – all from suburban San FranciscoIn an era of information overload and ephemera, where an online sensation may last all of...
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Strongbox: New Yorker's salvo in the 'war between data capture and privacy'
New open-source drop box for leaked documents co-created by Aaron Swartz launches, provides 'secure route' for sourcesWhen Kevin Poulsen, a former hacker who now edits at Wired magazine, came up with...
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Aaron Swartz: hacker, genius… martyr?
Aaron Swartz was a tech whiz-kid and political activist devoted to a free and open internet. When he tried to 'liberate' data from an academic website, US authorities responded fiercely. He faced a...
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Boot up: Surface Pro, Ms Schmidt in north Korea, 4K's challenge, and more
Plus the NFC flaw from last summer, activism and Aaron Swartz, do you want a dual-screen smartphone?, Huawei's Irish hiring, and moreA quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the...
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Hacktivists cry foul over US government's 'ludicrous' cyber crackdown
Andrew Auernheimer, a 'trailer-park troll' from the same web community as Aaron Swartz, faces 10 years in jail for data breaches. Why is the US prosecuting in such draconian fashion?Andrew "Weev"...
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