Police caution wifi thieves

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Filed under: Wireless News, Hardware News, Legal News, Mobile News, Technology News

Two people have been cautioned for using wi-fi broadband internet connections without permission, in what are believed to be the first cases of wifi theft in the UK. A man, spotted using a laptop while parked in his car outside a house ...

 

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European Court rules on monitoring staff communications

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Filed under: Email News, Legal News, Business News

In a landmark case in the European Court of Human Rights last week, it was found that the private use of a company's telephones and internet by an employee could be protected under European human rights legislation. Lynette Copland, a public-sector employee ...

 

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Microsoft temporarily closes Soapbox

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Filed under: Legal News, IPTV News, Microsoft News, Internet News

Microsoft is closing newly launched 'Soapbox' video-sharing site, to bolster its defences against pirated content. Current subscribers will be able to continue using the site, but no new subscribers will be accepted. Since a test version of the site was launched in ...

 

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Google strengthens user privacy

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Filed under: Legal News, Google News, Internet News

Google is changing its data retention policy, but privacy campaigners say that the company hasn't gone far enough to protect user privacy. Google currently keeps its search logs indefinitely - maintaining a permanent record of keywords used in a web search, the IP address ...

 

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Google and YouTube in $1bn copyright dispute

Link: Google and YouTube in $1bn copyright dispute
Filed under: Legal News, IPTV News, Google News, Internet News

Broadcaster Viacom, which owns MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Paramount Pictures, is suing Google for alleged copyright infringement and claiming $1bn in damages. Viacom claims that nearly 160,000 clips from its programmes have been displayed on YouTube, Google's popular video sharing website which ...

 

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Microsoft faces further antitrust fines

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Filed under: Software News, Legal News, Technology News, Microsoft News

Microsoft may be fined by the European Commission under antitrust rules, for allegedly setting unreasonable prices to provide software rivals with interoperability information. Microsoft plans to charge for interoperability information on the grounds that it was based on its own innovative work. In ...

 

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UK Government refuses to ban DRM

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Filed under: Blogs, Legal News, Technology News, Security News

Although the UK Government has rejected a call for digital rights management (DRM) to be banned in the UK, it also acknowledged that consumer rights could be undermined through the use of the technology. Blogger Neil Holmes posted an online petition, calling ...

 

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Amnesty calls for ISPs to protect free speech

Link: Amnesty calls for ISPs to protect free speech
Filed under: Telecoms News, Legal News, Internet News, General News

Human rights group Amnesty International has called for Internet service providers to protect free speech online. Amnesty's campaigns director, Mr Tim Hancock, told delegates at the 2007 annual awards dinner of the Internet Service Providers' Association, that ISP's and web users had ...

 

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Greenzap claims it’s not a scam

Link: Greenzap claims it’s not a scam
Filed under: Legal News, Webhosting News, Webmaster News, Security News, Internet News

Greenzap has unleashed a $57 million lawsuit against webhosting company LiquidWeb, claiming that it is hosting defamatory content. Greenzap is a company that claimed itself to be a Paypal killer - offering incentives of $25 per sign-up - apparently for payment processing. ...

 

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Google loses GMail in Germany

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Filed under: Legal News, Google News, Webmaster News, Internet News

Google has lost the right to use the name "GMail" in Germany after it was ruled to violate an existing trademark held in the country. Google has faced other trademark disputes over the name Gmail since the service was launched in 2005. Here in the ...

 

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UK Police Consult Cyberactivists

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Filed under: Legal News, Internet News

The Metropolitan Police are talking to cyberactivists to help in their campaign against online crime. According to sources in the Metropolitan Police Fraud Alert Unit, the police are using certain cybervigilante groups as a source of information about online fraud. The police are ...

 

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Apple attacks iPhone clones as Cisco may lose trademark

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Filed under: Legal News, Apple News, Technology News

A number of programs have begun appearing online that mimick the Apple iPhone's iconic appearance, for use on other products. One is a mock-up of the Apple iPhone interface for a Pocket PC running Windows; Another is a theme customised for a Palm OS ...

 

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Apple sued over iPhone - more to follow?

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Filed under: Wireless News, Telecoms News, Hardware News, Legal News, Mobile News, Apple News, Technology News

After the high-profile launch of the Apple iPhone on Monday, Cisco has stepped in with a legal suit for trademark infringement. Cisco-owned company Linksys already owns the trademark on the iPhone, and has done since the purchase of Infogear in 2000. Although talks between Apple and ...

 

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Google criticised over copyright of Google Books

Link: Google criticised over copyright of Google Books
Filed under: Legal News, Google News, Internet News

According to Google Blogoscoped, Google is seeking to enforce restrictions on use of copyright-free books from the Google Books project. The Google Books project has seen a lot of criticism raised at it, especially when the project attempted to make digital copies of copyrighted ...

 

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Business fraud increases over 40%

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Filed under: Legal News, Business News

Analysts BDO Stoy Hayward claims that the UK saw an increase of 40% in business fraud over 2006. According to their Fraudtrack report, key areas of fraud included "carousel" VAT frauds, and over-valuation of property for raising finance. The survey integral to ...

 

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Confusion over company law amendment

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Filed under: Web Development News, Legal News, Ecommerce News, Webmaster News, Internet News, Business News

The New Year has opened in confusion with regards to when and where a company must display corporate information online. This comes after the EU First Company Law Amendment Directive was legislated into UK law for January 1st. The question is - in ...

 

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Google Search convicts hacker

Link: Google Search convicts hacker
Filed under: Legal News, Google News, Internet News

A disgruntled ex-employee of a wireless communications company has been convicted - after Google Search records showed that he used the search engine to find information on disrupting the company's systems. Matthew Schuster had provided technical support at Alpha Computer Service in the USA, ...

 

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