Police across Europe could soon find themselves monitoring Facebook,Google and Twitter for content related to terrorism. A leaked report about a"Clean IT"initiative by the European Union(EU)revealed the plan for police officers ...
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With opposition growing to reported plans by President Obama to issue an Executive Order to bolster cybersecurity within the nation's critical infrastructure,the main question now is whether the White House will plow ahead with the idea or ...
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The US is collecting huge amounts of data on its citizens, according to former National Security Agency (NSA) official Bill Binney. While at the NSA, Binney led the development of secret software he now believes is being used to carry out ...
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The government's main information services website Directgov is to be replaced by the new GOV.UK site from 17 October. The move to GOV.UK,which aims to provide all government websites under a single domain,is expected to create ...
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has slammed as"technologically incompetent"the Draft Data Communications Bill,which will make it easier for security and police services to spy on e-mails,phone calls and internet activity of UK citizens. ...
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A labor rights group has accused Samsung of"illegal and inhumane violations"at its factories in China,reporting cases of excessive overtime and exhausting working conditions,with employees being made to stand for up to 12 hours for a single ...
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Jeremy Hunt has been replaced as the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport by Maria Miller (pictured), who moves from the Department for Work and Pensions. The move comes as part of the government's ministerial reshuffle, which ...
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The economy has taken a toll on many companies.Still others have been taking market share by adding new products,buying up competitors and consolidating facilities for more efficient order fulfillment. That trifecta describes Eagle Rock ...
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The take-up of mobile technology will have a dramatic affect on back-office IT systems, with hidden costs and disruptions possible for companies that do not redesign systems and processes, according to Forrester Research. Businesses are ...
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G-Cloud programme director Denise McDonagh has slammed criticism of the CloudStore sales figures and suggested that unsupportive comments were"less accurate in their use of the data". Commentators have labelled the CloudStore's recent ...
The House of Lords Communications Committee today slammed the government's broadband strategy, claiming the UK "can and must do better" when rolling out internet infrastructure. The committee has been gathering evidence since February ...
UK dairy processor Dairy Crest is the latest firm to announce a cut to its farmgate milk price. The company announced a 1.65ppl cut this morning(3 July)for those on a standard liquid agreement.The cut will take effect from 1 August. ...