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Headlines for Friday,  May  24,  2013     SLAYER: Metallica, System Members Speak at Hanneman Memorial Metallica's Robert Trujillo and System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian joined Slayer's Kerry King as speakers at Thursday's memorial service for...

The White House drew plaudits from Internet advocacy groups Monday for supporting a petition to make cellphone unlocking legal. But consumers shouldn't get their hopes up about being free to use cheaper foreign SIM cards overseas or selling their unlocked...

If you've paid attention to Internet news over the past year, you might know that the notion of a "free Internet" has been hotly debated and seen by many as under siege. Internet activists recently stopped SOPA and PIPA, two bills that would've given...

The Writers Guild of America, West has been selected by the Federal Communications Commission to be a member of its first Open Internet Advisory Committee. WGA West assistant exec director Charles B. Slocum will be one of 21 OIAC members. The mission of...

As the Ravens drove toward the playoffs, Barbra Skarzynski wanted to buy her son a team jersey as a Christmas gift. She searched Google for Lardarius Webb gear, quickly found a site that billed itself as an official store of the Ravens, and bought a...

NEW YORK -- In one of the U.S. government's largest anti-piracy crackdowns ever, federal agents on Thursday arrested the leaders of and shut down Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal file sharing. Hours later, Megaupload's fans turned the table on...

NEW YORK (AP) — Don't be surprised if you can't find Wikipedia today. The online encyclopedia's English language website is down until midnight. The 24-hour blackout is to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress. The Stop...

Some popular websites are going to look a little different today as providers protest two bills heading through Congress. The legislation is meant to combat piracy overseas of U.S. products overseas. But some worry it may be the first step towards...

A handful of large websites will go dark on Wednesday to protest an anti-piracy bill that critics say will wreck the Internet as we know it. Wikipedia, user-submitted news site Reddit, the blog Boing Boing and the Cheezburger network of comedy sites...

A number of websites announced they will effectively shut down for 12 to 24 hours on Wednesday to protest two laws Congress is considering. The House of Representatives are considering a bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act, H.R. 3261, while the Senate...

While lawmakers in Washington D.C. pulled back on SOPA and PIPA, laws aimed at curtailing online piracy, a Metroplex resident has created a website where people could download music for free and legally. Robert Dede is a computer programmer who worked on...

¿By Michael Broihier It’s not an unusual sight to see a politician show up in a community bearing an Ed McMahon sized check, its a visual symbol to voters that he’s doing his job bringing home the bacon. But US Senator Rand Paul surprised the...