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  Vonage Settles With Verizon, Will Pay At Least $80 Million

  Publié: octobre 26, 2007, 1:18am CEST

  The cost of Vonage's VoIP technology development policy - build now, ask questions later - hardened a bit more after the close of stock trading this afternoon. Vonage has agreed to settle with the first of its three aggrieved parties, Verizon, in an unusual deal that hinges upon a forthcoming ruling from an appeals court and a separate injunction ruling from a district court.
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  Microsoft Income Up 23% in Fiscal Q1 2008 on Skyrocketing Revenue

  Publié: octobre 25, 2007, 10:53pm CEST

  In early numbers from Microsoft prior to its quarterly financial results call to analysts this afternoon, the company reported revenue gains of 27% annually to $13.76 billion, and net income nicely higher by 23% annually to $4.29 billion, in what the company is calling its fastest first quarter of growth since 1999.
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  Intel 300 mm, 45 nm Facility Opens in Arizona

  Publié: octobre 25, 2007, 10:12pm CEST

  The second of four production facilities for Intel's 45 nm semiconductors is now online, with the opening of the company's entirely new Fab 32 in Chandler, Arizona. Built specifically to use the company's breakthrough HK+MG manufacturing process, Fab 32 represents the beginning of the big payoff of Intel's restructuring.
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  Vongo Video Downloads to Support More Media Center Devices

  Publié: octobre 25, 2007, 10:07pm CEST

  In response to what its parent company today called the top request voiced by its "passionate customer base," video download service Vongo announced today the 2.0 revision of its software, which now supports more Windows Media Center Extenders.
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  Samsung Cancels Blu-ray Player, Delays Dual-Mode Unit

  Publié: octobre 25, 2007, 9:58pm CEST

  Samsung confirmed Wednesday that it was canceling one of its Blu-ray players, while delaying its dual-format model until the end of the year.
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  Quandary: Is Windows Desktop Search Installing Itself?

  Publié: octobre 25, 2007, 7:59pm CEST

  At least two independent, private network administrators have reported on their blogs since yesterday that their Windows Server Update Service has downloaded and deployed to their network clients the most recent update to Microsoft's Windows Desktop Search engine, even though those services are set up not to deploy updated software automatically.
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  Hackers Can Tap Into Vonage Lines, Says Security Firm

  Publié: octobre 25, 2007, 6:34pm CEST

  A security firm disclosed Wednesday that a security hole in Vonage's VoIP system could allow an attacker to reroute and effectively hijack phone calls.
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  Rep. Boucher Asks Comcast to Stop Blocking BitTorrent

  Publié: octobre 25, 2007, 6:22pm CEST

  While Congresspeople have recently been quite vocal about their opposition to file sharing services, at least one has presented a contrarian view: Fair use promoter Rep. Rick Boucher (D - Va.) said in a CNET interview that Comcast should lay off BitTorrent.
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  RIM Adds Facebook to Blackberry

  Publié: octobre 25, 2007, 6:17pm CEST

  Research In Motion Ltd. today launched its faster, more optimized Facebook application for Blackberry, at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment show in San Francisco.
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  Google Adds Its Voice to 700 MHz Gamesmanship

  Publié: octobre 25, 2007, 6:01pm CEST

  Following in the wake of Verizon and AT&T, whose chief executives have both made comments in the past seven days that were interpreted by analysts as either saying they would bid in the FCC's upcoming auction of the 700 MHz broadcast spectrum or would not bid - depending, one supposes, on which side of the room they were listening on at the time - Google CEO Eric Schmidt added fuel to the fire by making the same kind of bipolar comments.
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  Microsoft Takes $240 M Stake in Facebook

  Publié: octobre 24, 2007, 11:29pm CEST

  UPDATED - This afternoon, Microsoft won the apparent battle for an equity stake in social networking applications provider Facebook, making a $240 million equity investment in the company. In exchange, Microsoft will become the exclusive third-party supplier of Facebook's advertising platform.
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  IBM Proposes Creating an Options Market for Intellectual Property

  Publié: octobre 24, 2007, 10:09pm CEST

  A patent application turned up by the Associated Press reveals that IBM has proposed an electronic trading system that would enable a new kind of derivatives market for intellectual property. In this market, traders would buy and sell "floating" rights to chunks of a company's IP portfolio, thus becoming not only the recipient of royalties from that portfolio, but the designated defender of those IP rights in court, for a limited period of time.
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  Sophos: US Sends Five Times More Spam than Korea

  Publié: octobre 24, 2007, 9:53pm CEST

  Security firm Sophos Labs published its most recent "dirty dozen" report, saying that the United States relays more spam than any other country by a tremendous margin.
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  Blu-ray Discs Still Outselling HD DVD

  Publié: octobre 24, 2007, 9:07pm CEST

  While HD DVD may be trumpeting the success of Transformers, the format is still struggling to take the lead back from rival Blu-ray. Sony's format has seen sales of 2.6 million discs from January 1 to September 30, compared with 1.4 million discs sold on HD DVD.
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  In Browser War, It's Really Google vs. IE

  Publié: octobre 24, 2007, 8:55pm CEST

  While Mozilla may get all the credit for finally dethroning Internet Explorer as the only dominant Web browser with its development of Firefox, the man behind the curtain continues to be Google, which provides the vast majority of the cash that keeps Mozilla going.
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  RIAA Sends 411 Letters to 19 Universities

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 11:04pm CEST

  RIAA continued its effort to end piracy at college campuses with a new round of 'pre-litigation' letters aimed at using the threat of a suit to settle cases out of court.
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  Senate Accord with President Could Mean Immunity for Telcos

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 9:55pm CEST

  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D - Vt.) railed today against fellow Democrat - Jay Rockefeller (D - W.V.) for, as he put it, "caving" to the wishes of President Bush. This followed an announcement this morning that senators on both sides of the aisle had reached an agreement with Mr. Bush on substitute language for amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
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  Social Sites May Find Monetization Difficult

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 9:30pm CEST

  A new study by Parks Associates indicates that attempts at monetizing social networking sites may backfire, leaving providers with few options to generate revenue from their users.
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  Sony Drops Prices, Confirms 40GB PS3

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 9:22pm CEST

  Sony confirmed the speculation Thursday, officially announcing a 40GB PS3 model for the United States, which will be available for $399 USD on November 2. In addition, the company made a surprise price drop on its 80GB model, which will now run $499 USD.
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  New 'Daily Show' Site Launches with 13,000 Clips

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 9:00pm CEST

  Comedy Central has launched a new Web site in beta for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, giving the program its own destination and making available 13,000 video clips. Although full-length episodes will not be viewable, users can search for and view specific segments free of charge.
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  Congressman: FTC May Have Inaccurate View of P2P Dangers

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 7:53pm CEST

  In a letter issued yesterday to US Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman took issue with the findings of an FTC staff report issued last July, suggesting that P2P file-sharing use may only be as dangerous as any other form of Internet activity.
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  Cheap Wi-Fi for Nokia Handsets

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 7:31pm CEST

  Beginning today, Boingo Wireless is offering Wi-Fi for select Nokia mobile devices. Boingo Mobile affords select Nokia devices both high-speed internet access and VoIP calling for a flat monthly fee.
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  Western Search Engines Redirected in China

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 7:30pm CEST

  Without reason, Western search engines in China are now being redirected to Chinese search site Baidu.
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  Microsoft Launches Popfly on Silverlight

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 6:53pm CEST

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday detailed his company's progress on Web 2.0, saying the company had launched Popfly and the extension of several other Live Services.
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  New Zealand Actor Wins Rejection of Amazon 'One-Click' Patent

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 6:42pm CEST

  In a symbolic victory for advocates of patent reform, a part-time motion-capture actor who has appeared - albeit masked by CGI animation - in the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, has succeeded in striking down Amazon's patent claim of having invented the single-click purchase procedure.
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  Microsoft Joins Free 411 Scene

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 6:39pm CEST

  Microsoft announced its free Live Search 411 service, a directory assistance line with more features than the average local directory listing.
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  MySpace Opens Site Up to Developers

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 6:16pm CEST

  MySpace plans to open up its platform in the coming months, following similar moves by competitor Facebook in an effort to continue growing the site's user base.
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  RIAA Finally Takes Aim at Newsgroups

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 6:00pm CEST

  With courtroom victories against P2P networks and individual users behind it, the Recording Industry Association of America is launching a new legal effort to take down binary newsgroup providers, which have long claimed immunity from copyright claims.
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  Sony to Offload Cell PS3 Chip Plant to Toshiba

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 5:15pm CEST

  This morning, multiple Asian news sources report that Sony's Kyushu semiconductor division has agreed to sell 60% of its Nagasaki 300 mm fabrication plant -- the key facility in the manufacture of the Cell BE processor that powers the PlayStation 3 -- to Toshiba.
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  Yahoo Shedding Entertainment Baggage in Order to Gain Relevancy

  Publié: octobre 18, 2007, 12:16am CEST

  In Yahoo's third-quarter performance call yesterday, investors and analysts heard for the first time the lower-key, back-to-basics approach of co-founder and re-installed CEO Jerry Yang, and newly elevated president Susan Decker. There's evidence their strategy is already working, but the next move involves a carefully calculated approach to attracting customers that goes against the current trend.
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  Yahoo Senior Counsel to Be Grilled by Congress Over China Disclosure

  Publié: octobre 17, 2007, 6:24pm CEST

  The chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee has issued requests for Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and senior vice president and general counsel Michael Callahan to appear before Congress on November 6. Their purpose there will be to answer allegations that Callahan made false statements to Congress in February 2006, regarding whether Yahoo turned over private customer data about a Chinese journalist to Chinese government authorities.
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  AT&T Decides to Prorate Termination Fee

  Publié: octobre 17, 2007, 6:08pm CEST

  Following a similar move by Verizon Wireless in January of last year, AT&T said Wednesday that it will change its policies to reduce early termination fees and change their contracts without penalty.
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  Adobe: Pros Like Lightroom Better

  Publié: octobre 17, 2007, 5:54pm CEST

  Professional photographers are about four times as likely to use Lightroom versus Apple's competing application Aperture, Adobe's Photoshop product manager said Tuesday.
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  Jobs Speaks: Apple to Deliver iPhone SDK in February

  Publié: octobre 17, 2007, 5:37pm CEST

  After months of silence on the matter, Apple finally announced Wednesday that it plans to enable developers to create native third-party applications for the iPhone (not just Web-based applications), and will deliver an SDK in February. The delay has been blamed on security concerns.
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  Novell-Microsoft Antitrust Suit Moves Forward

  Publié: octobre 17, 2007, 5:34pm CEST

  An appeals court ruled Monday that two remaining antitrust claims brought against Microsoft by Novell could go forward, upholding an earlier court decision that dismissed the company's other four claims.
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  Cisco Brazil Offices Raided in Tax Fraud Investigation

  Publié: octobre 17, 2007, 5:33pm CEST

  Cisco's Brazilian offices in Sao Paolo and Rio de Janiero were temporarily closed yesterday and employees were reportedly arrested under suspicion of tax fraud amounting to approximately $830 million dollars in unpaid duties.
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  Leopard to Natively Support ODF

  Publié: octobre 17, 2007, 5:28pm CEST

  OpenDocument took another step away from obscurity Tuesday, as Apple confirmed that Mac OS X version 10.5 -- known as "Leopard" -- will natively support ODF files, alongside Microsoft's Word 2007 formats. Apple had previously added support for the format in its Pages word processing application.
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  Journalist Shield Law Passes US House, President Threatens Veto

  Publié: octobre 17, 2007, 4:56pm CEST

  A bill intended to grant journalists the right to protect the identity of their sources when questioned in court passed the US House of Representatives yesterday, by a vote of 398 to 21. The version as passed contained much clarified language, closing a legal loophole that might have enabled courts to compel journalists to divulge their sources anyway.
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  High-Def TiVos Get External Storage

  Publié: octobre 17, 2007, 4:31pm CEST

  Although the TiVo Series3 has been out for more than a year, its external storage expansion port has remained inoperable - until now. With software update 9.2, TiVo customers can boost the amount of programming they can store by simply plugging in a verified Serial ATA hard drive.
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  Microsoft Revamps Windows Live Maps

  Publié: octobre 17, 2007, 4:26pm CEST

  Microsoft has launched what developers are calling version 2.0 of Windows Live Maps, which has been completely revamped inside and out. A number of new features have also been added, including "Party Maps," which enables users to send invitations to 50 people with a simple link to directions.
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  Apple to Sell Unlocked iPhone in France

  Publié: octobre 17, 2007, 4:08pm CEST

  While some iPhone users in the United States are busy playing a cat-and-mouse game with Apple in order to unlock the device, mobile operator Orange will begin selling an unlocked iPhone in France next month. This is due to a French law that prohibits exclusively bundling a handset with a wireless carrier.
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  Open Source Initiative Approves Microsoft's 'Public,' 'Reciprocal' License

  Publié: octobre 16, 2007, 11:55pm CEST

  In a move which officially inaugurates Microsoft as a member of the open source community, the Open Source Initiative - designated the official caretaker of the concept of open source - late last week officially approved the language of two licenses submitted by Microsoft for inclusion with its open source software. However, Microsoft admitted today, the OSI did have a hand in changing their names.
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  Nokia Touch-screen, Tactile Response Interface Coming to Symbian S60

  Publié: octobre 16, 2007, 11:00pm CEST

  At the Symbian Smartphone Show in London this morning, Nokia showed a video depicting a model with a screen larger than the one on its current N95, and without its pivoting thumb controls. This model was running applications on the Symbian S60 platform using a new touch-screen interface that was similar to Apple's iPhone in one respect, and dissimilar to it in another: It provides tactile feedback.
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  Retrial Sought for RIAA Defendant

  Publié: octobre 16, 2007, 10:59pm CEST

  Jammie Thomas, the woman recently found guilty of piracy, and her attorneys filed a motion yesterday for a retrial on the grounds that the $222,000 total penalty issued to her is so excessive that it is unconstitutional.
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  House Passes Temporary Net Tax Ban

  Publié: octobre 16, 2007, 10:43pm CEST

  The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a four-year extension to a ban on net access taxes, however Republicans complained that Democrats blocked attempts to make it permanent.
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  Sprint CEO Forsee Resigns, Company's Outlook Downgraded

  Publié: octobre 9, 2007, 12:19am CEST

  Confirming speculation published in this morning's New York Times, the Sprint executive largely responsible for guiding his company through the merger with Nextel has been ousted this afternoon by Sprint's Board of Directors. Gary Forsee is out as chairman and chief executive officer, and an upheaval of the board is necessary to keep Sprint going in his absence.
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  No FCC Action on Allegations NSA Investigated Non-suspects

  Publié: octobre 8, 2007, 11:25pm CEST

  The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission last week declined to open an investigation into evidence that the National Security Agency may have received more information from US telecommunications carriers than it actually requested, and that it may have investigated innocent civilians as a result.
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  NAB to Congress: Aren't Record Labels Exploiting Artists?

  Publié: octobre 8, 2007, 10:20pm CEST

  The president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters is urging Congress to open an inquiry into the long-standing relationship between recording artists and their record labels. David Rehr's objective is to determine whether the reason artists claim they've been treated unfairly over the past several decades is not because terrestrial doesn't pay them, but because someone else doesn't.
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  Manhunt 2 to Remain Banned in UK

  Publié: octobre 8, 2007, 10:09pm CEST

  Even though Take-Two attempted to tone down the violence in its Manhunt 2 video game, the revised version is still too much for British eyes.
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  Sony Announces In-Game Ad Division

  Publié: octobre 8, 2007, 9:58pm CEST

  With the PlayStation 3 not generating the revenue Sony expected, it now appears that the company is looking at in-game advertising to turn its gaming division around.
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  Microsoft to Bundle Games with Xbox 360

  Publié: octobre 8, 2007, 6:53pm CEST

  Microsoft said Monday that it will begin bundling two free games worth $90 with its standard $349.99 USD console and the Xbox 360 Elite in order to entice new consumers to the console.
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  Novell Asks Court to Lift Stay of SCO Trial, Urging Swifter Resolution

  Publié: octobre 8, 2007, 6:36pm CEST

  While countless observers of the absurdly long SCO trials against IBM and Novell have already stuck their proverbial forks in the matter, after SCO's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last month, Novell filed a motion in Utah District Court last week arguing that lifting a stay of SCO's lawsuit against it may actually be beneficial to SCO's survival.
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  Trillian Set to Release Mac Client

  Publié: octobre 8, 2007, 6:36pm CEST

  Cerulean Studios said Friday that it was in the process of developing a version of its client for the Mac, encroaching on territory long occupied by competitor Adium.
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  UK McDonald's to Offer Free Wi-Fi

  Publié: octobre 8, 2007, 6:11pm CEST

  McDonald's said over the weekend that it planned to offer free wireless access in its restaurants across the UK. The company already offers Wi-Fi in many of its US locations, however it is only free to those using the Nintendo DS.
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  Key Thunderbird Devs Leave Mozilla

  Publié: octobre 8, 2007, 5:44pm CEST

  Without providing any public reason, two of the chief developers behind Mozilla's Thunderbird client announced their intentions to leave ahead of the e-mail client's split from the company.
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  MSNBC.com Acquires Newsvine

  Publié: octobre 8, 2007, 5:19pm CEST

  MSNBC.com has acquired social networking site Newsvine in order to stake its claim in the growing "citizen journalism" movement occurring in the broader media industry.
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  Vonage to Pay Sprint $80 Million, Settling Patent Dispute

  Publié: octobre 8, 2007, 5:06pm CEST

  Forestalling a possible injunction of the sale of its voice-over-IP services that would likely have crippled the company, Vonage agreed this morning to pay Sprint Nextel a one-time fee of $80 million, for a license covering all past and future usage of Sprint's intellectual property.
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  iPod Nano Catches Man's Pants on Fire

  Publié: octobre 5, 2007, 11:39pm CEST

  A Georgia man has escaped injury after the iPod nano he owned caught fire inside of his pocket, the exact cause of which is not yet known.
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  Microsoft Preps 7 Patches for Tuesday

  Publié: octobre 5, 2007, 10:00pm CEST

  Microsoft has announced that it will issue seven security bulletins on Tuesday, fixing issues in Windows, Office and Outlook Express. Four of the patches will cover "Critical" vulnerabilities while another three deal with problems rated "Important."
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  Journalists' Protection Bill Passes Senate Judiciary: Are Bloggers Covered?

  Publié: octobre 5, 2007, 9:57pm CEST

  A bill attempting to reconcile a journalist's right to protect its sources with the federal government's need to know timely and critical information, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, but not without more exceptions having been added to the original House version. Still, the bill continues to define journalists rather loosely, leading some to believe federal protection could yet extend to independent, often solo bloggers.