California's top legal official has put the tech industry on notice that she intends to get tough on digital privacy. Attorney General Kamala Harris said Thursday she is forming a new group within the state's Justice Department, the ...
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Twitter plans to appeal a ruling to turn over the once-public tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protester charged with disorderly conduct, a case the company says threatens the First Amendment rights of its users. A New York Criminal Court ...
First impression count:think first dates,job interviews,nervous questioning at police station after an evil twin goes on a crime spree.And when it comes to selling your home,that goes double:the average buyer has made their judgement within ...
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has called for a meeting with home secretary Theresa May after an unprecedented response to his online campaign to block UK student Richard O'Dwyer's extradition to the US. O'Dwyer faces up to ten years in ...
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The High Court has intervened to end a stand-off between the home secretary and Gary McKinnon over the order to have him extradited to face hacking charges in the US. McKinnon's extradition has been stalled since the May 2010 election ...
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IDG News Service-Members of the European Parliament rejected the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on Wednesday by 478 votes to 39. The result had been widely expected internationally and means that the agreement cannot ...
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French tax authorities have visited the headquarters of Microsoft France to conduct an inspection, a spokesman for the company confirmed Wednesday. The visit, last Thursday, was a routine check, according to a statement on the company's ...
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Chinese and Hong Kong Police have smashed a gang blackmailing gold,silver and securities traders with the threat of distributed denial-of-service(DDoS)attacks. The cross-border cyber policing operation netted six suspects in ...
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Osram Opto's Oslon Signal blue LED boosts visibility for emergency vehicle lighting Picture: Oslon Signal LED for police and emergency service vehicles. Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has launched the Oslon ...
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Vocal launch new Warn and Inform strategy in Bristol. Learn how Vocal are delivering a multi-agency initiative in partnership with the local services to promote continuity awareness and information sharing on local issues. COLCHESTER, UK, ...
Symphony Bluelight, the UK's only AddressBase compatible gazetteer management system is now in use at Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service SURREY, ENGLAND, June 22, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has become ...
Police in Dubai have confiscated 850,000 counterfeit HP items, including flat boxes, security labels, empty laser print cartridges, print cartridge bags and labels and finished print cartridges, in a raid on a showroom and store of a ...
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Google has reported an increase in the number of requests by governments to remove political content from the internet. Statistics for the past six months show an increase of 47%in requests for content removal and an increase of 65%in ...
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Six members of a UK cyber fraud organisation have been jailed for selling identity theft kits online after pleading guilty at Southwark crown court. The gang members,who provided fake identities and documents to thousands of ...
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Computer Weekly has launched a programme to recognise the most influential women in UK IT – and we want your help in selecting the winners. Scroll down to vote and see the bottom of the page to find out more information on our ...
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