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Anonymous activists threaten Mexican drugs cartel

...a Mexican drug cartel over the alleged kidnapping of one of its activists in Veracruz. The online activist group has released a video threatening a... Read more

31 October, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Wikileaks activists get hearing over Twitter data dispute

...Justice Department can obtain records about the Twitter accounts used by Wikileaks activists. The Justice Department is targeting Twitter accounts for Wikileaks activists, including Birgitta... Read more

9 February, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Hacktivists hit businesses harder than fraudsters

...were due to organised criminal activity, the number of records pilfered from activist groups represented 58 percent of the total, the report finds."This new... Read more

22 March, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Anonymous denies responsibility for Sony hack

...The activist group Anonymous has denied orchestrating the hack on the Sony PlayStation Network... Read more

11 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Anonymous tool hijacks Twitter trends

...The Anonymous group of online activists released a new tool on Thursday designed to allow people to hijack... Read more

9 September, 2011 by Elinor Mills

AntiSec campaign targets US military contractor

...was claimed by the AntiSec campaign on Monday. Meanwhile, the Anonymous online activist collective, which is part of AntiSec, said on Tuesday that it had... Read more

13 July, 2011 by Elinor Mills
ACTA's EU future in doubt after Polish pause

ACTA's EU future in doubt after Polish pause

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has suspended his country's ratification of ACTA, in a move that could make the agreement null and void across the EU Read more

3 February, 2012 by David Meyer

UK signs ACTA as activists urge resistance

...the European Parliament gives its approval to ACTA in June, and digital activists have urged citizens to lobby their MEPs against voting yes. Only five... Read more

26 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Anonymous activists release PCAnywhere source code

...Anonymous activists have released source code for PCAnywhere onto the internet, hours after a... Read more

7 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Activists decry Iran web developer death sentence

Human rights activists have renewed calls for Iran not to execute the web developer Saeed... Read more

20 January, 2012
<endeca_term>Activists</endeca_term>, artists review state of digital rights

Activists, artists review state of digital rights

...activism.This gallery contains some of the quotes of the day from activists, artists and politicians. From left to right: Cory Doctorow (author, blogger and... Read more

28 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Apple made zero-profit deal with Foxconn, say activists

...receive iPhones from Chinese technology manufacturer Foxconn, according to a worker rights activist group, which has linked the factory's poor wages and working conditions... Read more

10 June, 2010 by Mahesh Sharma

Privacy activists accuse Facebook of missing deadline

A group of Austrian students, whose complaints prompted Ireland's privacy regulators to give Facebook a stern... Read more

4 April, 2012

FBI call hacked by suspected Anonymous activists

The FBI has confimed that hackers intercepted a conference call to discuss the Anonymous hacking group with Scotland Yard and other cybercrime officers, after obtaining an email setting up the call Read more

3 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Activate 2010: The activists, the tweets and the i-products

Attending The Guardian's Activate 2010 summit in London yesterday, I was struck by a number of things. The conference... Read more

2 July, 2010

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debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

28 minutes ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

2 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

2 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

4 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

4 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

4 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

9 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

10 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

13 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

19 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

20 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

21 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

1 day ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

1 day ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

1 day ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

1 day ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds