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AT&T iPad hacker appeals conviction

2013-07-03 03:23:00| CNET News.com

Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer argues that accessing a non-password protected portion of AT&T's Web site did not violate the law because the information was freely available on the Internet. [Read more]

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AT&T iPad hacker appeals conviction, long sentence

2013-07-02 14:25:04| InfoWorld: Top News

A U.S. man prosecuted for exposing a weakness in how AT&T handled the personal data of its iPad users filed an appeal on Monday of his conviction and 41-month sentence. Andrew Auernheimer, known as "weev," created an automated tool to extract the names and email addresses of 114,000 iPad 3G owners from AT&T's servers, which were used by customers to access their accounts. The information was later passed to the online news site Gawker.

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Federal appeals court: Alabama discriminates against railroads in payment of state fuel tax

2013-07-02 07:42:49| Railroads - Topix.net

A federal appeals court today ruled that Alabama discriminated against railroads by forcing then to pay a sales tax on fuel when it exempts its competitors - trucking and shipping companies.

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Appeals court backs MTA's tax on payroll

2013-06-30 13:56:53| Railroads - Topix.net

The payroll tax that the New York Legislature adopted four years ago to benefit the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is constitutional after all, according to a state appeals court.

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Appeals court upholds MTA payroll tax

2013-06-28 00:48:43| Railroads - Topix.net