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New Zealand Internet blackout protest against copyright law

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:38:11 +0000

Copyright infringement is wrong, but should people, schools, and hospitals have their internet connections and websites cut off due to accusations of copyright infringement? - This is what all this protest is about - New... Read more...

Mozilla to join EU suit against Microsoft

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:08:38 +0000

On Monday, European Union(EU) granted Mozilla, the right to join its antitrust case against Microsoft. Mozilla has been granted an interested third party status which allows it to submit arguments, to see the confidential statement... Read more...

US Fails to Protect Against the Living Dead & Other Dangers

maplecookie — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:56:59 +0100

The week of August 7th, 2008 the amount of malicious spam a single computer user received finally overtook health and product spam. Meant to exploit holes in your operating system, get credit card information... Read more...

Microsoft Exec Rages Against Vista Upgrade 'Hack'

Steven Parker — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:44:29 +0100

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Sarcasm can be a powerful tool, and a Microsoft executive recently wielded it against industry sources who claim that a loophole exists in one of the software giant's licensing policies. In a scathing blog post... Read more...

Attacks begin against critical Patch Tuesday bug

Steven Parker — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:40:29 +0100

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Only Windows XP SP3 -- that's right, SP3 -- is safe. Hackers are trying to exploit a critical Windows vulnerability just patched on Tuesday, security researchers said this afternoon -- and the only version of... Read more...

MS Take Action Against LIVE Cheaters

ckempo — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:05:33 +0000

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Major Nelson has a blog post referring to a new approach from MS against people using save games or other tampering to boost their gamerscore. They're resetting the score to zero, and the achievements will... Read more...

Attack Against Linux Apache Servers Intensifying

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:09:11 +0000

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A mass attack ongoing for the past month against Linux Apache Web servers has become increasingly successful because its break-in method makes use of an automated password and installation process, according to a security researcher... Read more...

Nortel files patent lawsuit in the U.S. against Vonage

dl0711 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:28:56 +0000

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Nortel Networks Corp., the Canadian maker of telecom equipment, filed a lawsuit on Friday against Vonage - claiming that it violated nine patents related to Internet phone services and related features such as 911 and... Read more...

China: 'aggressive and large-scale' espionage against US

Slimy — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:54:00 +0000

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The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) released a report to the United States Congress late last week accusing China of waging an "aggressive and large-scale industrial espionage campaign" against American technology. The report... Read more...

UN, Google and Cisco team up against Global Poverty

Slimy — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:19:53 +0000

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The United Nations, Google and Cisco have put together a global campaign, the Millennium Development Goals, that tracks progress towards decreasing global poverty by 2015. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the project, called MDG Monitor,... Read more...

Sun increases heat against MS, promotes OpenOffice via Java

Slimy — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:07:03 +0100

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Windows users who have an older version of Java SE Runtime Environment and have yet to install Update 3, which was released earlier this month, will be getting the usual "on the 26 of each... Read more...

Microsoft scores victory against software piracy

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:26:40 +0100

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Software giant Microsoft has secured a High Court payout from a UK distributor over the illegal importation of software. The settlement, for an undisclosed sum, was reached after Microsoft won its case against Pyramid Distribution... Read more...

Nokia Files Patent Complaint Against Qualcomm

Sagittarius — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:37:51 +0100

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From US import bans to patent fines, it seems like popular chip maker Qualcomm just can't cut a break; as the saying goes, when it rains, it pours, and Nokia seem intent on adding its... Read more...

Epic Files Motion to Dismiss in Case Against Silicon Knights

Denis Wong — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:46:35 +0100

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After developer Silicon Knights sued Epic Games on the grounds of Epic providing a less-than-capable Unreal Engine 3 to Silicon Knights, Epic has responded with a Motion to Dismiss. From Gamasutra: Quote -... Read more...

IBM and Novell gang up against Red Hat

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:06:34 +0100

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IBM and Novell have signed a bundling and support agreement that will bundle IBM's open source WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WAS CE) software with Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Server. The partnership is an attack... Read more...

Russian internet attacks against UK unlikely, analyst says

Steven Parker — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:08:04 +0100

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Internet attacks originating from Russia against the UK are unlikely to occur as the row between Moscow and London continues, a security expert has said. Eugene Kaspersky, head of research and development at Moscow-based anti-virus... Read more...

PC Tools wins battle against Zango

Slimy — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:41:28 +0100

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A court has denied Zango's application for a Temporary Restraining Order which sought to compel security software provider PC Tools to entirely remove the detection of its products by PC Tools' Spyware Doctor, claiming that... Read more...

World powers step up battle against child porn

Slimy — Sat, 26 May 2007 17:49:10 +0100

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G8 ministers are urging the private sector, including Internet service providers, information technology professionals and financial institutions, to help combat child pornography on the Internet. "Because no child should be victimized in this horrific way,... Read more...

Google Shareholders Vote Against Anti-Censorship Proposal

Slimy — Fri, 11 May 2007 03:58:53 +0100

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A majority of Google shareholders have voted against an anti-censorship proposal that took aim at the way Google conducts its business in China and other countries that engage in active censorship. The company received a... Read more...

US gets creative in online battle against Al-Qaeda

Slimy — Sat, 05 May 2007 02:45:07 +0100

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US officials championing freedom and democracy are well aware that they cannot try to silence Islamist militants by censoring or blocking the growing number of Al-Qaeda related web sites. Frank Cilluffo, director of the Homeland... Read more...