IDG News Service - India has asked Internet service providers to block certain websites and restricted users from sending bulk SMSes for two weeks after threatening content caused panic across the country, official sources said. About 156 ...
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IDG News Service - In order to keep hackers at bay there must be changes in security budgets and privacy regulations, RSA Executive Chairman Art Coviello said on Tuesday. Coviello opened the RSA Conference Europe 2012 with a keynote that ...
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IDG News Service - The launch of the first commercial Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) services took place last week, but most operators are likely to take a cautious approach as they face technical and business challenges. U.S. operator MetroPCS ...
Tags: VoLTE services, cautious approach, MetroPCS, SK Telecom
IDG News Service - The U.S.-based Electronic Frontier Foundation criticized new cybercrime legislation that went into effect Wednesday in the Philippines, which has sparked protests over its heavy-handed approach to speech on the internet. ...
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Angola - Maybe it is because Luanda - the capital city of Angola - lies south of the Equator that news of a major event has only just reached these shores; for back in late summer a major tri-Wi wireless audio system was used at the closing ...
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His Excellency Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki attended the opening session of the Arab Council of Ministers of Housing and Construction in its 29th session in Baghdad, attended by Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlaq, Foreign Minister ...
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Intel will make a major mobile push at the Intel Developer Forum next week as the company tries to remain relevant in a market where tablets and smartphones are becoming an alternative to PCs for everyday computing. Intel is at a critical ...
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U.S. law enforcement surveillance of email and other Internet communication has skyrocketed in the last two years, according to data obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The number of so-called pen register and trap-and-trace ...
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The U.S. is trying to erect a national regime of secrecy and obfuscation where any government employee revealing sensitive information to a media organization can be sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or for espionage, and the ...
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The government is to publish details of its controversial plans to make it easier for security and police services to spy on e-mails, phone calls and internet activity. The Queen's Speech in May revealed that the government would go ahead ...
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Residents of Estonia have the most freedom to do what they want on the Internet, with the U.S. ranking second among 47 countries examined by a group that pushes for democratic freedoms worldwide. However, residents of several countries ...
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August 10, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Louisiana Federal District Court Judge Brian Jackson ruled a state statute that prohibited sex offenders from using Internet sites is unconstitutional. The court found the law overbroad, in that it ...
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Computer vulnerabilities and how they can affect Americans' security are on the agenda for the U.S. Senate, and strong rhetoric is being used to support new legislation. The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 is expected to move to the Senate ...
Tags: Rhetoric, Cybersecurity Bill, Washington, Computer Vulnerabilities
UK - A packed programme of sessions is now confirmed for the third annual PLASA Rigging Conference at the Earls Court Conference Centre in London on Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 September 2012. The PLASA Rigging Conference is delighted to ...
HP CEO Meg Whitman has reiterated the company’s commitment to its hardware business in a bid to reassure shareholders over the company’s future. During her keynote speech at HP’s annual Discover conference in Las Vegas ...
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