Topic: U.S. Department of Justice

A Tired Excuse

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales learned a lot from the corporate scandals of the past few years. Unfortunately, he learned the wrong stuff. "As we can all imagine in an organization of 110,000 people, I am not aware of every bit of ...READ»

The Latest in Identity Theft

This summer, the Department of Justice cracked the biggest case of identity theft in history. While we are thankful to the Justice Department for its hard work in bringing the identity thieves to justice, it does not negate the fact ...READ»

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Booksellers Say Wal-Mart/Amazon Price War Is Anticompetitive

Earlier this week I reported that Sears seemed to have won the book price wars started by Wal-Mart by giving away books essentially for free. At the time, I speculated that the move might actually have positive ramifications for ...READ»

Simon & Schuster to Sell E-Books by the Chapter

Several big-box retailers scared the hell out of book publishers two weeks ago by announcing they'd be selling popular hardcover books below cost. Fearing that the discounts would put permanent downward pressure on book prices, the ...READ»

Don't Delete that E-Mail + The Creativity of Crowds

There have been plenty of warnings over the last several years about being careful with what you write in an email as it may one day come back to bite you in a court of law. But cigarette maker Phillip Morris yesterday discovered the ...READ»

Dept. of Justice May Investigate AT&T over iPhone Deal

The unusually long contract between Apple and AT&T for the sale of the iPhone may prompt the Department of Justice to look into charging large telecom providers with anticompetitive practices. According to the Wall Street ...READ»

The Biggest Hack Exposed: How Safe is the Web Really?

Last week, the Department of Justice cracked the biggest case of credit card and identity theft in U.S. history. Oh, snap. Last Tuesday, Federal prosecutors charged 11 hackers with the theft and sale of more than 40 million credit and ...READ»

Microsoft's Flip Flop

I've been intrigued by the conflagration raging in Washington state over Microsoft's recent decision not to back a gay rights bill in the state's senate. Today's paper said Bill Gates was back-peddling on the stand, following a ...READ»

Is Verizon Giving Up the Storm Too Soon?

Telecom titan Verizon Wireless has sent two letters to lawmakers this week offering to limit the amount of time it keeps its handsets carrier-exclusive. Such proprietary deals surfaced on the radar of Department of Justice regulators ...READ»

Embracing the Hard Part of the Job

In an extended interview, 9/11 Commission member Jamie Gorelick offers additional insights from her experiences.READ»

Witness the Real-life (Beta) Version of Star Trek's Universal Translator

Sakhr Mobile develops an iPhone app for troops and diplomats that translates Arabic speech into English, and visa versa--and there's video of it, in action.READ»

MySpace, YourSpace, WhoseSpace?

Curious bit of news over at Murdoch's MySpace today. The popular social networking site has added a security monitor. Formerly a prosecutor for the Justice Department, Hemanshu Nigam will oversee the site's 68 million users. Top ...READ»

Small Booksellers Game Wal-Mart, Target, and Amazon

Books: Nowhere is there a more poignant battle between small businesses and their corporate competition. While music, movies, and TV were long-ago digitized by the forces that be, books are the laggard medium, making for a fight that ...READ»

Tech Watch: Google Knows If Your Kids Have The Flu

Google.org takes on the spread of flu, IBM takes on broadband over power lines, and the Department of Justice takes on tech companies LG, Sharp, and Chunghwa for price-fixing LCD panels.READ»

Google, Apple May Suffer Anti-Trust Action for Sharing Board Members

Apple and Google may have more in common than the Federal Trade Commission would like. The companies share two members of their board of directors, Eric Schmidt and Arthur Levinson. According to antitrust laws, the presence of ...READ»

Qwest Finds Itself On Hold

Richard Notebaert is trying to make peace with Qwest's troubled past -- and lead the company into the future.READ»

Should Google Be Allowed to Monopolize "Orphan" Books?

Google may be guilty of antitrust violations for its Book Search initiative, reported several newswire services on Monday. The Department of Justice has opened an investigation of the search giant's settlement with the Author's Guild ...READ»

Faithful Follower, but No Leader

Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, is a nice man. Even his sharpest critics compliment him on his friendly demeanor. He is also a man of accomplishment; he rose from humble beginnings to graduate from Harvard ...READ»

Mission: Impossible?

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is battling to transform itself in an age of technology and terrorism. It may be the toughest, most important change effort of our time.READ»

What's on Your Agenda

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

Warning: This Web Site May Be More Than You Want to Know

Cigarette makers are starting to tell the truth on their Web sites. Gee, what if everybody did that?READ»

The Personality Behind Online Gaming Site Bodog

Mountains of cash, beautiful women, and a nonstop round-the-world party. Life was good for Calvin Ayre, founder of the online gambling powerhouse Bodog. Then he was gone.READ»

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Updates to Stories from Fast Company

Time Out Americans may not be working fewer hours, as David Roberts suggested in "All in a Day's Work " (May), but more of us are working fewer days. In July, Utah became the first state to implement a mandatory ...READ»

Legal Eagle Eye for Opportunity

Microsoft's intellectual property attorneys strive to license the company's technology more widely.READ»

Are You Safe on the Web?

There's ample amount of discussion about the safety of youth on the Web, especially those who set up profiles at MySpace and have become prime targets for predators. But does anyone ever really discuss the safety of adults on the ...READ»