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M&S in ID theft flap over stolen laptop

Tom Warren — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:23:28 +0000

Marks & Spencer has become the latest large organisation embroiled in an identity theft-related security flap. A laptop containing salary details, addresses, dates of birth, national insurance and phone numbers of some 26,000 employees... Read more...

Google scrambles to fix Katrina map flap

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:29:42 +0000

Google has responded to accusations of "airbrushing history" after the search giant decided to replace images of areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans with photos taken before the 2005 storm. The imagery angered... Read more...

Feds Side With Microsoft in Korea Flap

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:10:01 +0000

The Bush administration on Wednesday protested South Korea's decision to fine Microsoft roughly $32 million and order the software company to redesign portions of its Windows operating system. "Korea's remedy goes beyond what is... Read more...

Mozilla backtracks in eBay privacy flap

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 02:14:46 +0000

The Mozilla Foundation has updated the German-language version of Firefox in a bid to defuse a growing controversy over the way its search toolbar handles private customer data. Mozilla, an open-source group... Read more...

Calif. scraps agency at heart of Oracle flap

Fri, 05 Jul 2002 20:14:18 +0000

In the wake of a bungled state contract with Oracle, California officials on Wednesday effectively shut down the agency that negotiated the controversial software deal and ran an expensive state Web site. ... Read more...