Judges in Texas, West Virginia, and Illinois had all ruled recently that such lawsuits were defective in various ways, but Howell gave her cases the green light; attorneys could use the federal courts to sue thousands of people at once and then issue mass subpoenas to Internet providers.

Between 2004-2009, Howell was the only listed lobbyist at the firm; the RIAA was her exclusive lobbying client for most of that time.

Howell's case is only one specific example of a much larger issue, one that always revolves around people working for corporations, entering government to make law or policy relating to those corporations, and then returning to private life.

The McAfee.com website is full of security mistakes that could lead to cross-site scripting and other attacks, researchers said in a post on the Full Disclosure site on Monday.

This isn't just embarrassing, but also somewhat discrediting for McAfee, which markets a McAfee Secure service to enterprises for their customer-facing websites.

When, as of March 27, YGN found the flaws "to be unfixed completely," YGN publicly disclosed them.

After a 33.5 hour wait, the first Apple fanboi finally bought an Ipad 2 from the flagship Apple store in London.

After waiting from 7:30am on Thurday morning and about 15 minutes in the store, Jewels emerged smiling with his shiny new drinks tray in hand.

India will seek to block the internet's newly-formed red-light district after a global agency governing the web approved .xxx suffix for pornography websites last week, a senior government official said.

"India along with many other countries from the Middle East and Indonesia opposed the grant of the domain in the first place, and we would proceed to block the whole domain, as it goes against the IT Act and Indian laws," said a senior official at the ministry of IT.

In Tall, witnesses quoted by the Reuters news agency said about 1,000 people had rallied to show their support for the Deraa protesters, and were chanting slogans denouncing members of the ruling Assad family.

Presidential spokeswoman Bouthaina Shaaban blamed outside agitators for whipping up trouble, and denied that the government had ordered security forces to open fire on protesters.

Judge Kimba Wood has handed down an opinion in the LimeWire damages case that challenges the industry's belief it could be owed more than the entire global GDP for one year.

Judge Kimba Wood revealed that the record companies, seeking statutory damages against the music-sharing service, are seeking damages predicated on the "number of direct infringers per work" - leading to a damages claim of as much as $75 trillion dollars.

In a breathtaking statement delivered in an official court proceeding, the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims authority to strip search every airline passenger; and to begin such a practice without even soliciting comment from the public.

If TSA and DHS are permitted to continue unchecked, then truly the Fourth Amerndment will have been gutted; and with it, the single most important and effective check on government power enjoyed by the American People for over two centuries.

They carefully pull out their Apple device. I admire it and then say: "So where do you insert the DVD?".

Most iPad users readily admit typing data-intensive text on their tablet's touch keyboard is difficult.

The iPad 2's maximum 64GB of storage falls short. Even the 250GB of storage on a decent laptop fills up faster than you might expect.

Being able to insert a USB device or a thumbdrive into my laptop is essential to me.

The iPad doesn't support multitasking. Its battery isn't replacable.

What makes the robot special is its ability to build a computer model of its surroundings, incorporating information on lines of sight. The robot is fitted with a laser scanner to allow it to covertly map its environment in 3D. It also has a set of acoustic sensors which it uses to distinguish nearby footsteps and their direction.

If the robot believes it is in danger of being detected by an approaching sentry, it will try to get to a place where it can hide, Satterfield says.

The Pentagon expects to hand over control of allied military operations in Libya "in a matter of days", either to a UK-France coalition or to Nato, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says.

In a statement from the Pentagon on Sunday, US Vice Adm William Gortney said coalition raids were "judged to have been very effective" and no new Libyan air activity had been reported.

Other Arab countries are also preparing to join the campaign against Col Gaddafi, Vice Adm Gortley said, adding that those governments would make their own announcements in due course.