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The EU widens its probe of Google's practices

Sat, 2010-12-18 09:42

THE INQUIRER

THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) has extended its probe into Google, incorporating complaints from German firms.



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EU shuts down Twitter feed to hide Berlusconi's indignity

Sat, 2010-12-18 08:50

THE INQUIRER

FREE SPEECH managed to shut down a European Union (EU) experiment to display messages at a summit meeting.



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Microsoft releases a free Windows security suite

Sat, 2010-12-18 08:08

THE INQUIRER

THE CREATOR of PC operating systems that are insecure by design, Microsoft has updated its free security suite for Windows.



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Google's Nexus S gets rooted on the day of its release

Sat, 2010-12-18 07:31

THE INQUIRER

SMARTPHONE OUTFIT Google has had its Nexus S smartphone rooted within a day of launch.



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The future is insecure

Sat, 2010-12-18 03:49

THE INQUIRER

Analysis

INSECURE DATA can be added to the list of life's certainties along with death and taxes following the rise of the hacker collective called Anonymous and the admission by the US government's premier computer security organisation, the National Security Agency, that nothing is secure.



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Ofcom wants free mobile calls to be free

Sat, 2010-12-18 01:15

THE INQUIRER

UK TELECOMS WATCHDOG Ofcom is proposing that mobile phone call charges be altered in order to simplify users' lives.



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Google re-invents the Maps app

Sat, 2010-12-18 00:50

THE INQUIRER

WORLD MAPPER Google has released version 5 of its Google Maps software for the Android operating system, improving offline use and adding 3D interaction.



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Film cartel wants BT access to filesharing blocked

Sat, 2010-12-18 00:05

THE INQUIRER

THE US FILM MAFIAA, otherwise known at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has put down its popcorn and fired some legal briefs in the direction of British Telecom (BT).



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US No Such Agency admits its networks are hackable

Fri, 2010-12-17 23:09

THE INQUIRER

THE US NSA (National Security Agency) has admitted that it builds systems on the assumption that they're broken because "there's no such thing as 'secure' any more".



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The EU will fight cybercrime with crowdsourcing

Fri, 2010-12-17 22:21

THE INQUIRER

DON YOUR SUPERHERO COSTUME, as the EU wants you to fight cybercrime using a crowdsourcing experiment.



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You support Denial of Service attacks

Fri, 2010-12-17 21:46

THE INQUIRER

DENIAL OF SERVICE attacks are an acceptable form of civil disobedience for more than half of The INQUIRER's readers, according to our poll.



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Apple, AMD and Dell data was leaked in insider trading scandal

Fri, 2010-12-17 21:42

THE INQUIRER

SOME TOP LEVEL excutives and salesman have been arrested in an insider trading investigation.



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US Commerce Department needs a privacy office

Fri, 2010-12-17 21:29

THE INQUIRER

THE US COMMERCE DEPARTMENT says it needs a privacy watchdog to develop voluntary but enforceable codes of conduct for data companies and advertisers that track people on the Internet.



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Anonymous is run by only a dozen real hackers

Fri, 2010-12-17 20:25

THE INQUIRER

THE GUARDIAN newspaper claims to have exposed the hierarchy of the hacktivist group that calls itself Anonymous.



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Telikin announces a computer for pensioners

Fri, 2010-12-17 20:19

THE INQUIRER

PC MAKER Telikin has announced a PC that seems to have the elderly and computer challenged in mind.

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Telkin announces a computer for pensioners

Fri, 2010-12-17 20:19

THE INQUIRER

PC MAKER Telikin has announced a PC that seems to have the elderly and computer challenged in mind.



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RIM catches Apple in smartphones

Fri, 2010-12-17 19:45

THE INQUIRER

AFTER APPLE CEO Steve Jobs dismissed Research in Motion (RIM), claiming that RIM would never catch up to Apple in market share again, it seems that the Canadian smartphone outfit has proved him wrong.



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Eating in front of your PC makes you fat

Fri, 2010-12-17 19:24

THE INQUIRER

EATING IN FRONT of your computer is likely to make you fat, according to a small study conducted by the University of Bristol.



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Scotland Yard is investigating Anonymous

Fri, 2010-12-17 18:22

THE INQUIRER

INSPECTOR KNACKER of Scotland Yard is investigating the online hacktivist group Anonymous for conducting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.



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BPI claims illegal music downloads are on the rise

Fri, 2010-12-17 08:50

THE INQUIRER

STEADY GROWTH in record sales is not good enough for the British Phonographic Industry cartel (BPI), as it claims illegal music downloads are on the rise.



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