Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
US judge orders hundreds of sites “de-indexed” from Google, Facebook — After a series of one-sided hearings, luxury goods maker Chanel has won recent court orders against hundreds of websites trafficking in counterfeit luxury goods. A federal judge in Nevada has agreed that Chanel can seize …
Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
Is The Feds’ New PR Campaign Against Film Piracy Even Legal? — Federal law enforcement agents celebrated cyber-Monday in their own peculiar fashion by seizing 150 websites to go with along with the 72 they bagged last year. And now the agencies are using the captured trophies to blast movie piracy …
Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
Feds Play Movie Industry Messages On Seized Websites – Legality Unclear — Federal law enforcement agents celebrated cyber-Monday in their own peculiar fashion by seizing 150 websites to go with along with the 72 they bagged last year. And now the agencies are using the captured trophies …
Randall Stross / New York Times:
Digital Domain: Data Furnaces Could Bring Heat to Homes — TO satisfy our ever-growing need for computing power, many technology companies have moved their work to data centers with tens of thousands of power-gobbling servers. Concentrated in one place, the servers produce enormous heat.