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Facebook busted over anti-Google smear campaign

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 12 May 2011 09:30:33 +0000

In an embarrassing leak, Facebook has been shamed for hiring top public relations firm Burson-Marsteller to spread anti-Google stories around the internet. Burson encouraged several influential bloggers to comment on Google’s privacy invasion, and even... Read more...

Apple busted for false advertising

Steven Parker — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:32:18 +0000

Be careful your product lives up to what you advertise it to be and be careful it does what you say it will do; that's the lesson that many tech companies are learning the hard... Read more...

OiNK Busted

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:27:55 +0000

The servers of OiNK.cd - one of the most popular private BitTorrent trackers - are raided and the admin, a 24-year-old man from Middlesbrough, is arrested. The British and the Dutch police both contributed to... Read more...

Game Site Owner Busted For Screenshot Posting

Marcel Klum — Wed, 19 May 2004 17:44:01 +0000

The Association for the Copyright of Computer Software, an anti-piracy consortium based in Japan, announced that the owner of popular Japanese video-game website Gameonline was arrested today by police in the city of Fukuoka on... Read more...

Fraudsters busted in internet scam

Darren Bolton — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:39:24 +0000

Big banks conned big time in dodgy loan and credit card applications Six fraudsters were jailed for a total of 15 years after the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) uncovered their... Read more...

Scottish firm busted over illegal software

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:11:58 +0000

Scottish engineering company Norson Services has been fined Â£12,000 for using unlicensed software following an anonymous tip-off. The company is the latest in a string of high-profile names, including House of Fraser and... Read more...

Telstra busted rigging ZDNet user surveys

Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:41:46 +0000

Telstra (the largest Australian telco) has confessed that a ZDNet Australia survey which questions whether the telco's Internet service provides value for money was rigged by someone within its ranks, just days after its ramped... Read more...