Anonymous, the loosely-knit group of hacker activists, plans to take down Internet streams of President Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday, according to a message that appears to be from the group.

The message was posted to an affiliated site that was previously used to announce Anonymous campaigns in Indian Kashmir and Egypt. It said Anonymous planned to obstruct Internet streams of the broadcast to protest of Congress's renewed interest in passing the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.

The bill that would allow tech companies to share Internet data with the U.S. government. Its stated aim is to help authorities prevent cyberattacks, but critics have slammed it as an intrusive anti-privacy measure.

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Esquire is defending its story about the Navy SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden after Stars & Stripes said the magazine erroneously reported he could not get health care.

Stars & Stripes, the military-run newspaper, reported on Monday that the magazine appeared to suggest the retired SEAL was denied healthcare, though he is eligible for it through the Department of Veteran Affairs.

But on Tuesday,...

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt plans to tell more than 40 percent of his stake in the internet giant, according to a regulatory filing.

Schmidt will sell 3.2 million shares of stock, valued at $2.5 billion, over the next year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday night. Schmidt owned 7.6 million shares as of Dec. 31.

Google said in the filing that Schmidt is selling the shares "as part of his long-term strategy for individual asset diversification and liquidity."

"This is a routine diversification of assets and Eric remains completely committed to Google," a Google spokeswoman said in an email to the Journal. Google did not immediately respond to requests from TheWrap for comment.

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The Department of Justice said Friday it settled with one of four publishers it sued for allegedly conspiring with Apple to raise e-book prices.

The settlement, filed in a U.S. district court in New York, forces Holtzbrinck, which does business under the name Macmillan, to allow retailers to lower prices on its e-books. The publisher -- along with Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Penguin Group and Simon & Schuster -- allegedly conspired with Apple to jack up the prices of e-books.

The department said it will continue its lawsuit against Apple, which it plans to take to trial in June.

The department sued the five publishers and Apple last April, but settled with Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster in September.

A public comment period on the department's settlement with Penguin will close on March 5.

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