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Anonymous Will Attempt to Shut Down the Internet with Operation Blackout on March 31st

Michael Foley March 28, 2012 8

The hacktivist organization known as Anonymous has announced its plans to disable the internet this Saturday, March 31st. The group has been known to bring down websites, large ones at that, but has

Anonymous Retaliates to Megauploads Takedown and Arrests, Shuts Down DOJ, FBI, Universal Music, MPAA and RIAA Websites

Michael Foley January 20, 2012 2

Only minutes after the U.S. Department of Justice repossessed the domains of Megauploads and its affiliate sites on Wednesday, the hacker collective knows as Anonymous quickly declared their intent to retaliate. As one Anonymous

SOPA/PIPA Bills still threaten Internet Freedom, Internet blackout planned

Michael Foley January 17, 2012 1

It seems that while I and many of my fellow writers here at pnosker.com were enjoying our time at CES, there have been a great many new developments surrounding the controversial bills SOPA and

SOPA/PIPA Explained; GoDaddy loses 21,000 domains and stops supporting SOPA

Michael Foley December 26, 2011 4

Late last week saw the domain registrar Go Daddy lose over 21,000 domains. Why did this happen to a service which was doing pretty well for itself for so long? In an acronym, SOPA.

SOPA: Could This Be The End Of YouTube?

Michael Convente November 17, 2011 1

The debate in Congress over intellectual property – particularly patent law – has been picking up more and more media coverage lately. However, one area that has mostly flown under the radar until now