A String of cyber attacks on major US media outlets has intensified worries over Chinese hackers, who analysts say are probably linked to the secretive Beijing government. The attacks, part of a series of incidents traced to Chinese ...
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A French website collecting links to content stored on the Mega file-sharing service is experiencing trouble in what may be an effort by Kim Dotcom's latest enterprise to avoid concerns over illegal file sharing. The website, ...
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The European Commission has received a proposal from Google to settle an antitrust investigation into the compny's search engine practices, a Commission spokesman said on Friday. At the same time, an industry organization said it has filed ...
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ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker, announced the temporarily shutdown of its steel plant and rolling mills in Warsaw due to weak demand. The steel giant last week has suspended facilities in Belgium and close two idled ...
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Internet companies will soon have to find a way to protect user privacy to avert a "clash" which could lead to increased government regulation, eBay chief executive John Donahoe says. "There's going to be, at some point in the next few ...
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The file-sharing service Mega has fielded 150 copyright warnings since its recent launch as founder Kim Dotcom grows a risky new business while under indictment by U.S. prosecutors for running Megaupload. And a French website appears to ...
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New legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators would nearly double the number of H-1B visas that companies can get each year to hire foreign high-skill workers, including technology employees. The Immigration ...
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U.S. phone unlocking services face the biggest legal risk from mobile operators keen to enforce a change in copyright law that now makes it illegal to modify a mobile device to work on another network, according to the Electronic Frontier ...
Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall Summary Name of product: Men's and Women's Heated Jackets Hazard: The heated ...
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The European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) entering into force on the 3 March 2013 will make it a legal obligation for the packaging industry to do its bit in the fight against illegal logging. What do producers and users of packaging ...
Twitter has released new numbers showing that the social network complied with government data requests 69 percent of the time in the U.S., as government requests for user information worldwide continue to rise. The total number of ...
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In light of data privacy day, the search giant promises to increase its efforts in protecting user online information. The new initiatives aim to create a stricter process for handling data request from government agencies. "If it's ...
Three men have been jailed for manufacturing illegal and potentially fatal vodka using industrial alcohol that is normally used in antifreeze and cleaning fluids. This equipment was used to make the potentially fatal alcohol During ...
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A new web page from the National Pig Association will show whether food retailers and processors have pledged to stop sourcing pork meat produced illegally in the European Union. Around 40% of pork products imported to the UK from ...
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The European Commission’s latest cyber security strategy has been slammed by a member of the European Parliament, who accused the strategy of being “incoherent and lacking in focus” on Thursday. The Cyber Security ...
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