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T-Mobile USA knowingly made hundreds of millions off its customers in bogus charges, a federal regulator alleged yesterday in a complaint likely to damage the reputation of a household name in wireless communications.

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Google is pledging to license hundreds of key patents to mobile computing rivals under more reasonable terms and to curb the use of snippets from other websites in Internet search results in a settlement that ends a high-profile antitrust probe.

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The government is investigating whether software companies that make cellphone apps violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from mobile devices and sharing it with advertisers and data brokers, the Federal Trade Commission said yesterday. Such apps can capture a child's physical location, phone numbers of their friends and more.

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Google is poised to pay a $22.5 million fine to resolve allegations that it broke a privacy promise by secretly tracking millions of Web surfers who rely on Apple's Safari browser, according to a person familiar with settlement.

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The Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp. was the harshest yet against the world's biggest semiconductor maker, which has been battling regulators around the world over charges its tactics hurt consumers.

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WASHINGTON (AP)– Twitter has agreed to settle charges by federal regulators that it put the privacy of its users at risk by failing to protect them from data security lapses last year that let hackers access their accounts.

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The Federal Trade Commission piled on new antitrust charges against Intel Corp. on Wednesday, seeking to end what it described as a decade of illegal sales tactics that have crippled rivals and kept prices for computer chips artificially high.

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The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it would begin policing the petroleum industry with new penalties for anyone attempting to manipulate energy prices.

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Yes, dot-cons. And you should beware of them.

Dot-cons are con artists who have gone high-tech and have invaded the world of the Internet mainly to defraud consumers in the new economy in their own varied, clever ways. They can take advantage of the excitement of Internet auctions, peddle traditional business opportunity scams, or even hijack people’s modems and cram their phones up with mind-boggling long-distance charges.
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T-Mobile USA knowingly made hundreds of millions off its customers in bogus charges, a federal regulator alleged yesterday in a complaint likely to damage the reputation of a household name in wireless communications.

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Google is pledging to license hundreds of key patents to mobile computing rivals under more reasonable terms and to curb the use of snippets from other websites in Internet search results in a settlement that ends a high-profile antitrust probe.

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The government is investigating whether software companies that make cellphone apps violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from mobile devices and sharing it with advertisers and data brokers, the Federal Trade Commission said yesterday. Such apps can capture a child's physical location, phone numbers of their friends and more.

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Google is poised to pay a $22.5 million fine to resolve allegations that it broke a privacy promise by secretly tracking millions of Web surfers who rely on Apple's Safari browser, according to a person familiar with settlement.

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The Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp. was the harshest yet against the world's biggest semiconductor maker, which has been battling regulators around the world over charges its tactics hurt consumers.

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WASHINGTON (AP)– Twitter has agreed to settle charges by federal regulators that it put the privacy of its users at risk by failing to protect them from data security lapses last year that let hackers access their accounts.

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The Federal Trade Commission piled on new antitrust charges against Intel Corp. on Wednesday, seeking to end what it described as a decade of illegal sales tactics that have crippled rivals and kept prices for computer chips artificially high.

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The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it would begin policing the petroleum industry with new penalties for anyone attempting to manipulate energy prices.

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Yes, dot-cons. And you should beware of them.

Dot-cons are con artists who have gone high-tech and have invaded the world of the Internet mainly to defraud consumers in the new economy in their own varied, clever ways. They can take advantage of the excitement of Internet auctions, peddle traditional business opportunity scams, or even hijack people’s modems and cram their phones up with mind-boggling long-distance charges.
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