Popular online social networking site Tumblr was ravaged on Monday by an Internet worm that spewed racist and inflammatory messages across thousands of user accounts. The malicious hacking group known as GNAA claimed responsibility. The ...
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ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant in Ukraine announced a new wave of dismissals. 446 workers will be cut which amounts to 1% of the total workforce. Metallurgical and Mining Industry Workers’ Union of Ukraine (MMIWU), an ...
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Even after 20 years and investments of over INR 5,000 crore, the 1.5 million tonne alumina refinery project of Utkal Alumina International Ltd a subsidiary of the Kumar Mangalam Birla’s Hindalco, is yet to see the light of the day. ...
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Google has temporarily blocked YouTube users in Libya and Egypt from viewing clips from the US amateur film Innocence of Muslims. Google blocked YouTube access to the film following the death of the US ambassador to Libya during protests ...
Hacktivist group Anonymous claims it brought down government websites in protest at the UK’s handling of the asylum case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The group targeted the websites of No. 10, the Home Office, the Ministry ...
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Egyptian media Ahram Online reported that a group of around 200 shipping workers subcontracted by Banha Engineering International Co,which is in charge of shipment operations for Ezz Steel factory in Suez,staged a strike on Tuesday to ...
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A US court has ordered Twitter to release old tweets and other details of a user arrested during an Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. The micro-blogging firm refused at first, saying the tweets were owned by users and not Twitter. ...
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A Malaysian court dismissed an appeal against a temporary operating licence for Lynas Corp (ASX:LYC), an Australian rare earth miner, despite residents' opposition over alleged radioactive hazards, Channel New Asia reports. The decision ...
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Pakistan and Bangladesh have ordered a block on YouTube in their countries, in protest against Google's reluctance to block a controversial movie trailer that mocks the Prophet Muhammad on the video-sharing site. Pakistani Prime Minister ...
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Thousands of protesters have been converging on Lynas Corporation's new rare earths processing facility in Malaysia according to reports. The Australian producer's website was also hacked over the weekend. According to the Sydney ...
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IDG News Service - The Russian version of Wikipedia went black on Tuesday to protest a proposed law that could become the basis for Internet censorship. Wikipedia's protest is backed by other large Russian online businesses such as the ...
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After months of polemic and legal battles, Australian rare earths miner, Lynas (ASX:LYC), has finally begun production at its Malaysian processing plant following a recent court triumph. The company said Friday that the first rare-earth ...
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Twitter has filed an appeal of a New York judge's June decision requiring the company to turn over detailed information about a user tied to the Occupy Wall Street protest movement. Twitter on Monday filed the appeal of the June 30 ruling ...
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Police have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with a cyber attack on websites connected to home secretary Theresa May. He was arrested in Stoke-on-Trent for questioning under the Serious Crime Act on suspicion of assisting or ...
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Councillors from Cornwall Council have become concerned that backers of a controversial BT outsourcing deal have been using "undemocratic" tactics to influence councillors ahead of a December vote that will decide its fate once and for all. ...
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